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The flowers ftand fingly upon flender twigs 
rifing from the tops of the iblks: they are large, 
and of a gold yellow, and are compofcd of very 
narrow petals. 
The fced-veflel h roundifli, and the feeds are 
fmall. 
Ic is a native of our heaths, particularly of 
Surry ; and flowers in Augufl. 
Ray calls ic Helianthemum vulgar e pe talis fioriim 
•peranguftis : it retains this difference when raifed 
irom feed. 
3. Hoary Dwarf Ciflus. 
Cifius pumilus fuhejcens. 
The root is long, brown, flender, and di- 
vided 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, woody, and 
fhorc: fome of them trail upon the ground, and 
others rife upi but they are rarely more than 
three or four inches high ; they are of a whitifli 
colour, and fomewhat hairy. 
The leaves rtand in p;iirs, and they are ob- 
long, broad, and of a greyifli colour, wliiter on 
the under part than the upper, and covered with 
a rougii hoarynefs. 
The flowers are large and yellow; they fl:and 
at the tops of the upright flalks, and their bright 
colour, with the contrail of the white of the 
ftalks and leaves, has a very pretty eftedt. 
The feed-vcfTel is oblong, and fomewhat 
broad ; and the feeds are numerous and fmail. 
Ic is found in many parts of the northern 
counties, and flowers in July. 
J. Bauhine calls it Helianthemum alpinum folio 
pibfelU miuGris Fuchfii. 
4. Dwarf Ciflus with poleymountain leaves. 
Cijtus Jjumilis polii foliis. 
The root is long, flender, divided into feveral 
parts, and hung with tough fibres. 
The flalks are many, firm, ereft, woody, and 
very much branched. 
The leaves fland in pairs, and they are very 
numerous; the young fhoocs are fo covered with 
them that no part of the ftaik is to be feenj on 
the other and larger flalks they are placed at 
fomewhat greater diflances. 
They are long, narrow, and have no foot 
ftalks : they are undivided at the edges, pointed 
at the ends, and of a pale greyifh colour. 
The flowers ftand on flender twigs rifing from 
the upper parts of branches ; and they arc large, 
and of a gold yellow. 
The feed-velfel is roundifh and fmall ; and the 
feeds are very fmall. 
It is found on fome of our heaths, but is not 
com mon. 
Ray calls it Chnnu^cijlus mont anus polii folio, 
5. Ciflus with fpotted flowers, 
Ofius flore guttata. 
The root is fmall, flender, hard, oblong, un- 
divided, and furniflied with a few fibres. 
The firft leaves are fhort, broad, of a faint 
green, fomewhat hairy, and not at all divideti at 
the edges. 
'1 he ftalk is round, upright, of a pale E^reen 
lightly hairy, and not at all branched, tul near 
the top, where there rife feveral flioots from the 
bofoms of the leaves for the fupport of the 
flowers. 
The leaves are fhort, oblong, confiderably 
broad, and of a dufl<y green: they ftand in 
pairs : they are undivided at the edges, and 
pointed at the end, and a little hairy. 
The flowers are very large and beautiful : they 
fland on long footftaiks, and are of a paie yel* 
lowi but there is on each petal a fine fpot, of a 
blood red. 
The feed-veflel is fhort and fwelled ; the feeds 
are numerous and fmail. 
It is a naLive of Scotland, but not com- 
mon. It flowers in July. 
C. B.iuhine calls it Ciflus flore pallido punicanU- 
macula hijignito. 
It is an annual plant, and feldom rifes to more 
than a foot in height, often it is not above ei^ht 
inches. 
The feveral fpecies of EngHfli cijlus have all 
the fame virtu, s; but the moft common kind, 
here firft defcribed, poflefles them in the gn ateft 
degree. As the plant refembles the lychnis in its 
charadters, it does aifo in its qualities, but 
poflefles them in a more eminent manner. 
The roots of the common ciflus^ dried and 
powdered, are an excellent aftringent : they may 
be given in diarrha-as attended with bloody ftools, 
a fcruple for a dofe, with great fafety and fuccefs. 
The exprefl"ed juice of the leaves bruifed with 
red Port-wine is good againft fpitting of blood. 
The Germans efteem it one of the moft emi- 
nent of their wound-herbs, and call it golden 
confound. 
A decoaion made with equal parts of the ciflus 
roots and comfrey, and taken for a continuance of 
time, has been found excellent in the fluor albus. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. White Cillus with narrow leaves. 
Cifius albus foliis anguJUs fuhtus bifulcatis incanis. 
The root is long, flender, brown, and fur- 
nifhed with many long, and tough fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, woody, fknder, and 
branched. 
They partly lie upon the ground, and partly 
raife themfelves up : they are from eight inches 
to more than a foot in length, and are very thick 
fet with leaves. 
Thefe ftand in pairs, and are objong, very nar- 
row^, furrowed doubly on the lower fide, and a 
little hoary. 
The flowers ftand, in the manner of thofe of 
our common Cijlus, on weak, flender twigs, and 
they are large and white. 
The feed-veffel is roundifh, and the feeds are 
numerous, fmaU, and brown. 
It 
