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9. VIOLACE/E. 
wild specimens (“ braneliiiig from the base,” Plan.). Pet. naiTOW, 
yellow not spotted. Pruitstalks erect-patent. Pubescence as in 
H. guttatum. — Very rare. Holyhead Mountain and near Aml- 
wch, 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- 
fle.xed.” — Cistus marifolius Sm., E. B. 396. C. anglicus and C. 
canus L. — FI. yellow, small. St. decumbent. L. hoary beneath, 
hairy above. “Anth. emarginate at both ends. Style longer 
than the stigma.” — On alpine limestone, rare. P. V. — VII. E. 
f-4. H. ledifolium (Willd.); herbaceous, with stipules, downy, 
I. lanceolate opposite the nj)per ones alternate nearly sessile pu- 
bescent, pedu7icles solitary oj)posite to the leaves shorter than the 
calyx, styles straight. — E. B. 2414. — I am only acquainted ivith 
this plant from the figiu’e and descriptions, it ajjpears to be more 
correctly C. niloticus than C. ledifolius of Linn., but the two 
])lants are only varieties of one sjjecies. — Brent Dowms, Somerset, 
not found for many years. A. VI. VII. E. 
5. H. vulgare (Gaert.); procumbent, shrubby, with stipules, 1. 
oval or liiiear-oblong opposite nearly flat green above hoaiy be- 
neath, racemes bracteated, style longer than the ovarium bent at 
the base, inner sep. obtuse apiculate. — Cistus Helianthemum (L.) 
E. B. 1321. J?. 4547. 4548. — Pruitstalks contorted anddeflexed. 
Varying much in the size and shape of its leaves and the amount 
of hoariness and pubescence. FI. yellow. — C. tomentosus E. B. 
2208. does not appear to differ in any essential point from this 
plant. I have never seen the “ stipules hoaiy.” — C. surrejanus 
E. B. 2207. (from a garden specimen of Mr. Dickson’s) is not the 
Croydon plant (Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 145.) which was again found 
there by the late Mr. Christy and is a monstrosity of H. vulgaris. 
— Common on dry hilly places. P. VII. — IX. Common Rock- 
rose. 
6. H. polifolium (Amott); hoary with stellate pubescence, 
shrubby, procumberif, with stipules, 1. opposite ovate-oblong or 
oblong-linear more or less revolute hoary on both sides, racemes 
bracteated, style bent at the base longer than the germen, inner 
sep. obtuse. — E. B. 1322. H. apenninum DC. — FI. white. Di- 
stinguished fi'om the H. polifolium (DC.) by the hoary upper sur- 
faces of the leaves and stellate pubescence. — Very rare. Brean 
Downs, Som. ; and Torquay, Devon. P. VII. VIII. E. 
Order IX. VIOLACE.E. 
Sep. 5, imbricate. Pet. 5, regular or irregular. Stam. 5, fila- 
ments dilated, connective elongated beyond the anthers into a 
