622 CIS 
49. Ciftus Arabicus, or Arabian ciftus : procumbent; 
leaves linear, thole on the peduncles alternate, thole on 
the branchlets crowded. This plant is a foot high, fuf- 
fruticofe, and diffufed. According to the defcription of 
Vahl, the branches are leaflefs, procumbent at the bottom, 
then afcending, often a foot high, round, fmooth, (len¬ 
der; branchlets from the very bafe, copious, alternate, 
diftant, fpreading very much ; the lower ones barren, the 
uppermoft flowering, quite fimple, elongated, cinereous- 
pubefcent; leaves on the barren branches crowded, mark¬ 
ed with two lines, declining, linear, Itiffifh, veinlefs, blunt- 
ill), the laft tomentofe, alh-coioured. Native of Spain-. 
_ VI. Species not in Syftema Vegetabilium. 5o.|Ciltus me- 
dius: leaves ovate-lanceolate, wrinkled, petioled, tooth- 
letted. Grows in the county of Nice. 
51 Ciftus grandifiorus, or great-flowered ciftus: ftipu- 
led, fuffruticofe ; leaves lanceolate, villofe on both fides, 
acuminate; ftipules longer th;m the calyx. Stem villofe, 
about fix inches high; leaves an inch long; flowers in 
racemes. Found in Carniola and Piedmont. 
52. Ciftus breviorifolius, or Ihort-leaved ciftus: fhrub- 
by, without ftipules; leaves ovate-lanceolate, connate, 
liirfute, wrinkled; peduncles longer. This is a native of 
Portugal. 
53. Ciftus lufitanicus: Ihrubby, without ftipules; leaves 
ovate, obtufe, villole, nerved, and wrinkled underneath; 
flowers larger. This has much larger and rounder leaves, 
hairy, but even on their upper fide, rough and full of 
veins on their under; branches white and hairy; flowers 
very large, and of a light purple colour. 
54. Ciftus hifpanicus : Ihrubby, without ftipules, vil¬ 
lole; leaves lanceolate, green connate ; flowers feflile; ca¬ 
lyxes acute. This does not rife fo high as either of the 
former, but fends out branches near the root, which are 
hairy and ereft. At each joint comes out a very flender 
branch, having three pairs of fmall leaves of the fame 
fhape with the others, and terminated by a Angle flower; 
the ends of the branches have three or four flowers fit¬ 
ting clofe without peduncles-. The flowers are of a deep 
purple colour, and like thofe of the fecond. Thefe flower 
at the fame time with the others. 
55. Ciftus cordif'olius : ihrubby, without ftipules; leaves 
oblong-cordate, fmooth ; petioles longer. This fort rifes 
with a fmooth llmibby ftalk four or live feet high, fend¬ 
ing out many flender woody branches, covered with a 
fmooth brown bark, with oblong. heart-lhaped leaves, 
which are fmooth, and have long foot-ftalks. Therflowers 
are produced at the ends of the branches, Handing upon 
pretty long peduncles ; they are white, and appear in 
jane, July, and Auguft, but rarely produce any feeds in 
England. 
56. Ciftus fafciculatus: leaves in bundles. Stem Ihrub¬ 
by, about nine inches high; leaves very narrow and fine, 
growing in clufters. The flowers come out from the fide, 
and at the ends of the branches, on flender peduncles; 
they are of a pale ftraw-colour, and it is feldom longer 
than two hours before the petals fall off. This plant iel- 
dom continues more than two years. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope ; and fent to Mr. Miller from Holland by 
]Dr. Adrian van Royen. 
57. Ciftus vaginatus, or oblong-leaved ciftus s arboref- 
tent, without ftipules; leaves oblong, hairy underneath, 
nettedwrinkled; petioles united at the bafe, flieathing, 
furrowed. Found in the illand of Teneriffe by Malfon, 
and introduced in 1779. It flowers from April to June. 
The place of this is between the fourth and fifth fpecies. 
58. Ciftus laxus, or broad waved-leaved ciftus : arbo- 
rel'cent, without ftipules ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, waved, 
toothletted, fmooth, the upper rough with hairs; calycine 
leaflets roundilh-cordate. Native of Spain and Portugal: 
cultivated in 1656, by Mr. John Tradefcant, junior. It 
flowers in June and'July. This Ihould come in between 
the lixth and feventh. 
