CISTUS 



BOCK ROSE OBDEB 



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pelienais, forming a dense compact bush 

 3-5 ft. high. It has deep green leaves 

 and large white flowers with a purple 

 blotch at the base of each petal. 

 Culture Sc. as above.. 



C. monspeliensis. — A plant 4 ft. high, 

 native of S. Europe, with linear, lance- 

 shaped, staMess, 3-nerved, clammy leaves, 

 hairy on both surfaces. Flowers in July, 

 1-1^ in. across, white, borne in clusters 

 of from 5 to 20 according to the vigour of 

 the plant ; petals imbricate and crenate 

 with a yellowish blotch at the base. The 

 variety florenUnus has narrow, lance- 

 shaped, wrinkled, almost stalHess leaves, 

 veined beneath. The white flowers, 

 yellow at the base and tipped with rose, 

 are about 2 in. across and are produced 

 somewhat earlier than those of the type. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. oblongifolius. — A native of Spain, 

 4 ft. high, with hairy branches. Leaves 

 shortly stalked, oblong lance-shaped, 

 blunt, downy and waved at the edges, 

 veined beneath. Flowers in June, white, 

 concave, spotted with yellow at the base. 



Culture <tc. as above. 



C. obtusifolius. — A Cretan species, 

 12-18 in. high, with a spreading habit. 

 Leaves almost stalkless, tapering to the 

 base, ovate-oblong, blunt, wrinkled, downy, 

 margins somewhat toothed. Flowers in 

 June, about 2 in. across, white, spotted 

 with yellow at the base, several in a 

 cluster. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. parviflorus. — This is also a native 

 of Crete and has a spreading habit like 

 C. ohtusifoKios. The shoots are furnished 

 with downy twisted leaves about an inch 

 long, and the small pale rosy flowers, about 

 1 in. across, are borne in June in cymes 

 or clusters at the ends of the shoots. 



CuUiire £c. as above. 



C. populifolius. — Native of S.W. 

 Europe, 3-8 ft. high, with heart-shaped, 

 pointed, wrinkled, smooth leaves, re- 

 markable for having stalks 1^-3 in. long. 

 Flowers in May and June, aboiit 2 in. 

 across, white, borne in oymose clusters ; 

 sepals clammy, bracts oblong. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



C. psilosepalus. — A plant 2-8 ft. high,, 

 native country unknown. Leaves shortly 

 stalked, oblong lance-shaped, 3-nerved, 

 acute, waved at margins, somewhat 

 toothed and ciliate, rather hairy. Flowers 



from June to August, white with a yellow 

 spot at the base of each broadly wedge- 

 shaped petal. Sepals long pointed, 

 smooth, shining, with ciHated edges. 

 Culture &c. as above. 



C. purpureas. — ^A native of the Levant, 

 2-4 ft. high. Leaves oblong lance-shaped, 

 pointed at each end, wrinkled, with short 

 hairy sheathing stalks. Flowers in June, 

 reddish-purple, with a dark purple spot at 

 the base. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. rotundifolius. — A native of South 

 Europe, 1 ft. high. Leaves roundish 

 ovate, blunt, flat, wrinkled, net-veined, 

 with fascicled hairs on both sides, stalks 

 farrowed, somewhat sheathing at the base. 

 Flowers from June to September, purple 

 spotted with yellow at the base. Sepals 

 heart-shaped, hairy. Flower stalks very 

 hairy. This is now considered to be a 

 variety of C. mllosus. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. salvifolius. — Native of S. Europe, 

 2 ft. high, with many varieties. Leaves 

 stalked, ovate, blunt, wrinkled, woolly 

 beneath. Flowers from June to August, 

 white, medium-sized, with woolly stalks. 



The variety corbariensis (also known 

 as C. cordifoHus) is supposed to be a 

 natural hybrid between this species and 

 C. populifolius. It grows in the south 

 of France to 2 ft. high or more. Leaves 

 rather heart-shaped, ovate, pointed, with 

 fringed margins, wrinkled on both sur- 

 faces, and very clammy. Flowers in June 

 and July, 1^2 in. across, white, with a 

 yellow centre, each flower being on a long 

 stalk. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. vaginatus. — A native of Teueriffe, 

 2 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, acute, 

 8-nerved, hairy, net-veined beneath ; stalks 

 furrowed, dilated and sheathing at the 

 base, with pilose margins. Flowers from 

 April to Jime, deep rose. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. villosus (C'.incanus ; C. undulatus). 

 Native of S. Europe, 3 ft. high. Leaves 

 stalked, roundish ovate, wrinkled, woolly 

 and hairy ; stalks furrowed, connate at the 

 base. Flowers in June, large, reddish- 

 purple, about 2J in. across. The variety 

 ccmescens is dwarfer and has oblong 

 linear, bluntish, woolly, waved leaves, 

 3-nerved, without stalks and somewhat 

 connate at the base. Flowers in May, 



