Order I. 
POLYANDIIIA MONOGYNIA. 
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7730 Stigma capitate, Petals 8-10, Leaves obovate very blunt serrated 
7731 Flowers solitary, Leaves ovate acutely toothed, Sepals ovate 
7752 Leaves lanceolate ellipt. serrated. Racemes axillary 
7733 Leaves obi. lane, serrated netted. Racemes axillary clustered, Drupes blue 
7734 Petals 10, Branches spiny 
7735 Stem branched. Peduncles axillary. Petals crenate obtuse 
7736 Stem branched. Peduncles axillary solitary. Petals acuminate. Fruit reflexed 
7737 Petals crisp. Panicle terminal. Leaves roundish ovate acute smooth 
7738 Petals wavy, Panicle terminal. Leaves oblong smooth 
7739 Middle leaflet stalked, Fruit with 12 cells 
7740 Leaves subsessile connate at base lin. lane, smooth above downy beneath, Caps. lO-ce 
7741 Leaves lin. lane, sessile 3-nerved villous on each side, Pedunc. cymose l-sided 
7742 Leaves on short stalks ovate lanceolate acum. wavy at edge : the upper hairy. Cymes hirsute 
7743 Lvs. sessile obi. obt. hirsute, Pedunc. short 1-fl. or cymose, Caps, small in a large hairy pyramidal calyx 
7744 Leaves roundish ovate rugose tomentose hairy stalked, Pedunc. 1-fl. 1-3 together, Calyx villous 
7745 Leaves .stalked cordate acuminate smooth, Fl. cymose, Pedunc. with long bnictes 
7746 Leaves stalked cordate ovate acuminate frmged at edge rugose and a little ghitmoua on each side 
7747 Leaves sessile linear oblong acute wavy at edge 3-nerved at base, Sepals villous witli long points 
7748 Lvs. lane, acute 3-nerv. hairy reticul. beneath stalked. Stalks sheathing the stem with their connate bases 
7749 Leaves sessile linear lanceolate waved crisp 3-nerved rugose pubescent, Fl. sessile umbelled 
77.50 Leaves stalked ovate blunt rugose downy beneath, Pedunc. long hoary 1-flowered 
7751 Leaves stalked ovate lane. 3-nerved smooth above downy beneath. Petioles dilated and united at base 
77.52 Lvs. ovate lane, on short stalks sheathing at base revolute at edge, Pedunc. hirsute leafy 1-flowered 
7753 Leaves spatulate toment. rugose 3-nerved sessile subconnate : the upper narrower, Pedunc. 1-flowered 
7754 Leaves obi. lane, acuminate at each end rugose, Stalks short hairy sheathing, Pedunc. short 1-2-3 
7755 Leaves spatulate ovate downy hairy narrowed into a short stalk wavy at edge, Pedunc. short 1-flowered 
7756 Leaves sessile obi. ellipt. hoary downy about 3-nerved, Fl. 3-8 in terminal umbels, Outer sepals largest 
7757 Lvs. conn, obi. lane. nerv. above smooth and shin, beneath silky, Fl. in corymb, cymes, Fed. and cal.vill. 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
requires to be ripened before the cuttings are taken off ; then to be planted in a pot of sand without shorten, 
ing the leaves, and to be plunged under a hand-glass in heat. 
1197. Cistus. Kia-Tog, in Greek ; derived from zi^v, a box, or capsule. The capsules of the genus are 
remarkable. All these words have been formed from the Anglo Saxon, ci/st, which signifies a hollow vessel. 
The species are for the most part shewy and free-flowering plants; the colors brilliant, and the petals very 
fugacious. In gardens they are rather difficult to keep in a neat shape, getting naked below, and often. dying 
wholly or in part during severe winters. They succeed best in glass cases, which can be entirely removed in 
summer, or in a dry soil under a warm wall. 
C. villosus has a strong woody stem, the flowers are produced at the ends of the branches, four or five 
together, almost in form of an umbel, but it rarely happens that more than one is open at ihe same time. The 
petals are large, purple, and spread open like a rose ; they are but of short duration, generally falling off the 
same day they expand ; but there is a succession of fresh flowers every day for a considerable time in May 
and June ; generally again in September and October, if the autumn be favorable, and even in the winter if 
the plants be protected from frosts. 
C. ledon and ladaniferus produce the gum ladanum, but not in such quantities as C. creticus. The resin, 
which is secreted from the leaves and other parts of the shrub, is scraped off by means of a kind or 
rake, to which numerous leathern thongs are appended instead of teeth. This instrument being drawn 
backwards and forwards over the plant from time to time, collects the resin. The chief iise of this gum in 
modern practice is in fumigations, its fragrant smell having made it a constant ingredient in such prepar- 
ations. C. ladaniferus is the most popular .<pecies for warm situations in ornamental scenery. 
" Most of the species," Sweet observes, " will survive through the winter in the open air, if the weather 
be not too severe ; but it is safest to keep some of all the kinds in pots, that they may be sheltered from severe 
frosts ; and they can be turned out in the borders in spring, when they will thrive and flower well. They 
will succeed in any common soil, or a mixture of loam and peat will suit them very well. They may be 
increased by layers ; or young cuttings, as soon as ripened, taken off at a joint, and planted under a hand- 
Cw/'l^^ root readily: they may be also raised from seeds, which are produced in abundance." {Bot. 
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