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THE LIBRARY

THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA

IN MEMORY OF

Mr. & Mrs. Sydney B. Mitchell^

^U^fe

CISTINE^E.

THE

NATURAL ORDER OF CISTUS,

ROCK-ROSE;

ILLUSTRATED BY

COLOURED FIGURES & DESCRIPTIONS

OF ALL THE

DISTINCT SPECIES, AND THE MOST PROMINENT VARIETIES, THAT
COULD BE AT PRESENT PROCURED

IN THE

GARDENS OF GREAT BRITAIN;

•

WITH THE BEST DIRECTIONS

FOR THEIR

CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATION.

ROBERT, SWEET, F.L.S.

AUTHOR OF HORTIIS SUBURBANUS LONDINENSIS; HORTUS BR1TANNICUS

BOTANICAL CULTIVATOR; THE BRITISH FLOWER GARDEN;

GERANIACE^; FLORA AUSTRALASICA ; THE FLORIST^ GUIDE; THE

BRITISH WARBLERS, &C.

LONDON :
JAMES RIDGWAY, 169, PICCADILLY.

1825—1830.

TILLING, PRINTER, CHELSEA.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE present Volume contains all the figures of the dif-
ferent species, and the most prominent varieties, that the
Author has at present been able to procure : he has, there-
fore, brought the work to a conclusion ; which he be-
lieves will be more agreeable to the greater part of his
Subscribers, than to keep it open for a length of time,
to admit others occasionally, as they may be newly in-
troduced to the gardens, or as the old species might be
sometimes found in obscure collections, where they are
little expected to be.

A great many interesting species that were plentiful
in the nursery collections some years back, are not now
to be met with, many of them being sufficiently hardy
to endure a favourable Winter without protection, but
to be destroyed by a severe one, when the least covering
would preserve them ; the correct names of them were
also so little known, and one substituted for another so
frequently, that caused less attention to be paid to them
than they deserved, which we hope will not be the case
in future, as a very little protection is sufficient for the
whole of them, and nothing produces a more brilliant
effect, than a collection of them planted in rock- work,
or even grown in small pots, and placed together in a
clump, where the different colours may all be intermixed,
or kept separate, according to the taste or fancy of the
possessor.

602

v ADVERTISEMENT.

We are aware that there are still several species in the
different collections, that we have not met with in flower ;
three or four species in Mr. Anderson's collection, at the
Botanic Garden at Chelsea, some others in Mr. Barclay's
collection, at Bury-Hill ; those at the Chelsea Botanic
Garden have not yet flowered, most probably owing to

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the cold wet Summer ; several annual species that We
have often raised from seeds several years back, we have
not been able to procure since the commencement of the
present publication.

We have also given a description of the Natural Order
and of the published species that we have not been for-
tunate enough to meet with ; this should be placed at
the beginning of the work, to follow the list of books
referred to, which must also follow the title-page.

To A. B. Lambert, Esq. we render our grateful ac-
knowledgments for allowing us free access to his Li-
brary and Herbarium, which has been of great service
to us in determining the plants of different authors,
many of the original specimens from the authors them-
selves being now in Mr. Lambert's collection. To Mr.
William Anderson, the worthy Curator of the Chelsea Bo-
tanic Garden, we have also to return our best thanks, for
his kindness in allowing us to make drawings of several
rare species, which we have not met with in any other
collection ; and also to the various Nurserymen, for their
readiness in assisting us with specimens or plants for
drawing and description, from their various establish-
ments.
.

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In the Press, and soon will be Published, in One Volume,

THE SECOND EDITION OF

SWEET'S HORTUS BRITANNICUS ; being a Catalogue of all the Plants culti
vated in the Gardens of Great Britain, including all the published new introductions u]
to the present time ; arranged according to their natural affinities, with the addition o
the lannean Classes and Orders, Systematic and English Names, where native, whei
introduced, colour of the flowers, accentuations, references to the books where described
and also to figures, &c. ; arranged according to the most modern improvements.

CISTINE^E.

Calycis sepala 5 cum pedicello continua persistentia saepius inaequalia,
2 exteriora ceteris saepius ininora intercom evanida, 3 interiora per aestiva-
tionem contorta. Petala 5 hypogyna, caduca, aequalia, per aestivationera
contorta, sed directione sepalis contraria. Stamina numero indefinita, sae-
pius numerosa, hypogyna, erecta. Filamenta libera. Antherce ovatae, bi-
loculares, birimosae, basi insertae. Ovarium liberum. Stylus 1 filiformis.
Stigma simplex. Capsula constans valvis 3-5, rarius 10, mine medio ner-
vum longitudinalem placentarium gerentibus et tune capsula 1-locularis,
nunc nervo medio in septum plus minusve completum abeunte et tune cap-
sula complete aut incomplete multilocularis. Semina ided semper vere pa-
rietalia, sed nunc placentae parieti contiguae nunc septi angulo interno adfixa
plurima, parvula. Albumen farinosum. Embryo spiralis aut curvus intra
albumen. -Suffrutices aut Herbae. Folia simplicia, penninervia, Integra
aut subdentata, primordialia semper opposita, cetera scepius opposita, inter-
dum alterna, basi nunc nuda? nunc stipulis binis foliaceis instructa. Racemi
scepe floribus unilateralibus pcdicellatis successive evolutis et idea fere scor-
pioidei. Flores rosacei, petalisfugacissimis, scepius ephemeri, semper diur-
ni,Jlavi albi aut purpurei, ungue scept discolore. Rami succo glutinoso scepti
obducti. — Ordo affinis hinc Violarieis quibuscum olim confusus et a quibus
differt praecipue staminibus indefinitis, illinc Bixineis a quibus non differt
nisi petalis semper praesentibus nee interdum nullis, sepalorum aestivatione
subdiversa, albumine farinaceo, foliis nunquam pellucidis, etc. DC. prodr.
v. 1. p. 263.

CISTUS. Supra folio 1.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Sepala externa angustiora, saepe minora,
interna basi concava margin e scariosa. Petala rosea, rubra aut purpurea.
Capsula 5-loculares.

1. C. complicdtus (Lam. diet. 2. p. 14.) Leaves petiolate, roundish
ovate, bluntish, clothed with a white woolliness, crowded, underneath net-
ted-veined : petioles dilated at the base, somewhat hollow and sheathing,
the margins hairy : flower-stalks short, 1-flowered, in threes or fours, ter-
minating the branches. T? . — Native of the Levant, and the mountains of
Valencia, in Spain. Flowers small, rose-coloured.

2. C. sericeus (Vahl symb. 1. p. 37.) Leaves ovate, woolly, three-
nerved ; lower ones on footstalks ; upper ones sessile : flower-stalks hairy. h> .
— Native of Spain. — Flower-stalks clothed with long purplish hairs : petals
and filaments purple.

3. G.hy'bridus (Vahl symb. 1. p. 37.) Leaves on footstalks, ovate,
hoary: branches scaly: flower-stalks elongated, hairy. T?. — Native of
Spain : petals purple.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Sepala 5, 2 externa majora valde acuminata
vel nulla ; petala alba aut albida ; stamina numerosa pistillo longiora ; stig-
ma subsessile magnum capitatum, capsulae 5-10-loculares.* — Frutices aut
suffrutices, folia saepe glutinosa.

viii OISTINE^E.

