POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
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nicnts broad, ovate-acuminate ; capsules shorter 
than the calix. — Willd. and Furslu 
Cistus Canadensis, L. 
Rock-ro&e. 
From ten inches to a foot high. Flowers large, yellov/; pe- 
tals spreading. In dry woods, Jersey, every where common. 
Ferennial. June. 
2. H. without stipules, erect, powdery-tomentose ; ramuiitio. 
leaves alternate, oblong, acute, revolute on the 
margin, tonientose beneath ; racemes very short, 
above sub-3-flowered, calicine segments orbi- 
cuiate-powdery, capsules globose, the length of 
the csilix.— Mich, and Fursh. 
Mecandra rainis alternis, Ciayt. fl, Virg, £0. 
From a span to ten inches high. An ordinary looking plant, 
with very small flowers, also yellow. In sandy commons and 
fields of Jersey, about five or eight miles below the city, fre- 
quent. In a sandy, grassy lawn, Jersey, about a quarter of a 
mile south-east of the ferry, opposite Gloucester point ; very 
abundant. Perennial. July. 
3. H. without stipules, erect, branched, finely pu- corymbosum. 
bescent; leaves alternate, lanceolate, hoary-to- 
mentose beneath^ corymbs fastigiate, crowded, 
many-flowered; caiicine segments ovate-acute; 
capsules scarcely longer than the calix. — Mich. 
Resembles No. 2, exceedingly. Flowers sometimes apetal- 
ous, in which state it resembles Lecliea major. Grows with 
No. 2. Perennial. June to August. 
239. PORTULACA. Gen. pi. 824. {PoHulacece.) 
Calix inferior, bifid. Petals 5. Capsule 1- 
celled, opening circularly. Meceptacle un- 
connected, 5-lobed. — 
1. P. leaves cuneiform, flowers sessile. — Willd. oieracea. 
Icon. Schkiihr. handb. 130. (Piirsh.) 
