620 CIS T 
16. Ciftiis calycinus: eredl; leaves linear; peduncles, 
one-flowered ; calyxes three-leaved. Stem a foot high, 
ere&l ; branches reddifli. Native of the fouth of Europe. 
17. Ciftus Syriacus, or Syrian cilhis : eredt; leaves lan¬ 
ceolate, revolute,; flowers racemed. Stem eredt; the 
younger branches- fomewhat villofe; leaves acute, quite 
entire, fubffflile, alternate, fomewhat villole, pale green. 
Native of the Levant. Introduced in 171,8, by Thouin. 
18. Ciftus fumana, or heath-leaved dittus : procum¬ 
bent ; leaves alternate, linear, rugged about the edge 5 
peduncles one-flowered. Stems feldom longer than a foot. 
In autumn this fpecies as often covered with tufts of 
leaves in fhape of roles, fo as to relemble a fedum more 
than a cilhis. Native of Gothland, France, Swifferland, 
Auftria, Carniola. 
19. Ciltus canus, or myrtle-leaved dwarf ciftus ; pro¬ 
cumbent ; leaves oppofite, obovate, villofe, tomentofe 
underneath; flowers flibumbelled. The old Items are pro¬ 
cumbent and naked ; but thole which bear leaves and 
flowers are-eredt. Native of the fouth of France, Spain, 
Portugal, Auftria, Carniola, and Piedmont. Introduced 
in 1772, by Monf. Richard. 
20. Ciltus Italicus, or Italian ciftus: leaves oppofite, hif- 
pid ; lower ovate, upper lanceolate ; branches fpreading. 
Stem eredt,a fpan high': perhaps a variety of the foregoing. 
2x. Ciftus marifolius, or marum-leayed ciftus: leaves 
oppofite, oblong, petioled, flat, hoary, underneath. Stems 
upright, flirubby, a foot and a half high, fending out 
branches the whole length; leaves fmalj, filvery, oppo- 
flte, fmooth ; the fiower-ftalks branch ; and the flowers, 
which are white, are produced in fliort fpikes at the ends 
of the branches. According to Linnaeus, it varies with 
lanceolate leaves, fmooth above, and oval leaves, fome¬ 
what hairy above, but they are always denfely tomentofe. 
underneath and homy white. Native of the fouth of Eu¬ 
rope : cultivated in 1731, by Mr. Miller. 
22. Ciftus rofeus, or role-flowered ciftus : procumbent; 
leaves oppofite, oblong, rolled back at the edge, fome¬ 
what hoary on both fldes. This fpecies Allioni fufpedt's 
to be nothing more than a variety of ciftus belianthemum, 
though the Item of this be nfore branching and flirubby; 
the leaves more firm and fomewhat hoary underneath. For 
it is not unufualfo fee ciftus helianthernum -of a rofe co¬ 
lour in maritime lituations ; and ftems that in cold places 
are annual and periflvable, often becorrie in warm climates 
perennial and flirubby. Native of the county of Nice 
and Unelia. Miller fays, it was found growing near 
Smyrna, by Dr. Sherard, who firll fent the feeds to Eng¬ 
land : it was cultivated in the botanic garden at Chel- 
fea in 1723. 
23. Ciftus Anglicus, or Englilh ciftus: procumbent; 
leaves oppofite, oblong, revolute, hairy; flowers racemed: 
Item lcarcely fix inches high, oblique, all rugged ; leaves 
lanceolate, like thole of hyffop, roughifh, not even, 
green on both fldes ; flowers white, nodding ; but when 
in bloom eredt. This fpecies was firft oblerved by Mr. 
Newton on lome rocks near Kendal in Weftmoreland. 
It has been fince found by Mr. Fitz Roberts, at Buck 
Barrow Bank Scar between Brigfteer and Confwick, and 
about Cartmel-wells in Lancathire ; at Betram-beuke, 
about a mile to the weft of Kendal, by Mr. Richardfon ; 
in Caernai vonfliire by Mr. Pennant; and in Anglefea, 
by Mr. Davies : it flowers in May. 
24. Ciftus Oelandicus: procumbent; leaves oppofite, 
oblong, fmooth on both tides ; petioles ciliate ; petals 
emarginate. According to Liiyiasus, in Flora Suecica, 
this differs from ciftus helianthernum in having fmaller, 
narrower, leaves ; ftems fmaller, more eredt, fmoother, 
more woody, and redder; more flowersat the lops of the 
branches, and they lefs, without a fpot in the middle; 
the petals fmaller, not touching each other on the fides. 
It is no variety, but fufliciently dittindt in its appearance, 
the calyxes not being refledted, the corollas ufually clofed, 
the germ fmooth, the ftyle bent in, the ftigma hifpid, 
ufually four-cleft, and in the leaves having the edge not 
in the leaft refledled. It does not however appear to Hai¬ 
ti s. 
ler that this is very different from the common ciftus he- 
lianthemum. See No. 19. and 20. There is little doubt 
bur that the fpecies have been too much multiplied. 
