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CYTINUS uypocistis. 
Rape of Cistus. 
a g MONGCIA MONADELPHIA. Nar. Onp. ARISTOLOCHLE: 2 | 
Gan. Cuar. —Masc. Perianthium simplex, campanulatum, quadrifidum, afi 
_ bisquamosum. Antheree 8, biloculares. Fam. Perianthium ut in mare. 
Stigma capitatum, sulcatum. ~Bacca 8-locularis. —Pers. 
Plant parasitical upon the roots of some species of Cistus. Stem 2-4 inches 
_ long, quite simple, fleshy, whitish, from a narrow base, gradually en- 
larged upwards, clothed with numerous imbricating scales, and with only 
the upper part appearing above ground. Scales ovato-lanceolate, fleshy, 
those below small, yellow, often tinged with brown, those above much 
larger and longer, bright yellow, with a tinge of red, slightly downy. — 
Flowers moncecious, within the uppermost scales, one in each, tubulato- 
campanulate, of a fleshy substance near the base, having an opposite 
pair of lanceolate scales meeting together at the top, and at first cover- 
ing the flowers, slightly downy: the single Perianthium is 4-lobed ; 
‘lobes scarcely spreading, ovate, obtuse. The male and. female ‘flowers 
~~ seem to be exactly alike. In the Male, the base is thick and fleshy, and 
apparently on dissection having 4 abortive cells. Column of the sta~ 
mens short, cylindrical. Anthers oblong, 8 in number, surrounding the © 
top of the column, and sessile upon it. Female perianth adherent with 
the ovary. Style short, cylindrical, downy. Stigma capitate, with 
8-10 deep furrows, brown: the ridges looking like so many abortive 
anthers. As far as I could judge from the transverse section of a single 
germen, there appeared to be one cell, with 8 elevated, longitudinal 
ridges, upon which the numerous ovules were inserted. Authors, how- 
ever, describe the fruit as an oval coriaceous Berry, of eight one con- 
taining many small rounded seeds. 
Having received some recently dried specimens of the Cy- 
tinus hypocistis from the South of France from Professor Dz- 
LILE of Montpellier, and a sketch and some notes made from 
fresh individuals by my friend G. BENTHAM, Esq. of the 
same country, I am now enabled to publish a figure of this rare 
and curious plant. 
VOL. II. 