4. C. Lcdon (Lam. diet. 2. p. 17.) Leaves connected at the base, ob-
longly lanceolate, nerved; upper side smooth and glossy; underneath cloth-
ed with silky wool : flowers in a corymbed cyme : flower-stalks and calyx
clothed with silky wool, b . — Native of the South of France. — Flowers white.
Duham. arb. 1. p. 168. t. 66. — This species was plentiful in collections
some years back, but we know not where to find it at present.

5. C. Sideritis (Spreng. syst. v. 4. pars. 2. p. 205.) Stem decumbent ;
leaves petiolate, obovate, somewhat rugged, underneath clothed with a
white woolliness : flower-stalks solitary, elongated, 1 to 2-flowered, the
upper part jointed, and with the calyx woolly, flowers nodding before flower-
ing. J? . — Native of Sicily.

6. C. parvijblius. Stem erect, very much branched : branches erect,
rather crowded, densely woolly : leaves small, ovate, acute, rounded at the
base, undulate, rugged, netted-veined, slightly crenulate at the margins,
hairy on both sides, slightly hoary : flower-stalks axillary, 1 to 3-flowered,
nodding before expansion : sepals taper-pointed, and clothed with bunches
of hairs, b Native of the South of Europe. — Flowers white.

HELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 2.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol. 4. * Stylo brevi recto.

1. H. Libanbtis (Willd. enum. 570.) Stem shrubby, smoothish, branch-
ing : leaves sessile, linear, the margins rolled back, upper side of a brownish
green, underneath whitish : bractes oblongly linear, shorter than the 1-
flowered flower-stalks : calyx of three smooth, glossy, ovate, taper-pointed
sepals. T?. — Native of Portugal, Italy, and Barbary. Barrel, ic. 294.
Ledon VIII. Clus. hist. 1. p. 80. ic. — Petals straw-coloured ; style about
half the length of the stamens : stigma small. — This species was frequent
in the collections a few years back, but we do not know that it is in any
at present; it is nearest related to Hi.umbellatum.

** Stylo subnullo, stiymate magno.

2. H. alyssoides (Vent, choix. t. 20.) Stem frutescent, very much
branched, diffusely spreading; upper part of the branches clothed with white
wool and hairs intermixed : leaves sessile, attenuated towards the base, ob-
longly ovate, bluntish, and clothed with short hairs ; while young whitish
turning green by age : flower-stalks terminal, solitary, or umbelled, 1-2-
flowered, longer than the leaves : calyx of 3 sepals, taper- pointed, hairy, b .
— Native of Spain, and the West of France. — Petals yellow, with a dark
spot at the base : flower-bud dark purple towards the point. — The present
plant was not unfrequent at the Nurseries some years ago, where it was
considered a spreading variety of H. algarvense; and, from its habit, was
not so much esteemed. We believe it has now quite disappeared from
them ; but is most probably still cultivated in some of the gardens in the
neighbourhood of Paris. Ventenat's figure was from a plant cultivated in
the garden of M. Cels.

3. H. atriplicifblium ( W. enum. 569.) Stem shrubby, erect : branches
covered with white patches, or spots : leaves on footstalks, broadly ovate,
bluntish, undulate towards the base, covered on both sides with silvery
spots : flower-stems racemose, hairy : calyx hairy, of 3 sepals, or rarely
5 sepals, the 2 outer ones very small, b. — Native of Spain. Barrel, ic.
t. 292. Stem 4 to 6 feet high ; upper leaves sessile : hairs long, hairy,
brownish : petals large, yellow. — We saw numerous plants of this species

CISTINE^l. ix

at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, several years ago ; but we
do not know any collection that possesses it at present.

4. H. la&idnthum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem somewhat shrubby, very
much branched : branches hoary, tinged with black, the upper part clothed
with white wool, and spreading hairs intermixed; leaves nearly sessile,
ovately oblong, more or less bluntish, keeled, obscurely ash-coloured, and
clothed with short dense wool ; flower-stalks 1-2-flowered, very short,
hairy ; calyx varying, with 3 to 5 sepals, very hairy. ^. — Native of Por-
tugal.— Flower-stems, calyces, and young leaves, clothed with long white
hairs ; calyx sometimes with 5 sepals, the two outer ones very narrow, with
a smooth point ; petals yellow, sometimes with a dark spot near the base.

5. H. involucrdtum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem somewhat shrubby,
erect, branching : branches clothed with short ash-coloured wool ; lower
leaves on footstalks, nearly ovate, small, clothed with short white tomen-
tum : upper ones oblongly lanceolate, sessile, greenish, somewhat rough ;
flower-stems very short, surrounded by the leaves ; calyx of 5 sepals : inner
ones clothed with white tomentum : outer ones linear, smoothish, greener, t? .
— Native of Spain, and Portugal.

Sect. II. LECHEOIDES. Supra folio 11.

6. H. corymbbsum. Stem slightly frutescent, erect, branching : branches
forked, somewhat pubescent, the upper part clothed with short ash-coloured
wool ; stem-leaves alternate, lanceolately oblong, bluntish, underneath
clothed with grey tomentum : upper ones withrevolute margins; corymbs of
flowers closely crowded ; calyx clothed with white wool, and hairs inter-
mixed : outer sepals linear and obtuse : inner ones ovate, and acute, a little
shorter than the capsule ; style very short, tj. — Native of North America,
from New Jersey to Georgia. Flowers pale yellow.

7. H. rosmarinifblium (Pursh fl. amer. 2. p. 364.) Stem erect, forked,
branching : branches quite erect, pubescent ; leaves oblongly linear, mar-;
gins generally re volute, underneath clothed with white tomentum ; small
axillary branches very shortly pedunculate, 1-3-flowered, shorter than the
leaves ; inner sepals ovate, acute, three times smaller than the petals. ^. —
Native of various parts of North America, Georgia, Canada, and round
Boston, according to different authors. — Flowers small, crowded ; capsule
glossy, 3-sided, brown ; petals pale yellow.

8. H. ramuliflbrum (Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 308.) Stems erect, hairy,
powdered, upper part somewhat forked, branching : flowering branches
slender ; stem-leaves lanceolately elliptic, or oblong, acute, margin
scarcely re volute, underneath clothed with a white tomentum ; flowers pe-
dunculate, solitary; inner sepals broadly ovate, taper-pointed ; capsule glo-
bular, about the length of the calyx. 7J.. — Native of Carolina. — Flower-
stalks and calyx hairy ; style very short, erect ; flowers yellow.

9 ? H. obcordatum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stem erect, somewhat fru-
tescent ; leaves alternate, oblong, stipulate, somewhat crowded in bunches;
sepals 3 ; petals 5, obcordate.f?. — Native of Mexico. Moc. et Sesse flor.
mex. icon. ined.

10? H. tripetalum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stems numerous, erect,
slender ; leaves alternate, linear, without stipules ; sepals 5, the 2 outer
ones small, linear ; petals 3. — Native of Mexico. — Moc. et Sess6 fl. mex.
ic. ined.

11 ? H. asfylum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stems dwarf, spreading, sub-
herbaceous ; leaves somewhat alternate, stipulate, oval-oblong ; sepals 5 :

2 outer ones linear, very small ; style none ; stigma somewhat 3-lobed. y. . —
Native of New Spain. — Moc. et Sesse fl. mex. ic. ined.

We have placed the last three species in this Section, chiefly, because
all the American species we have yet seen, belong to it.

Sect. III. TUBERARIA. Supra folio 18.

