CIS'TUS LUSITAN'ICUS. 
Vtu\ dvcumbons 
DECUMBENT LUSITANIAN CISTUS. 
Class. 
POLY AN Dill A . 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA . 
Natural Order. 
CISTIN ACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit 
Introduced 
S. Europe 
18 Inches. 
September. 
Shrub. 
before 1835 
No. 799. 
For the origin of the name Cistus see No. 449. 
We have previously published one variety of 
Cistus Lusitanicus — a shrub of rather upright 
growth, whilst the present plant is decumbent, 
producing a different feature in the shrubbery, 
yet not so humble as its near allies, the little He- 
lianthemums, which were formerly united with the 
Cistus, and formed a genus, not alone incongruous, 
but inconveniently extensive, containing about two 
hundred species. At every turn we see the ex- 
uberance of nature to be incomprehensible — the 
bounty of the Creator demanding unlimited and 
unceasing gratitude. In the expressive words of 
our inimitable poet, may we continually exclaim 
“ I can no other answer make, but thanks, 
And thanks, and ever thanks.” 
This is a very ornamental low shrub, but it will 
sometimes be destroyed by severe frosts, therefore 
a few cuttings should be struck in the summer, for 
protection in a frame or dwelling-house. An expe- 
rienced cultivator suggests that by hybridization 
the Cistus would be likely to produce valuable var- 
ieties, since those of Helianthemum are sonumerous. 
