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+2. R. suffruticulosa (L.); sep. 5 linear-lanceolate, pet. 5 
nearly equal 3-fid longer than the calyx, ped. shorter than the 
cal., 2, all pinnatifid, segments linear acute sometimes wavy.— 
E. B.S. 2628. R. ii. 101.—St. 14—2 feet high, rather shrubby 
below. Fl. white. Fr. oblong, wrinkled. This plant is some- 
times found with 6 sep. and pet. when it appears to be R. alba 
(L.).— Waste sandy places near the sea, rare. B. or P. VII. VIII. 
3. R. Luteola (L.); sep. 4, pet. 4 or 5 very unequal longer 
than the calyx, J. elongate-lanceolate undivided.—E. B. 320. R. 
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 2) linear 
entire. Fr. broad, depressed—Waste places, particularly on 
chalk or limestone. A. VII. VIII. Weld. 
Order VIII. CISTACEZ. 
Sep. 5, two outer smaller sometimes wanting, 3 inner with a 
twisted estivation. Pet. 5, corrugated and twisted in ewstivation 
the contrary way to the sepals. Stam. numerous. Ovary 1, 1- 
or many-celled. Style and stigma simple. Fruit capsular, with 
3, 5 or 10 valves. Embryo spiral or curved, in the albumen. 
1, HetiantHemum. Cal. of 5 sepals, 2 outer smaller. 
Pet. 5, deciduous. Stam. numerous. Caps. 3 valved. 
1. HeciantHemum Gaert. 
1. H. guttatum (Mill.); erect herbaceous, 1. oblong-lanceolate 
or linear, lower |. opposite without stipules, upper alternate with 
or without them, racemes without bracts, stigma subsessile —E. B. 
544.—Upper 1. usually with small stipules. Fruitstalks patent. 
Pubescence of long simple hairs intermixed with short stellate 
ones. Fi. yellow, usually with a deep red spot at the base of 
each petal.—Very rare. Three-Castle Head, Cork. Miss H. 
Townsend. Jersey. A. VI.—VIII. I. 
2, H. Breweri (Planchon); erect herbaceous, /. obovate obtuse 
rosulate without stip., upper 1. linear with or without stip., racemes 
with Nea Journ. of Bot. ii. 618. t. 21.—St. mostly 
simple or branching from the base. Pet. narrow, yellow not 
spotted. Fruitstalks erect-patent. Pubescence as in H. guttatum, 
—Very rare. Holyhead Mountain and near Amlwch, Anglesea, 
A. VI.—VIII. E 
3. H. canum (Dun.); shrubby, without stipules, 1. opposite 
ovate or oblong stalked flat hoary beneath, racemes terminal 
bracteated, “style twisted at the base reflexed, at the apex in- 
flexed.”—Cistus marifolius Sm., E. B. 396. C. anglicus and C. 
canus L.—St. decumbent. L. hoary beneath, hairy aie FL 
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