12. H. globularicefblium (Pers. syn. 2. p. 77.) Perennial ; stems as-
cending, simple, upper part nearly naked ; root-leaves with long footstalks,
somewhat spathulate, obtuse : stem ones sessile, acute, the whole hairy ;
flower-stalks in a few-flowered cyme, bearing a bracte at the base ; calyx
smooth. 2/ . — Native of the North of Portugal. — Petals yellow, spotted at
the base, or sometimes not spotted ; stamens violaceus.

13. H. bupleurifblium (Dunal in DC. prodr. p. 270.) Stem herbaceous,
erect, clothed at the base with a white pubescence : the upper part smooth,
and somewhat glossy ; leaves oblong, acute, smooth, tapering downwards
into a long footstalk : stem ones opposite : the upper ones alternate, and
bearing stipules ; flower-stalks long, clothed with a hairy pubescence ; pedi-

' eels and calyx clothed with long hairs. ^?? — Native of Spain, and Portugal.
— Pedicels without bractes; outer sepals ovate, obtuse, about half the length
of the inner ones, which are acute ; stipules long, somewhat linear.

14. H. heterodoxum (Dunal in DC. prodr. p. 270.) Stem erect, her-
baceous, hairy : hairs long, white ; leaves sessile, oblongly lanceolate,
rough, woolly, nerves on the upper side hairy : lower ones opposite : upper
ones alternate, bearing stipules ; racemes secund, hairy, without bractes ;
flowers on short footstalks, near each other, somewhat imbricate ; outer
sepals largest, closing in the inner ones, similar to the bractes !Q? — Na-
tive of Africa, near Valle ; also, in Spain. — Outer sepals hairy on both
sides : inner ones smooth inside, glossy, with a membranaceous margin ;
capsule somewhat pointed ; seeds numerous, nearly globular, pale yellow,
glaucous, roughish ; flowers yellow.

15. H. plantagmeum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 77.) Stem herbaceous, erect,
hairy; leaves elliptically lanceolate, opposite, sessile, 3-nerved : underneath
clothed with shaggy wool, hairy on the nerves : upper side hairy, the
hairs simple, and closely pressed to the leaves : upper ones more or less al-
ternate, oblongly linear, bearing stipules ; racemes short, without bractes ;
outer sepals smoothish, narrowly linear, about equal with the inner ones,
which are clothed with white shaggy wool ; petals slightly toothed. 0. — •
Native of Crete, Corsica, Spain, and the North of Africa. — Plant clothed
with white hairs ; petals yellow, and not spotted.

16. H. guttatum (Mill. diet. n. 18.) Stem herbaceous, annual, some-
what hairy ; leaves opposite, sessile, oblongly linear, 3-nerved, clothed with
shaggy hairs : the extreme upper ones alternate ; racemes loose, without
bractes ; flower-stalks filiform, nearly naked ; outer sepals about half the
length of the inner ones.0. — Native of England? France, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, and Turkey ; but is not H. eriocaulon intended for some of the
above habitats ? Not having seen a wild specimen of the English plant,
we are not certain to which of the two it belongs; the one generally cul-
tivated in flower borders, is H. eriocaulon, which is readily known by its
very hairy stem, and bracteate racemes ; the stem of H. guttatum being
nearly smooth, and the racemes without bractes. — Petals yellow, with a
dark spot near the base.

17. H. inco?ispicuum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 77.) Stem slender, herbaceous,
branching, 2-3-forked, thinly hairy; leaves opposite, narrow, oblongly

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linear, hairy : upper ones stipulate : extreme upper ones alternate ; racemes
long, very slender ; flower-stalks short, all leaning to one side ; flowers
minute ; petals oblongly linear, smaller than the calyx, every other one
with a hairy margin. G« — Native of Spain, and Corsica. — Petals yellow.

Sect. IV. MACULARIA. DC. prodr. 1. p. 271.

Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis angustis, internis striatis. Petala lu-
tea, basi maculata. Stylus rectus erectusque ovario duplo longior, stanii-
nibus subaequalis. Stigma parvum, subtrilobum. Capsula laevis. — Suffru-
tices aut herbae ? Folia petiolata,penninervia, angusta, exstipuldta. Flores
terminates, solitarii sen racemosi; racemis paucifioris: pedicellisecundi,basi
bracteati; bracteis subulatis parvulis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 271.

18. H. lunulatum (DC. fl. fr. 4. p. 816.) Stem suffrutescent, some-
what twisted, branching : branches very slender, pubescent ; leaves flat,
oblong, tapering to the base, the margins more or less fringed ; flowers ter-
minal, on short footstalks, solitary, or from 2 to 4 in a sort of racemed
umbel. ^. — Native of the Alps, at Piedmont. All. auct. p. 30. t. 2. f. 3.
— Calyx when in flower reflexed ; petals yellow, nearly entire, or very
slightly notched, marked with a saffron-coloured crescent-shaped spot a lit-
tle above the unguis.

19. H. petioldtum. Stem herbaceous? twisted at the base : branches
slender, ascending, somewhat forked, clothed with patches of ash-coloured
wool ; leaves oblongly linear, acute, tapering down into a long slender
footstalk, clothed on both sides with leprous patches of wool ; the upper
side of a bluish green, underneath hoary; racemes small, few-flowered;
flower-stalks and calyx pubescent.©? — Native of Spain.

Sect. V. BRACHYPETALUM. Supra folio 41.

20. H. villbsum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem woolly, with hairs inter-
mixed, of a sort of ash-colour ; leaves stipulate, petiolate, oblongly lan-
ceolate, slightly toothed, clothed on both sides, particularly underneath
with long shaggy wool ; racemes long, the flowers all leaning to one side
before flowering, revolute at the point, axillary, and terminal ; flower-stalks
erect, clothed with ash-coloured shaggy hairs, nearly opposite the bractes ;
calyx oblong, taper-pointed, clothed with shaggy hairs.©.— Native rvf
Spain. — Bractes nearly sessile, ovately oblong, sometimes thinly toothed ;
petals lanceolate, narrow, shorter than the sepals, generally toothed, yellow.

21. H. niloticum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem herbaceous: branches
erect, or ascending, clothed with short wool, or ash-coloured shaggy hairs;
leaves on short footstalks, opposite, oblongly elliptic, clothed with shaggy
wool : upper ones alternate, opposite to the flowers, all stipulate ; flower-
stalks erect, clothed with woolly hairs, as is also the taper-pointed
calyx.©. — Native of Egypt, Barbary, Spain, and the South of France.

& procumbens. Stems procumbent, ascending, clothed with woolly
hairs, somewhat hoary, leaves woolly on both sides, particularly under-
neath.©.— Native of the South of France, and, probably, a distinct species?

22. H. intermedium (DC. prodr. 1. p. 272.) Stem branching, erect,
or spreading and ascendant, clothed with ash-coloured shaggy hairs ; leaves
stipulate,petiolate,obovately oblong, bluntish,slightlytoothed,veined,thinly
woolly ; stipules linearly oblong, the upper ones scarcely twice the length
of the footstalks ; flower-stalks nearly opposite to the leaves, and, with the
calyx, clothed with ash-coloured shaggy hairs ; calyx oblong.©. — Native
of Spain. — Cistus salicifolius. Cavan. ic. n. 156. 1. 144.— Plant a span

high, somewhat ash-coloured ; floral leaves or bractes alternate, linearly
oblong, often petiolate, 1-2-stipuled, sometimes solitary, entire, or jagged,
oftentimes shorter than the flower-stalks.

