placed in that of Sir Joseph 
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CISTUS purpureus. 
Spotted purple Cistus, 
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POLYANDRIA MONOGYNLA. 
"Nat. ord. Cistt. Jussieu gen. 294. 
CISTUS. Supra vol. 3. fol. 225. 
Div. Exstipulati, fruticosi. 
C. purpureus, fruticosus, exstipulatus, follis lanceolatis utrinque acutis ru- 
gosis, pedunculis brevibus. Lamarck encyc. 2. 14. 
Cistus purpureus. Smith in Rees’s encyclop. Decand. hort. monsp. 19; 
_ Persoon syn. 2.75. - 
Cistus ladaniferus orientalis, flore purpureo majore. Tournef. cor. 19? 
Frutex 
quadripedalis ultrave ramis numerasts ascendentibus, villosiusculis, 
Joliosis. Folia obscuro-viridia lanceolata, utringue attenuata, minute ru- 
§osa, margine undulata uncias duas vel duas cum dimidio longa latitudine 
quingque-octolineari. Flores terminales ampli, roseo-purpurei, macula fusco- 
sanguinea ad basin cujusque petali. Calyx foliolis guinque ovalibus, mu- 
cronatis, appresso-villosis, Lamarck loc. cit.; (ex gallico vers.), 
ee 
This handsome shrub is universally known in our col- 
lections by the title of Cistus creticus; from which however 
it has been well distinguished by the industrious and sa- 
gacious Chevalier de Lamarck in’ his excellent Encyclo- 
pédie Botanique. Cre¢icus is much smaller in all its parts 
than purpureus; has spatulately lanceolate or ovate leaves, 
a corolla of one colour not marked with the dark purple 
spot at the base of each petal so remarkable in the present 
species, 
Purpureus is supposed to be native of the Leyant; in- 
deed if really the plant of the synonym we haye adduced 
from Tournefort, there can be no doubt on that head. We 
presume its omission in the Hortus Kewensis, has arisen 
from its having been confounded with creticus: why it has 
not been adopted by Willdenow, we are unable to say. 
The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Col- 
ville, in King’s Road, Chelsea; where the plant flowers 
during the summer months; and is preserved in a garden 
frame during winter. It is one of long standing in the gar- 
dens of this country, as well as in those of France. We 
suspect that the specimen from Tournefort’s Herbarium, 
Banks along with another of the 
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