III. Without ftipules, herbaceous. 25. Ciftus tuberaria, 
or plantain-leaved ciftus : perennial; root-leaves, ovate, 
three-nerved, tomenrofe ; ftem-leaves fmooth, lanceolate ; 
the upper alternate. Root hard, perennial,.gradually nar¬ 
rower as it defcends ; Item a foot high, Ample, villofe at bot¬ 
tom. Native of Spain, in Catalonia and near Benicali in 
the kingdom of Valencia : alfo in the fouth of France, 
and about Pifa. 
26. Ciftus guttatus, or annual fpotted-flowered ciftus : 
leaves oppofite, lanceolate, three-nerved, racemes without 
bradtes. Root annual ; Item upright, five or fix inches 
high : that and the reft of the plant covered with fpread¬ 
ing hairs ; flowers eredt, but when juft out of bloom pen¬ 
dant; petals yellow', with a very dark purple fpot, approach¬ 
ing to black at the bale ; fruits eredt. Native of the fouth of 
Europe, in fandy foils: oblerved by Brewer, in Tandy paf- 
tures on Llech-ddue,near Holyhead, Anglelea, flowering 
in June ; and by Dr. Sherard on the weft lide of the ifle of 
Jerfey, near Grofnez caftle. Columna and Ray remarked 
it at the foot of mount Vefuvius, without any fpots in 
the corolla. 
27. Ciftus Cnnadenfis, or Canadian ciftus : all the leaves 
alternate, lanceolate, Item afcending. This is a peren¬ 
nial plant, and was found in Canada, by Kalm. 
IV. With ftipules, herbaceous. 28. Ciftus iedifolius, or 
ledum-leaved ciftus: eredt, fmooth ; flowers folitary, fub- 
lefiile, oppofite to a ternate leaf. This rifes higher with 
greater ftems than the next fpecies, bat is not lefs hairy ; 
having two or three leaves let at the feveral joints, longer 
and narrower than in falicifolius, and fmaller pointed, 
fomewhat rough, and of a deep green colour; the flowers 
grow fingly towards the top,and are of a pale yellow. This 
plant puts on different appearances, according to the foil 
and fituation. In a good foil, if the plants Hand Angle, and 
are not injured by w'eeds, they will rife near a foot and a 
half high, the leaveswil) be twoinchesand a half long, and 
near half an inch broad in the middle 5 but in a poor foil 
they do not rife more than half that height; the leaves are 
much narrower, and the leed-veffels not half fo large. 
When they are cultivated in a garden they are found not 
to differ. It is an annual plant. Native of the fouth of 
France and Italy; found alfo by Dr. Sherard near Smyrna : 
cultivated in 1731, by Mr. Miller. 
29. Ciftus falicifolius, or willow-leaved annual ciftus : 
fpreading, villofe ; flowers racemed, eredt 3 pedicels hori¬ 
zontal. Native of Spain and Portugal, monte Baldo, 
near Verona, and in the county of Nice ; fandy paftures 
near Bream-downs in Somerfettbire. Annual; flowering 
in June and July. Miller has made two fpecies of it. 
30. Ciftus Niloticus: erect, fubtomentofe; flow'ers race¬ 
med, fclitary, feflile, oppofite-leaved. Stem lomewdiat 
woody, a foot high, round. Native of Egypt: annual. 
31. Ciftus Aigyptiacus, or Egyptian ciftus: eredt; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, petioled ; calj'xes inflated, larger than 
the corolla. Root annual, putting out one Item only, which 
is e'redt, but not able to fupport the weight of the fruits ; 
flowers drooping and without fcent. Native of Egypt. 
V. With ftipules, underfiirubby. 32. Ciftus fquamatus : 
leaves covered with orbiculate fcales. Branchesrathereredt, 
at bottom four-cornered ;The whole plant is covered with 
orbiculate fcales, depreffed in the center. It was obferved 
in Spain by Loefling. 
33. Ciftus lippii : eredt; leaves alternate and oppofite, 
lanceolate, rugged ; fpikes diredted one way. Stem round, 
pubefcent, whitifh, bifid or fparingly branched ; branches 
below the forking of the Item, lateral, fimple, white. The 
wild plant has the branches and leaves hoary on both 
fldes. Native of Egypt, near Alexandria, &c. 
34. Ciftus furreianus, or final]-flowered ciftus: pro¬ 
cumbent ; leaves ovate-oblong, fomewhat hairy ; petals 
lanceolate. This retembles ciftus helianthernum very much 
in all its parts, except in the flower, which has the petals 
oblong and narrow, fpreading out like the points of a 
ftar. 