23. H. denticulatum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem branching, upright,
or spreading : branches erect, or ascending, clothed with minute woolly
pubescence, the points ash-coloured ; leaves on short footstalks obovately
oblong, somewhat pointed, more or less toothed with short teeth, woolly,
green on the upper side, underneath hoary ; stipules linear, the upper ones
about half the length of the leaves ; flower-stalks and calyx opposite to
the bractes; bractes alternate, more or less jagged.©. — Native of the South
of France.— Bractes somewhat ovate, often jagged, sessile, without sti-
pules ; calyx before flowering hoary on the outside. K&tif .

24. H. sangmneum (DC. prodr. p. 273.) Stem herbaceous, short, crim-
son, clothed with a viscid pubescence ; leaves on foostalks, opposite, ovate,
blunt, roughish : lower ones without stipules, and crimson underneath :
upper ones stipulate ; stipules oblong-linear, obtuse, petiolate, scarcely
shorter than the leaves ; flower-stalks clothed with viscid hairs, axillary,
or opposite to a leaf, when in fruit, bent backwards. 0. — Native of Spain.
— Leaves all opposite ; flower-stalks always axillary, and opposite to the
leaves ; sepals striated on the inner side.

25. H. cegyptiacum (Mill. diet. n. 23.) Stem herbaceous, pubescent,
erect, or ascending ; leaves on short footstalks, opposite, linearly oblong,
narrow, bluntish, margins rolled back : underneath pale ash-colour : upper
ones alternate, stipulate ; stipules linearly subulate ; flower-stalks very slen-
der, pubescent, opposite to the upper leaves ; calyx ovately oblong, infla-
ted, including the petals.0. — Native of Egypt, Barbary, and Spain. Cis-
tus aegyptiacus. Jacq. obs. 3. p. 17. t. 68.— Flower-stalks thickened up-
wards, sometimes opposite to the short linear bractes ; outer sepals narrow,
short : inner ones 4-nerved, the nerves fringed ; petals lanceolate, very short.

We have frequently raised plants from seeds of the different annual
species that compose the above Section, but have not met with any of them
since we commenced the present work.

Sect. VI. ERIOCARPUM. Supra folio 108.

26. H. Lippii (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem suffrutescent, erect, pubes-
cent, whitish, somewhat bifid, or forked ; leaves opposite and alternate,
on short footstalks, elliptically lanceolate, or linearly oblong, blunt, rough-
ish, glaucescent, underneath clothed with a white hoariness ; stipules nar-
row, erect, length of the footstalk ; racemes short ; flowers sessile, crowded,
bracteate at the base ; bractes very minute.??. — Native of Egypt. — Sepals
pubescent : inner ones 4-5-ribbed, obtuse ; petals ovate, yellow, scarcely
longer than the calyx ; stamens about 10, shorter than the petals.

27. H. sessiliflbrwn (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem suffrutescent, erect,
very much branched : branches pubescent ; leaves opposite and alternate,
linear, the margins somewhat rolled back, clothed with a short ash-coloured
tomentum ; stipules small , linear ; racemes short ; flowers sessile ; bractes
minute. 1?. — Native of dry hills, in the North of Africa. — Cistus sessili-
florus. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 418. 1. 107. — Sepals pubescent, inner ones ob-
tuse ; petals yellow, a little longer than the calyx.

28. H. rujftcbmum (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 589.) Stem suffrutescent, thickly
clothed with canescent starry fascicles of hairs ; leaves on short footstalks :
lower ones elliptic, obtuse, flat : upper ones narrower, linear, or oblong,
margins somewhat re volute, all clothed underneath with starry bunches of

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hairs, stipulate ; flowers approximate, racemose ; calyx very bristly, brown-
ish ; petals yellow, f?. — Native of the North of Africa.— Cistus ruficomus.
Viviani florae libycae, spec. p. 27. 1. 14. f. 5.

29. H. lanuginbmm (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 589.) Stem suffrutescent,
branching ; the whole plant clothed with soft canescent hairs ; leaves op-
posite, on short footstalks, elliptic, densely woolly : floral ones sessile, lan-
ceolate, alternate, stipulate ; flowers in a raceme, all facing to one side,
somewhat reflexed before their expansion ; three inner sepals ovately lan-
ceolate, 3-nerved : the two outer ones linearly lanceolate, all about equal
in length; petals yellow, about equal with the calyx ; capsule triquetrous.^ .
— Native of the North of Africa.— Cistus lanuginosus. Viv. fl. lib. sp.
p. 28. 1. 14. f.3.

30. H.micr<zw^Mm( Spreng. syst. 2. p. 588.) S tern suffrutescent, clothed
with starry bunches of hairs ; leaves linear, obtuse, clothed with bunches
of starry hairs : lower ones on short footstalks, opposite, nearly all flat :
upper ones alternate, with revolute margins : floral ones sessile, linear,
acute : stipules linearly lanceolate, a little longer than the footstalks ; flowers
racemose, distant ; sepals large, 3-5-nerved, ovate, acute, longer than the
petals ; petals elliptic, the length of the stamens. T? . — Native of the North
of Africa. — Cistus micranthus. Viv. fl. lib. p. 28. 1. 14. f. 4. — Petals simi-
lar to H. surrefanum, yellow.

31. H.Kahiricum (Delil. fl. £eg. 93. t. 31. f. 2.) Stem very much
branched, twisted at the base : branches ascending ; lower leaves opposite,
the others alternate, obovate, margins rolled back, hoary, underneath nerved,
stipulate ; racemes with the flowers facing to one side ; flowers on short foot-
stalks : the flower-stalks and calyx villosely hairy ; sepals acute ; capsules
oblong, villosely hairy. ^. — Native of Egypt. Petals connected at the
points.

32. H. confertum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1, p. 274.) Stem suffrutescent,
branching, naked at the base : branches clothed with short ash-coloured
wool ; leaves lanceolately elliptic, bluntish, clothed on both sides with short
wool : the upper side greenish, underneath hoary ; stipules linear, small ;
racemes small, the flowers facing to one side, terminal, or opposite to a leaf;
flowers crowded, nearly sessile ; calyx hairy, inner sepals acute. f?. — Na-
tive of the Island of Teneriffe.

33. H. canarimse (Willd. enum. 571.) Stem suffrutescent, procum-
bent ; branches somewhat woolly, of a whitish ash-colour ; leaves on foot-
stalks, opposite and alternate, somewhat ovately elliptic, blunt, clothed
with short wool on both sides, glaucous, underneath of a white ash-colour ;
stipules awl-shaped, shorter than the footstalks ; racemes terminal, erect ;
bractes minute ; flowers on short stalks, that are clothed with hoary wool. ^ .
— Native of the Canary Islands. — Cistus canariensis. Jacq. ic. 1. t. 97. —
Calyx glaucous : inner sepals ovate, bluntish.

34. H. mucrondtum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 274.) Stem somewhat
erect, spreading : branches woolly, intermixed with hairs, hoary ; leaves on
footstalks, ovate-elliptic, bellied, mucronate : the upper side green, roughish,
clothed with bunches of starry hairs : underneath clothed with hoary wool ;
stipules awl-shaped, hairy, shorter than the footstalks; racemes mostly ter-
minal ; flowers on short footstalks, clothed with wool and hairs intermixed. ^ .
—Native of Teneriffe.— Calyx clothed with silky hairs; sepals broadly
ovate, bluntish.

36. H. distdchium (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Stem suffrutescent, stipu-

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late, erect ; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, hoary ; racemes terminal, leafy
2-parted; flowers opposite to the leaves. 1?- — Native of Portugal.

Sect. VII. FUMANA. Supra fol. 16.