59. Ciftus fcabrofus, or rough ciftus: uiMerlhrubby, 
■without ftipules j leaves oppolite, ovate, hairy and rug* 
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ged, three-nerved; calyxes three-leaved. Steins decum 
bent, round, clofely befet with Ihort ltellated hairs, and 
rugged; branches Ihort; leaves l'ubpetioled, an inch in 
length. Native of Italy and Portugal. It flowers in June 
and July. Introduced'in 1773 by Meflieurs Kennedy and 
Lee. It comes in between the eighteenth and nineteenth 
Ipecies. 
60. Ciftus fericeus: arborefcent, without ftipules; leaves 
ovate, tomentole, three-nerved, the lower petioled, the- 
uppermoft feflile; peduncles rough with hairs. Stem two 
or three feet high; branches round, denfely tomentofe, 
hoary-white ; leaves oppofite, hoary, very loft, flat, blunt- 
ill), about an inch in length ; the four uppermoft feflile, 
lubcordate at the bafe, the reft ending in a Ihort petiole. 
Native of Spain and Portugal. 
61. Ciftus hybridus: arborefcent, without ftipules; 
leaves ovate, petioled, hoary ; branches fcaly ; peduncles 
elongated, rough with hairs. Native of Spain. The pro¬ 
per place of this, and the foregoing, is between the tenth 
and eleventh fpecies. 
62. Ciftus elongatus : arborefcent, without ftipules ; 
leaves lanceolate, hoary; peduncle elongated, two-leaved; 
that and the racemed calyxes liirfute. This is an upright 
and very branching fiirub, a foot or more in height; 
branches Ihort, the younger ones tomentofe, hoary, with 
yellowilh lcales Icattered over them; leaves oppolite, vein¬ 
lefs, hoary on both fides, flat; the younger ones doubled 
together, patulous at the tip; the leaves alfo are (mailer 
than in the other fpecies that approach neareft to it. Na¬ 
tive of Spain, where this and the preceding fort were found 
by Vahl. The proper place for this is between the twelfth 
and thirteenth fpecies. 
63. Ciftus alternifolius: fuffruticofe, without ftipules; 
leaves alternate; peduncles lateral and terminating, ibli- 
tary, one-flowered. This is an ereft little flirub, with 
flender villofe branches, and a brown bark ; leaves feflile, 
oblong, erebt, flat, quite entire, villole on both fides, be* 
coming black in drying. Native of Brafil. The true 
place of this is between the twenty-fourth and twenty- 
fifth Ipecies. 
64. Ciftus lavandulifolius,.or lavender-leaved ciftus: 
fuffruticofe, ftipuied; leaves lanceolate-linear, tomentofe; 
calyxes racemed, tomentofe, pointing one way, pendu¬ 
lous. This is a flirub, a palm, and fometimes a foot, in 
height, branched at the bottom ; branches round, up¬ 
right, tomentofe, hoary. Native of Spain, fouth of France, 
and Barba'ry. Clufius obferved it in the kingdom of Va¬ 
lencia ; and Vahl about Marfeilles, and on the dry hills of 
Tunis. Its proper place is between the forty-firft and 
forty-feccnd Ipecies. 
65. Ciftus lanceolatus: fuffruticofe, without ftipules; 
leaves lanceolate, three-nerved, hairy. Stem fuffruticofe, 
branched at the bafe; branches quite fimple, a Ihort (pan 
in length, afcending, leafy, linooth at the bottom, tomen¬ 
tofe at the top, hoary, as they are alfo at the bale; leaves 
feflile, two inches long, gradually fmaller towards the 
top, oppolite, except the lalf, which are alternate, hairy, 
but fometimes, though very feldom, quite fmooth. Native 
of Barbary ; and found there on the heaths near Bizerta, 
by Vahl. The proper place for this is immediately before 
the twenty-fifth fpecies. 
66. Ciftus ocymoides: Ihrubby, withoutftipules; leaves 
obovate, three-nerved ; thofe of the branchlets hoary on 
both fides; reflex at the tip ; calyxes racemed ; both they 
and the peduncles quite fmooth. This is a fmall upright 
Ihrub, a fpan high; branches oppofite, purple at the bot¬ 
tom, clothed at the bafe, as are alfo the branchlets with 
long thinly fcattered hairs ; the younger ones are hoary, 
'lomewhat angular, and, when examined with a magni¬ 
fier, have ferruginous dots fcattered over them; leaves 
petioled, oppolite, thofe on the branches, and the lower 
ones on the floweiing-twigs, lanceolate wedge-form, often 
an i nch long, three-neryed, green on both fides, almoft naked 
above, (lightly hairy beneath.; the younger ones, and thofe 
of the barren twigs, obovate, doubled, without apparent 
veins 
