38 8. CISTACEiE. 



are 6 sep. and pet. when it is B. alba (L.).— Waste sandy places 

 near the sea, rare. B. or P. VIE. VHI. E. S. I. 



3. R. Zuteola (L.) ; sep. 4, pet. 4 or 5 veiy unequal longer 

 than the calyx, I long-lanceolate undivided. — JE. B. 320. iJ. ii. 

 99.— St. 2 feet high. Pet. usually 4, upper one 3-, 4-, or 5-cleft, 

 2 lateral 3-cleft, segments linear, lower one (or two) linear 

 entire. Fr. broad, depressed.— Waste places, particularly on 

 chalk or limestone. B. VII. Yin. Weld. E. S. I. 



Order VIII. CISTACE.^. 



Sep. 5, two outer smaller sometimes wanting, 3 inner twisted 

 in the bud. Pet. 5, crumpled and twisted in the bud the con- 

 trary way to the sepals. Stam. many. Ovary 1, 1- or many- 

 celled. Style simple. Stigmas 3. Capsule 3-, 5-, or 10-valved. 

 Embryo spiral or curved, in the albumen. — Stip. small or 0. 



1. Hblianthemum. Cal. of 5 sepals, 2 outer smaller. Pet. 

 5, deciduous. Stam. many. Caps. 3-valved. 



1. Hbliait'themtim: Gaert. Eock-rose. 



1. H. guttdtum (Mill.) ; erect herbaceous, 1. oblong-lanceolate 

 or linear, lower 1. opposite without stipules, upper 1. alternate 

 stipulate, stigma stibsessile. — St. mostly simple or branching from 

 the base. Fruitstalks patent. Pubescence of long simple and 

 short stellate hairs. PI. yellow, usually with a deep-red spot 

 at the base of each petal. — a ; racemes without bracts. K B. 

 544. — /3. H. Breweri (Planch.) ; racemes with or without bracts 

 on the same plant. Curt. ii. 102. J. of B. iii. 21. Sy. E. B. 

 166. — Very rare. u. Three-Oastle Head, Oo. Cork. Jersey. |S. 

 Holyhead Mountain and Amlwch, Anglesea. A. V. — VIII. 



E.I. 



2. H. cdnum (Dun.) ; shruhhy, ivithout stipules, 1. opposite 

 ovate or oblong stalked flat hoary beneath, racemes terminal 

 with bracts, " style twisted at the base reflexed but at the apex 

 inflexed." — Cistus marifoKus Sm. E. B. 896. — St. decumbent. 

 L. hoary beneath, hairy above. Fl. yellow, small. "Anth. 

 emarginate at both ends. Style longer than the stigma." The 

 Teesdale plant has rather fewer hairs on the upperside of the 

 leaves. H. vineale (Pers.) ? — On limestone rocks, rare. P. V. 

 —VII. E. I. 



[II. hdifdlium (Willd.) ; herbaceous, with stipules, ped. soli- 

 tary, styles straight. — E. B. 2414. — Brean Down, Somerset. 

 Probably an error. A. VI. VTI.] 



3. IT. mdgdre (Gaert.); procumbent, shrubbg, with stipules, 1. 