36. H. ericoides (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 274.) Stem frutescent
erect; leaves alternate, imbricate, semi-cylindrical, short, smoothish, with-
out stipules ; flower-stalks solitary, 1-flowered, opposite to a leaf, or ter-
minal, longer than the leaves; capsules, when open, naked. T?. — Cistus eri-
coides. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 56. t. 172. — Leaves somewhat revolute at the
margin.

a gldbrum. Branches and flower-stalks smooth. t?. — Native of Spain
& pubescens. Upper part of the branches and flower-stalks pubescent. ^
— Native of Naples.

37. H. VtBve (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem suffrutescent, nearly upright,
smooth, branching: branches upright; leaves opposite, sessile, linear, smooth,
revolute at the margin, keeled : upper ones alternate, stipulate ; stipules
long, subulate ; flower-stalks solitary, 1-flowered, nearly terminal ; calys
smooth, f?. — Native of hills, in Spain. — Cistus laevis. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 35,
t. 145. f. 1.

38. H. viride (Tenor, prodr. fl. neap. p. 31.) Stem suffrutescent, as-
cending, smooth ; leaves opposite, linear, revolute at the margins, green,
smooth, somewhat mucronate, stipulate ; stipules subulate, much smallei
than the leaves ; flowers in racemes : the flower-stalks and calyx villous and
clammy.^. — Native of Sicily. — Tenore fl. neap. v. 1. t. 47.

39. H. junipermum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 275.) Stem suffrutescent, as-
cending, branched; leaves opposite, linearly awl-shaped, fringed, mucro-
nate, flat, or the margin somewhat revolute : upper ones alternate ; stipules
subulate, the upper ones longest ; flowers in a raceme : the flower-stalks
and calyx villous and clammy. f?. — Native of the South of France, Italy3
and Barbary. — Barrel, ic. t. 443. — Bractes solitary and linear.

40. H. Barrelieri (Tenor, prodr. fl. neap. p. 31.) Stem suffrutescent.
erect : branches clothed with shaggy down ; leaves opposite, linearly ob-
long, attenuated to the base, narrow, pubescent, revolute at the margin
and fringed : upper ones alternate ; stipules linearly subulate, erect, mu-
cronate ; racemes few-flowered ; flower-stalks and calyx villous and clam-
my.??.— Native of Italy, and Spain. — Barrel, ic. rar. t. 416. — Flowen
yellow.

41. H. sy'rticum (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 593.) Suffrutescent, hairy
branches spreading, clothed with close-pressed white hairs ; leaves nearl)
sessile, opposite, flattish, the margins revolute, linearly elliptical, clothed
with scattered hairs, underneath hoary : upper ones linear and more acute ;
stipules leaf-like, but not above half the size : the upper ones equal with
the leaves ; flowers in a short raceme, all facing to one side ; sepals 5, verj
bristly : inner ones roundly ovate, 5-nerved : outer ones round, very short. ^
— Native of the North of Africa. — Cistus syrticus. Vivian, fl. lib. p. 27
1. 14. f. 2.— Flowers violet?

Sect. VIII. PSEUDOCISTUS. Supra fol. 2.

42. H. piloselloides(DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Suffrutescent; stipules none ;
leaves elongately elliptic, blunt, on long footstalks, the upper side green,
underneath clothed with short hoary wool : both sides covered with long
villous hairs, which are longest on the under side ; flowers in panicles. t?.

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— Native of the Pyrenees, on sunny rocks : flowers yellow. — Cistus pilo-
selloides. Lapeyrouse.

43. H. mblle (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem suffrutescent : branches gene-
rally simple, clothed with long hairs ; leaves roundish, ovate, blunt, petio-
late, clothed on both sides with soft woolly hair ; racemes simple, and, with
the calyx, clothed with ash-coloured woolly hairs. ^. — Native of Spain. —
Cistus mollis. Cavan. ic. 3. p. 32. t. 262. f. 2. — Bractes subulate, minute,
clothed with woolly hairs, ash-coloured ; flowers yellow.

44. H. oriyanifblium (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem suffruticose, 2-3-
forked ; leaves on foot-stalks, ovate, hairy on both sides ; racemes short,
terminal; petals scarcely longer than the calyx. f?. — Native of Spain. —
Cistus origanifolius. Cavan. ic. 3. p. 31. t. 262. f. 1. — Calyx oblong ; pe-
tals yellow, not above half the size of H. molli.

45. H. dichotomum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 276.) Stem sufFru-
tescent : branches forked, smoothish ; leaves minute, ovate, acute, smooth,
on short footstalks, the margin revolute ; racemes slender, few-flowered.^.
Native of Spain. -Cistus dichotomus. Cavan. ic. 3. p. 32. t. 263. f. 1. —
Flowers small, deep yellow, scarcely so large as the flowers of Speryula
nodosa ; leaves small, resembling Thymus piperella.

46. H. penicilldtum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 277.) Stem suffrutescent :
branches procumbent, clothed with long bristly hairs ; leaves green, clothed
with bristly hairs on the nerves and margins on both sides : lower ones on
footstalks, ovate, smallest : upper ones linearly oblong, nearly sessile ; ra-
cemes simple, and with the calyx bristly; flowers minute, t?. — Native of
Spain, and the South of France.

47. H. obovatum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 277.) Stem suffrutesceiit :
branches spreading, somewhat forked, the points covered with short ash-
coloured wool ; leaves obovate, or oblong, blunt, green on both sides,
fringed, and clothed with short hairs : lower ones minute ; racemes simple,
few-flowered : calyx ash-coloured, hairy. ^. — Native of Spain, near Aran-
juez. — Leaves on short footstalks.

48. H. italicum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem suffrutescent : branches
simple, erect, long, and slender, clothed with woolly hairs ; leaves clothed
with bristly hairs, the hairs strigose, and pressed flat to the leaf: lower ones
ovate and smallest: upper ones lanceolate, oblong, or oblongly linear; ra-
cemes simple, and, with the calyx, clothed with bristly hairs, hoary. f?. —
Native of dry places near the Mediterranean. — Cistus italicus. Linn,
spec. 740. Ba,rr. rar. ic. 10. 510. t. 366.

49. H. Serrce (Cambessedes mem. mus. v. 14. p. 216. pi. 2.) Stem
short, erect, suffrutescent, branching ; leaves opposite, without stipules, on
short footstalks, somewhat cordately ovate, succulent, smooth, glaucous ;
racemes short, somewhat corymbose ; germen 3-celled ; style crooked at
the base ; stigma thickened.??. — Native of the Balearic Islands, in sands,
by the sea side, in the large Island between Palmam and Prat.— Nearly
related to H. marifo/ium.

50. H. marifblium (DC. fl. fr. 4. p. 817.) Stem suffrutescent, procum-
bent ; leaves without stipules, petiolate, ovately cordate, or ovate, some-
what acute, upper side green and hairy, underneath hoary ; racemes ter-
minal, solitary, simple, few- flowered.^. — Native of Italy, Spain, and the
South of France. — Cistus marifolius. Linn. spec. 741. not of English Bo-
tany.— Barrel, rar. ic. 521. t. 441. — Calyx ovately oblong. — We only
know this plant, by Barrelier's figure, and a specimen of it in Mr. Lam-
bert's herbarium ; it is not the least like the British plant, figured by this

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name in English Botany, and considered as such in the gardens ; we do not
believe the present species is in any collection in this country, at present.

