The BRITISH H K R B A L. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cijhts fimiiia folio fahi,r. 
Others, ajltis famiiia. Our gardeners. Female 
cijllis. 
7. Great flowered animal Ciftiis. 
Cifnis annuus pre magno. 
Tlie root is flcnder, long, and inconfidc- 
rabie. 
The firfl: leaves are oblong, broad, and obtufe; 
of a pale green, and hairy. 
The ftafk is fingle, round, ereft, firm, and a 
foot and half h-gh : it is hairy, and of a pale 
green. 
I'he leaves ftand in pairs at confidcrable dif- 
tances : they are oblong, broad, and blunt, of a 
pale green, and hairy. 
The flowers Hand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and in the bofoms of the leaves : they arc large 
and white. 
The feed-veffcl is large, as are alfo the feeds. 
It is a native of Spain and Portugal. This is the 
only herbaceous cifius that approaches to the form 
of the (lirubby kinds ; but it agrees fo well with 
them as to fliew that all eflxirts to feparatc the 
Jlmbby and dwarf cijius into two genera muff be 
fruitltfs. 
C. Bauhine calls it CiJliis folia falicis. 
!>. White hairy long-leaved Ciftus. 
Cijfiis frulefcnu albicans foliis ohloligis hirfutis. 
I'he root is large and fpreading. 
The ftems are numerous, woody, but weak > 
three or four feet iong, but generally procum- 
bent, and covered with a pale bark : the young 
twigs are very long and llender, and they are of 
awhitilli colour. 
The leaves ffand in pairs : they are oblong 
and narrow ; of a greyifli green, and hairy. 
The flowers fl:and at the tops of the branches; 
and they are large and white. 
The fecd-vefl'els are large, as are alfo the 
feeds. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July, 
The young flioots of this fpecies are covered 
with a fine balfamick fragrant refin, 
C, Bauhine calls it Ciflus leion hirfutum. Clu- 
fius, CiJliis ledon quartiis. Others, Cijius mas 
hirfmus. 
g. Common male Ciftus. 
GJtus fore magna nihentc. 
The root Is large, fpreading, and woody; 
The ftem is woody, firm, upright, branchec?, 
and four feet high : the branches are thick fee 
with leaves, and their bark is of a pale brown. 
The leaves are oblong, but of a confiderable 
breadth ; they ftand in pairs without any foot- 
ftalks, and they are broadeft toward the bafe, 
whence they dlminifh to a point; and are of a 
greyifti green colour, and covered with a woolly 
matter ; they are very foft and tender on the 
young fl"ioots, but hard and rigid on fuch as are 
older. 
The flowers ftand on ftender footflalks at the 
upper part of the branches, and are very large, 
and red. 
The feed-vefTel is roundifh, and angulated j 
and the feeds are large. 
* It is common in Italy, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ciftus mas folio oblorjge in- 
cano. Our gardeners, Male ciftus. 
The plant called hypociftis, to be defcribed 
hercaiter in its proper place, grows to the roots 
of this fpecies, in the fame manner as the broom- 
rape grows to the roots of broom in our hillys 
barren pafturcs. 
10, Narrow-leaved red Ciftus. 
Ciftus fore rubra magno anguftifolhis . 
The root is woody and fpreading. 
The ftem is thick, woody, branched, and four 
feet high : the bark is of a pale colour, and the 
wood is brittle. 
1 he leaves ftand in pairs, and are very nu- 
merous : they are long, narrow, and of a pale 
green'; fomewhat hairy, but not woolly, as thofe 
of the other fpecies. 
The flowers ftand on long footftalks rifing 
from the bofoms of the leaves, and are very 
large, and of a beautiful red. 
The feed-vefiels are large and ribbed ; and the 
feeds are large. 
C, Bauhine calls this Ciftus mas folio oblongo 
incano. 
It is frequent in the warmer parts of Europe, 
and common in our gardens. 
Ray fufpetSed this to be only a variety of the 
preceding fpecies, but erroneoufly. 
GENUS IV. 
SAINT JOHN'S WORT. 
H r P E R I C U M. 
THE flower confifts of five petals, which are equal in fize, regularly placed, and expanded : the 
feed-vcffel is roundifli, and the feeds are numerous : the cup is divided into five, oval, pointed 
fegments, and remains when the flower is fallen. 
Linnteus places this among the polyadelphia poliandrla ; the threads in the flower being divided into 
feveral difl:in£l fets, growing together at their bafes, and growing to the receptacle. 
The fl:yles, which in the reft of this author's method make a confidcrable part of the claffica! 
charafter, are here not mentioned ; for this plain reafon, that their number is too uncertain to be 
determined. In fome_ fpecies of this plant there are two, in others three, in others five, and in fome 
but one. 
N'XVIII. Yy Thi' 
