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flower. ■ The leaves grow by pairs : The em- 
palement conflfts of three leaves : The flower 
is pentapetalous, in the form of a Rofe, having 
a great number of chives : The fruit is globu- 
lar, divided into three cells, and opens in three 
parts, refembling three carinated leaves : The 
feeds are roundifh, and fix’d to fmall threads. 
The fpecies are : 
I. Helidnthemum vulgare^ R. 341, P.656. Angli- 
cum luteum^ G. iioo. Cham^ciftus vulgaris flora 
luteo^ C. 465. Dwarf Ciflus, or Little Sun- flower. 
In dry mountainous places ; and flowers in June. 
In Cold-Kail fcrogs, near Kendal^ TVeftmoreland, 
plentifully f . ' From a white ligneous root fpring up 
feveral flender, round, hairy flalks, fpreading upon 
the ground, clothed with oblong narrow leaves, refil- 
ing 'upon fliort pedicles, green above, and hoary un- 
derneath : On their tops Hand yellow flowers, ranged, 
as it were, in a long thyrfe, one above another, and 
hanging on pedicles half an inch long : At the pe- 
dicle of each flower is a long narrow leaf. It has 
been found with a white flower. 
Q./ Helianthemum vulgar pet alls florum peran^ 
. R. 341. Small Sun-flower, with very nar- 
row flower-leaves. This feems to be a variety of 
the former. 
3. Helianthemum Alpinum folio Filo fella minoris ^ 
Fuchjii., R. 342. Hoary Dwarf Mountain Ciflus, 
with Catsfoot leaves. It grows together with the 
firfl on Betham benks, near Scout flyle, about a mile 
from Kendal^ JVeftmoreland'\ . The flalks and leaves . 
are covered with a hoary down. 
4. Chamajiftus montanus Polii folio ^ R. 342. 
Dwarf Ciflus, with Foley- mountain leaves. Upon 
Brent downs, in Somerfetjhire^ near the Severn St2L. 
CisTus. It has the appearance of a tree : The . 
leaves grow by pairs : The empalement confifls 
of three or five leaves; The flower is pentape- * 
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