51. H. rotundifblium (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 277.) Stem suffru-
tescent, branching from the base : branches simple, generally decumbent at
the base, clothed with a hoary tomentum ; leaves on short footstalks : the
upper side of a glaucescent green , underneath clothed with white wool : lower
ones nearly orbicular, others ovate : the upper ones stipulate ; stipules small,
oblong, deciduous ; racemes solitary, or 2 or 3 in a sort of crowded panicle,
terminating the branches ; calyx hairy, f?. — Native of Spain, and Barbary.
— Cistus nummularius. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 34. 1. 142. — Flowers yellow.

52. H. rubtllum (Presl. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 591.) Leaves ovate, round-
ish, or oblong, acute : upper side dark red, and smooth : underneath clothed
with short white wool ; llowers racemed, pendulous ; calyx hairy. 1j . — Na-
tive of Sicily.

53. H. crassifblium (Pers. syn. 2. p. 77.) Stem suftrutescent, erect,
smoothish ; leaves somewhat succulent, on short footstalks : lower ones
ovate, acute, without stipules : upper ones oblongly linear, stipulate ; race-
mes short, in a sort of umbel ; calyx hairy at the base.??. — Native of Bar-
bary, and near Valencia, in Spain. — Cistus glaucus. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 418,
but not of Cavanilles. — Leaves on the upper side and at the margins, and
the middle nerve underneath hairy; footstalks hairy : hairs thinly scattered,
long, white.

54. H. paniculatum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 278.) Stems suffru-
tescent, procumbent: branches ascending, or erect, flowering ones long,
bearing stipules on the upper part; leaves on footstalks, ovate, bluntish, or
rarely roundish : upper side green, underneath hoary ; racemes opposite, or
in threes, panicled. ??. — Native of mountains in Spain and Sicily. — Stipules
minute, linear, acute; flowers small, yellow.

55. H. polydnthon (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem suffru tescent, erect,
hairy ; leaves on footstalks : lower ones smallest, ovate, obtuse, underneath
clothed with a short white tomentum : the upper ones stipulate, ovately ob-
long, or lanceolate, green on both sides, the margins fringed ; stipules lon-
ger than the footstalks ; racemes hairy, panicled ; flower-stalks filiform, and
with the calyx, hairy.??. — Native of the North of Africa. — Cistus polyan-
thos. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 420. 1. 108.

56. H. cintreum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.) Stem suffrutescent, erect, branch-
ing : branches opposite, hoary ; lower leaves without stipules, ovate, acute,
attenuated into a sort of footstalk at the base, densely clothed with a short
tomentum, of a hoary ash-colour : upper ones stipulate ; racemes panicled,
axillary, opposite, terminating the branches in threes ; calyx bristly, fj. —
Native of Spain. — Cistus cinereus. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 33. 1. 141. — Flowers
small ; petals entire.

£ Lagascdnum. DC. Stems slenderer; calyx less bristly.

57. H. squammdtum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem suffrutescent : branches
long, erect, somewhat ligneous, leprously silvery ; leaves on footstalks, ob-
long, blunt, leprously silvery, bearing stipules ; stipules small, sessile, acute,
soon turning brown ; racemes axillary, solitary, or terminating the branches
in threes ; flowers leaning to one side ; flower-stalks near each other, brac-
teate at the base ; bractes soon turning brown ; calyx leprous. ^ . — Native
of Spain, and Barbary. — Cistus squammatus. Cavan. ic. 139. Barr. rar.
ic. t. 328. — Plant leprous : branches 4-sided at the base : scales orbicular,
depressed in the centre ; style longer than the stamens, twisted at the base.

CISTINE^E. *vii

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.7.

58. H. lavanduleefolium (DC. fl. fr. 4. p. 820.) Stem suffrutescent,
erect, brandling : branches long, round, hoary ; leaves oblong-linear, revo-
lute at the margin, underneath clothed with a hoary tomentum : young ones
hoary on both sides ; stipules and bractes linear, acute, fringed ; racemes
1 to 3, terminal ; flowers close together ; calyx glaucous, sepals fringed :
outer ones minute, after flowering reflexed : inner ones 2-nerved, oblique,
acute.??. — Native of the South of France, Spain, and Barbary. — Barrel,
ic. t. 288.

& syriacum. Leaves somewhat flatter, of a greyish green on the upper
side.^. — Native of Syria. — Cistus syriacus. Jacq. ic. rar. t. 96.

y Thibaudi (Pers. syn. 8. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, stipulate, woolly;
leaves linear, their margins revolute ; flowers racemose, ciliated with glan-
dular hairs ; sepals oblique, somewhat 3-sided ; outer ones lanceolate, re-
flexed, f?. — Native of Corsica.— Cistus racemosus. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 33.
t. 140. is the same plant after flowering. DC.

59. H. Broussonetii (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 279.) Stem shrubby,
branching : branches opposite ; leaves on short footstalks, flat, oblong-lan-
ceolate, blunt, woolly on both sides, underneath hoary, upper side of a
greyish green ; stipules and bractes deciduous, linear, somewhat woolly ;
racemes short, branching ; flowers facing to one side ; calyx oblong, acute :
inner sepals 4-nervecl , somewhat woolly, yellowish. [?. — Native of Teneriffe.
— Style double the length of the stamens, nearly erect ; stipules somewhat
falcate ; flowers yellow.

60. H. stcEchadifolium (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem erect : branches
clothed with hoary toraentum ; leaves oblong-linear, bluntish, both sides
somewhat woolly : the upper side of a greenish ash-colour : underneath
hoary, with the margins revolute ; stipules somewhat villous, linearly lan-
ceolate ; racemes before flowering revolute ; flowers close together ; calyx
villous, outer sepals green and fringed, inner ones taper-pointed, hoary. ^.
— Native of Portugal and Corsica. — Cistus staechadifolius. Brot. fl. lusit. 2.
p. 270. — This species is in the collection at the Chelsea Botanic Garden,
but has not yet flowered.

61. H. nudicaule (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 279.) Stem shrubby,
branching : branches smooth below : above clothed with hoary villous wool ;
leaves oblong-lanceolate, margins revolute, both sides tomentose : under-
neath hoary : above greenish yellow ; stipules linear, longer than, the foot-
stalks ; calyx deeply furrowed, scarcely pubescent, the nerves elevated and
hairy. ^. — Native of the mountains of Valentia, in Spain. — Petals yellow.

62. H. acumindtum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) branches erect, base and
point hairy, naked between ; leaves on long footstalks, oblong, the margins
revolute, green on both sides, hairy : underneath somewhat woolly ; stipules
smoothish, linear, longer than the footstalks; racemes few flowered, loose,
somewhat hairy ; calyx smooth and glossy, transparent.^ . — Native of fields
in Nice. — Petals yellow.

63. H. ovatum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 280.) Stem suffrutescent,
procumbent, very much branched : branches villous ; leaves ellipticaliy lan-
ceolate, tapering into a footstalk at the base, bluntish, on both sides vil-
losely silky, fringed ; stipules a little longer than the footstalks, villosely
fringed ; flower-stalks 1 to 3-flowered, terminal, calyx somewhat villous.^.
— Native of the mountains of Geneva. — Cistus ovatus. Viv. fragm. 1. p. 6.
t. 8. f. 2. Hairs white, silky ; flowers yellow.

64. H. lucidum (Horn. cat. h. hafii. 498.) Suffrutescent, procumbent,

xviii CISTINE^l.

stipulate; leaves oval, green, glossy, revolute at the margins, f;.— Flowers
yellow. — This plant is also in the Botanic Garden at Chelsea, but it has
not yet flowered.

