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eal., /. all pinnatifid, segments linear acute sometimes wavy. — 
E. B. S. 2628. it. ii. 101.— St. 1^— 2 feet high, rather shrubby 
below. Fl. white. Fr. oblong, wrinkled. Sometimes there are 
(5 Sep. and pet. when it is R. alba (L.). — Waste sandy places 
uear the sea, rare. B. or P. Vn. VIII. K S. I. 
3. R. Luteola (L.) ; sep. 4, pet. 4 or 5 very unequal longer 
than the calyx, I. long-lanceolate undivided. — E. B. 320. R. ii. 
!)9. — 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. — WavSte places, particularly on chalk or 
limestone. B. VIL VHI. Weld. E. S. I. 
Order VIII. CISTACE^. 
Sep. 5, two outer smaller sometimes wanting, 3 inner twisted 
iu the bud. Pet. 5, crumpled and twisted in the bud the 
contrary way to the sepals. Stam. many. Ovary 1, 1- or many- 
celled. Style and stigma simple. Fniit a capsule, with 3, 5 or 
10 valves. Embryo spiral or cm-ved, in the albumen. 
1. Helianthemum. Cal. of 5 sepals, 2 outer smaller. Pet. 
5, deciduous. Stam. many. Caps. 3-valved. 
1. Helian'themtjm Gaert. Rock-rose. 
1. JI. guUdtum (MiU.) ; erect herbaceous, 1. oblong-lanceolate 
or linear, lower 1. opposite without stipules, upper 1. alternate, 
racemes without bracts, stigma subsesstle. — E. B. 544. — Upper 
1. usually vnth small stipides. Fruitstalks patent. Pubescence 
of long simple and short stellate hairs. Fl. yellow, usually with 
a deep-red spot at the base of each petal.— Very rare. Three- 
( 'astle Head, Cork. Jersey. A. VI.— VELI. I. 
2. S. Breweri (Plauchon) ; erect herbaceous, /. obovate blunt 
rosulate without stip., upper 1. linear, racemes toith bracts. — 
Lmul. Journ. of Bot. iii. 618. t. 21. Curt. ii. 102.— St. mostly 
simple or branching from the base. Pet. narrow, yellow, not 
spotted. Fruitstalks erect-patent. — \'ery rare. Holyhead Moun- 
tain and near Amlwch, Anglesea. A. \1. — VIII. E. 
3. H. cdnmn (Dun.); shrubby, without stipxdes, 1. opposite 
ovate or oblong stalked flat hoaiy beneath, racciiws teiTuinal 
with bracts, " style twisted at the base reflexed, at the apex in- 
Hexed." — Cistus marifoliiis Sni., E. B. 396. — St. decumbent. 
L. hoary beneath, hairy above. Fl. yellow, small. "Anth. 
emarginate at both ends. Style longer than the stigma." — On 
iimestone rocks, rare. P. Y. — VII. E. I. 
[Zf. ledifolium (Willd.); herbaceous, with sti^iulcs, downy, 
1. lanceolate opposite, upper 1. alternate subsessile pubescent, 
j)ed. solitary opposite tliu 1. shorter than cal., styles straight. — 
