862 411. Helian them urn. CISTJNEAL PLex.thah 
heaves petioled, green above; flowers small; calyx vil- 
lous; petals 4 or 5, not cut; ovary bald; style kneed. 
2. Helianthemum gut t alum. Spotted dwarf-cistus. 
Stem herbaceous, upright ; leaves opposite, oblong, three- 
ribbed, hairy; radical leaves ovate ; racemes without bractese. 
Cistus flore pallido, punicante macula insignito, Rail Syn. 342, 1. 
Cistus annuus flore maeulato, Ger. em. 1281, 19. 
Cisius annuus flore guftato, Park. 661. 
Cistus guttatus, Lin. S. P. 741. 
Sandy pastures ; annual ; June and July. 
Stem 9 inches high, 4-sided; racemes terminal, 1-rowed; 
calyx glandular; petals with a reddish spot at the base; 
stigma sessile. 
b. Flowers yellow ; leaves stipuled at the base. 
3. Helianlhemum le difolium. Ledum-leaved dwarf-cistus . 
Stem herbaceous, upright, rather bald ; flowers lateral, 
alternate ; peduncles upright, shorter than the calyx. 
Cistus annus, Ger. em. 1280, 17. 
Cistus annuus longifolius Lobelii, Ger. em. 1280, 18. 
Cistus Jedifolius, Lin. S. P. 742. 
Cistus salicifolius, Hudson FI. Angl. 233. 
Sandy pastures; annual; June and July. 
Stem upright, sometimes branched at the bottom, few- 
flowered ; leaves downy on both sides ; stipules one-third of 
the length of the leaves; flowers solitary; petals shorter 
than the calyx, falling off extremely soon. 
4. Helianthemum Surreianum. Surrey dwarf-cistus. 
Stem rather shrubby, trailing ; leaves ovate, oblong ; 
beneath hairy, spotted ; stipules and petals lanceolate. 
Helianthemum vulgare, petalis fiorum perangustis, Dilitn in Rail Syn. 
341 , 2 . 
Cistus Surrejanus, Lin. S. P. 743. 
Cistus Helianthemum 8, Hudson FI. Angl. 283. 
Chalky hills ; shrubby ; July and August. 
Stem simple, hairy; hairs bent back; leaves petiolated, 
green on both sides, hairy and dotted underneath ; stipules 
fringed; racemes many-flowered, solitary; petals slender, 
pointed. 
5. Helianthemum vulgare. Common dwarf-cistus . 
Stem rather shrubby, trailing; leaves elliptical, oblong, 
woolly beneath ; stipules lanceolate ; calyx nearly bald ; 
petals roundish. 