65. H. angustifblium (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, diffusely
spreading : branches somewhat woolly, ash-coloured ; leaves on short foot-
stalks : upper ones linearly oblong, somewhat acute, margins revolute, un-
derneath clothed with a hairy tomentum ; upper side somewhat bristly ; sti
pules hairy, longer than the footstalks ; racemes loose ; calyx pubescen
and more or less hairy, the hairs deciduous. f?. — Native not known. — Cis
tus angustifolius. Jacq. vind.3. p. 53. — Petals narrow at the base, not im-
bricate at the margins, yellow.

66. H.obtusifolium (Dunal in DC. prodr. J. p. 281.) Stems suffru
tescent : branches tomentosely hoary ; leaves small, petiolate, linearly ob
long, obtuse, margins revolute : underneath clothed with a hoary tomen
turn : upper side green, covered with white scattered hairs ; stipules green
oblongly linear, flat, blunt, scarcely fringed, the length of the footstalks
calyx bristly. ^ . — Native of the Island of Cyprus.

67. H. Lagdscce (Dunal in DC. prodr. v. 1. p. 281.) Branches ascend
ing, tomentosely hairy, hoary ; leaves linear, blunt, very much revolute a
the margins, nearly round, somewhat hairy, green ; stipules flat, scarcel;
hairy, double the length of the footstalks ; footstalks bristly, white ; caly

flossy, nerved and furrowed ; nerves fringed with white hairs, f?. — Native c
pain. — Leaves short; calyx small; petals yellow.

68. H. violdceum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.) Stem erect or ascending, ver
much branched, the branches opposite : small branches slender, clothei
with white wool, and hairs intermixed; leaves small, linear, or spathulatel
linear, obtuse, margins revolute, more or less woolly on both sides, under
neath hoary ; stipules minute, hairy ; racemes loose, few-flowered ; caly:
smooth, violaceus, nervosely-furrowed.^2. — Native of Spain. — Cistus vio
laceus. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 38. 1. 147. — Petals white.

69. H. farinosum. Stem suffruticose, erect, branching : branches to
mentosely hoary ; leaves on short footstalks, linear or lanceolately lineai
margins revolute, hoary on both sides, powdered; stipules subulate, long€
than the footstalks ; calyx powdered and clothed with very short hairs. ^ .-
Native of Spain.— H. racembsum /3. farinosum. DC. prodr. 1. p. 281.-
Elowers white.

70. H. strtctum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, erect, ver
much branched ; branches straight, clothed with white tomentum ; leave
nearly sessile, very narrow, linearly subulate, hoary, the margins revolute
stipules linear, setose ; calyx nervosely striated, pale yellow, nearly smootl
^—Native of Spain. — Cistus strictus. Cavan. ic. 3. p. 32. t. 263. f. 2.-
Petals white.

71. H. hispidum (Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 282.) Stem suflVutescem
branching : branches ascending, tomentosely hoary ; leaves on footstalks
oblong, obtuse, slightly mucronate, margins revolute, underneath hoarj
the upper side roughish,of a bluish green or glaucescent; calyx clothed wit
long spreading hairs. ^. — Native of the South of France. — Cistus hispidui
Lam. diet. 2. p. 26. — Petals white.

72. tt.fcetidum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem suffrutescent, procumben
clothed with long hairs ; leaves oblong, green on both sides, roughish, hairy
stipules linear, hairy, longer than the footstalks ; flower-stalks and caly
somewhat hairy. 1j. — Native not known.- — Cistus foetidus. Jacq. ic. rar. ]
t. 98. — Bryony-scented ; flowers white.

CISTINE^E. xix

73. H. cilidtum (Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.) Stem Suffrutescent, decumbent :
branches clothed with a white tomentum ; leaves ovately lanceolate or lan-
ceolately oblong, margins slightly revolute, underneath clothed with white
tomentum, the upper side hairy ; stipules greenish, longer than the footstalks ;
calyx membranaceous ; inner sepals nerved and furrowed ; nerves elevated,
glandularly hairy. 1?. — Native of Spain, Italy, and the North of Africa. —
Cistus ciliatus. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 421. t. 109. — Petals rose-coloured.

74. H. asperum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 283.) Stem Suffrutescent, branch-
ing : branches long, ascending, or more or less erect, somewhat tomentose,
roughish, ash-coloured ; leaves on footstalks, oblong, taper-pointed, mar-
gins revolute, underneath clothed with short white wool, the upper side
green, somewhat woolly, roughish, setose at the point; stipules awl-shaped,
bristle-pointed ; angles of the calyx clothed with bristly hairs, the hairs long
and numerous, f?. — Native of Spain. — Petals white.

£. Roiiss'ai (DC. loc. cit.) Stem, leaves and calyx very hairy, hairs
white, fj.— Native of the Levant. Rousseau.

75. H. majorancefblium (DC. prodr. 1. p. 283.) Suffrutescent, erect,
very much branched : branches hairy, and clothed with white wool ; leaves
on footstalks, ovately oblong, somewhat pointed, margins revolute, under-
neath clothed with a white tomentum, the upper side of a bluish green,
tomentosely hairy ; stipules subulate, bristle-pointed ; calyx very hairy, the
hairs white, f?. — Native of the South of France. — Petals white.

76. H. hirsutum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Suffrutescent, stipulate, hairy;
leaves on footstalks, white underneath : lower ones rounded : upper ones
lanceolate, acute ; flowers in a terminal raceme, generally facing all to one
side.T? . — Native of rocky mountains on the Eastern Pyrenees. — Cistus hir-
sutus. Lapeyrouse abr. 303. — Flowers large, white.

* Doubtful Species.

77. H. oligophy'llum (DC. prodr. 1. p. 284.) Frutescent, stipulate;
leaves on footstalks, ovately lanceolate, nerveless, entire at the margins,
rough, the margins revolute; flower-stems 1 flowered. I?- — Native near
Jaffa ; petals yellow.

HUDSONIA. Supra folio 36.
r

1. H. Nuttdllii. Equally pubescent; stem erect, much branched ; leaves
about 2 lines long, filiform, somewhat imbricate, but distinct from the stem,
flower-stalks lateral, crowded, when in fruit from 5 to 8 lines long; calyx
cylindrical, obtuse, and as well as the leaves clothed with an equal quan-
tity of pubescence : segments oblique and convolute, the 2 smaller ones
scarcely visible in the fruiting calyx, sufficiently distinct in the unexpanded
flowers; capsule cylindric-oblong, externally pubescent, always 1-seeded;
valves oblong, the central suture obsolete.??. — Abundant over the barren
sandy woods of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, (Nuttall.)
H. ericoides. Nuttall. gen. and spec. amer. 2. p. 4. scarcely of others ; his
description at any rate does not agree with any that we have examined.

2. H. montdna (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 5.) Old plants partly smooth,
tufted ; stems 3 to 5 inches long, decumbent ; leaves about a line longer than
those of the preceding species, nearly smooth, filiform, subulate, somewhat
imbricate ; flower- stalks terminal, solitary, about an inch long when in
fruit ; flowers more than twice the size of the preceding ; calyx bell-shaped,
woolly : segments taper-pointed, smaller ones longer and subulate, con-

xx CISTINEJE.

spicuously exserted and distinct ; stamens 25 to 30 ; capsule villous, gene-
rally 3-seeded, 3 times the size of the other : valves ovate, partly septife-
rous ; seeds granulate, somewhat angular, f? . — Native of the summit of the
highest mountains of North Carolina, abundant on the romantic summit of
the Table-rock, a singularly elevated and isolated portion of the Catawba
ridge. NuttalL — Flowers as in all the species yellow.

