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Flowers and Curious Plants now in their Perfeétion. 
Chamacifius birfuta of Caspar, and the Ciftus 
pumila montis Baldia of Joun Baunine: by thefe 
Names of Dwarf Ciftus, hairy dwarf Ciftus, and 
low Ciftus of Mount baldus, it was known to all 
who followed, till Puuxenet called it Citus Cha- 
mer bododendros folits : Ciftus with Leaves like Cha- 
mezrhododendros, and Micheli Ledum foliis ferpylli: 
‘Mother of Thyme-leav’d Ledum. Linnaeus re- 
fers it to his Gesus Rhododendron, and adds as the 
DiftinGtion of the Species, Foliis ciliatis corollis 
rotatis: ciliate leav’d Rhododendron with rotated 
Flowers. 
It is a fmall but very elegant Shrub: the Root 
is woody, long, and fpreading. 
The Stem is covered with a brown Bark, tinged 
with purple; the Branches are very numerous, 
and their. Bark is paler. They ftand perfectly 
irregular, but in the whole make a pretty Ap- 
pearance. 
Numb. L. 
1 CILIATE LEAVWD RHODODENDRON. 
q | , Uriofity and Beauty both plead for the | , The Leaves are cluiter’d on the uppet Parts of Sept. 
Sept. Place this Shrub has for fome . Time | the Branches; ahd ate very fingular_ and elegant. ———— 
; BE 40. held in the Jtalian Gardens, and which it They are {mall, of a lanceolate, but nearly oval 
: Fig. 1. deferves univerfally to hold in ours. It was | Form, and of a very fingular Colour ; a brownifh 
a known to the old Writers, tho’ we are obliged to | red or ferrugineous. Hue, with very little green, . 
7 give it the new Name, theirs was fo improper. fhining and gloffy on the Surface; and at the 
a It is the Eighth Chame Ciftas of Cuusius; the | Edges furrounded with regular, ftiff, dark Hairs, 
refembling Eyelafhes. 
Ptuxener adds to his DiftinGtion of the Plant, 
with Leaves edged with Hairs in the Mariner of 
‘Eyelathes, Foliis cilii inflar pilofs. Linnaeus 
fhortens the Term, and calls it Cikatis. This 
Edge of ftiff Hairs-is what he on all Oceafions ex- 
prefies by that Term. 
The Flowers are large ahd élegant, they are 
placed fingly on long naked Footftalks, and 
their Colour is a very delicate Crimfon; two 
generally rife frem the Summit of every Branch, 
and their Footitalks wave or bend a little. 
Each has its little Cup formed of one Leaf, di- 
vided deeply into five narrow Segments, and per- 
manent. 
The Body of the F lower | is formed alfo of one 
Petal, deeply cut into five Segments, and of a ro- 
tated or wheel-like Form, hollowed in at the 
Bafe, where it is tubular a little Way, and ex- 
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