3. H. austrdlis (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 452.) Smoothish, erect ; leaves li-
nearly lanceolate, underneath clothed with scattered spreading hairs; llow-
ers terminal, solitary, peduncled, calyx taper-pointed, somewhat hairy. ^.
— Native of Monte Video. Seilo.

LEG HE A. Calyx 3-sepalus bracteis sepalisve exter. duobus exterio-
ribus stipatus. Petala 3, lanceolata. Stamina 3-12, saepius numero terna-
ria. Ovarium 1 sub-trigonum. Stigmata 3, vix distincta. Capsula 3-valvis
medio septi aut nerviferis; semina septo nervove adfixa paucissima ssepitis 8;
albumen carnosum. Embryo dorsalis rectiusculus, radicula infera : cotyle-
donibus ovato-oblongis. — Herbae (Boreali- Americans) incomptae ; floribus
numerosisparvis; ra,misinfimis afloriferis scepe diver sis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 285.
1. L. villosa (Elliott sketch. 184.) All over hairy ; leaves oblongly lan-
ceolate, mucrouate ; panicle pyramidal, leafy : branches flowering at the
points ; flowers crowded in a sort of raceme, facing all to one side, on short
flower-stalks, n . — Native of North America, from Canada to Florida. L. ma-
jor. Pursh fl. amer. 1. p. 90. non Linn.— L. minor. Lin. — Lam. ill. t. 52. f. 2.

/3 ? mucronata (Raf. prec. 37.) Hairy ; stem erect, simple ; raceme com-
pound ; flowers bracteolate.^. —Native of woods, in New Jersey.

2. L. minor (Pursh fl. amer. 1. p. 91.) Smoothish, leaves linearly lan-
ceolate, acute ; panicle leafy ; branches elongated, all over covered with
flowers; flowers on short flower-stalks; stem assurgent. ^ . — Native of hills
from Canada to Pensylvania. — Lam. ill. t. 52. f. 1.

3. L. racemulbsa (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) All over clothed with
close-pressed pubescence ; leaves linear, acute, fringed ; panicle slender,
very much branched, pyramidal ; racemes naked ; flowers small, alternate,
pedicelled; stem erect. ^.—Native of New Jersey to Carolina. Pursh fl.
amer. 1. p. 91.- G AURA Lam. ill. t.281. f. 3.

4. L. thymijblia (Mich. fl. bor. am, 1. p. 77.) All over clothed with
close-pressed white woolly down ; leaves linear, acute ; panicle leafy, elon-
gated : branches short ; flowers in close clusters, lateral and terminal ;
flower-stalks very short ; flowers small, clothed with white wool ; stem up-
right, ty. — Native of woods from Virginia to Carolina. — Lower branches
creeping, similar to Thyraus Serpyllum, from Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 91.

5. L. tenuifblia (Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. p. 77.) Covered all over with
scattered hairs ; leaves very narrow ; panicle spreading, somewhat naked :
branches alternate; flower-stalks elongated, spreading; stem erect. I/.. —
Native of dry gravelly hills from Virginia to Georgia. Pursh. -Leaves on
the lower branches linear.

6? L. verticilldta (Willd. spec. 1. p. 495.) Stem bristly; leaves ob-
longly ovate, serrulate ; flowers whorled. -4 . - Native of the East Indies.
H abit of Sperinacoce. — Most probably not belonging to this genus, or natu-
ral order.

SYSTEMATICAL INDEX

CISTUS. PL.

1 vaginatus 9

2 candidissimus 3

3 albidus 31

4 rotundifolius 75

5 villosus 35

6 undulatus 63

7 incanus 44

8 can£scens 45

9 crfspus 22

10 heterophy'llus 6

11 creticus 112

12 purpureus 17

13 cymosus 90

14 parviflorus 14

15 latifolius 15

16 populifolius 23

17 asperifplius 87

18 Cupanianus 70

19 oblongifolius 67

20 laxus 12

21 corbariensis 8

22 acutifolius 78

23 salvifolius 54

24 obtusifolius 42

25 hirsutus 19

26 platysepalus 47

27 psilosepalus 33

28 florentinus 59

29 monspeliensis 27

30 Cliisii 32

31 ladanifems a. albiflorus 84

32 ladanifems /3. maculatus 1

33 C'yprins 39

34 laurifolius 52

HELIA'NTHEMUM.

35 umbellatum 5

36 ocymoides 13

37 microphy'llum 96

38 algarvense 40

39 candidum 25

40 rugosum 65

41 formosum 50

42 scabrosum 81

43 cheiranthoides 107

44 halimifolium 4

45 carolinianum 99

46 canadense 21

47 brasiliense 43

48 polygalasfolium 11

49 glomeratum 110

50 lignosum 46

51 Tuberaria 18

52 eriocaulon 30

53 punctatum 61

54 ledifolium 41

55 salicifolium 71

56 ellipticum 108

57 Fumana 16

58 procurabens 68

59 arabicum 97

60 Taevipes 24

61 thymifolium 102

62 glutinosum 83

63 celdndicum 85

64 pulch&lum „ 74

65 alp£stre 2

66 vineale 77

67 canum 56

68 croceum 53

69 glaucum Ill

70 leptophyllum 20

71 serpyllifolium 60

72 vulgare 34

73 vulgare (3. multiplex 64

74 surrejanum 28

75 grandiflorum 69

76 tauricum 105

77 barbatum 73

78 nummularium 80

79 hirtum 109

80 Andersoni 89

81 erios£palon 76

82 stramineum 93

83 stramineum j3. multiplex 94

84 sulphureum 37

85 cupreum 66

86 Milleri 101

87 hyssopifolium a. croccitum 92

88 hyssopifolium /3. ciipreum 58

89 hyssopifolium y. multiplex 72

90 mutabile |3. rdseum 106

91 roseum 55

92 rdseum (3. multiplex 86

93 diversifolium 95

94 diversifolium |3 multiplex 98

95 venustum 10

96 rhod£nthum 7

97 canescens 51

98 virgatum 79

99 variegatum 38

100 versicolor 26

101 racemosum 82

102 pilosum 49

103 lineare 48

104 apenninum 62

105 polifolium 88

106 pulverulentum 29

107 confusum . . 91

108 lanceolatum 100

109 macranthon 103

110 macranthon j3. multiplex 104

HUDSONIA.

111 ericoides 36

112 tomentosa < 57

2 G

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

CISTUS. PL.

acutitolius 78

albidus 31

asperifolius 87

candidissimus 3

canescens 45

Cliisii 32

corbariensis 8

creticus 112

* crfspus 22

Cupanianus 70

cymosus 90

, Cyprius 39

~- florentinus 59

heterophyllus 6

hirsutus 19

incanus 44

• ladaniferus a. albiflorus 84

ladaniferus (3. maculatus 1

latifolius 15

laurifolius 52

laxus 12

monspeliensis 27

oblongifolius , 67

obtusifolius 42/

parviflorus 14

platysepalus 47

populifolius 23

psilosepalus 33

purpureus 17

rotundifolius 75

salvifolius 54

undulatns 63

vaginatus 9

villosus 35/

HELIA'NTHEMUM.

algarvense 40

alpestre 2

Anderson! 89

apenninum 62

arabicura 97

barbatum 73

brasiliense 43

canadt-nse ' 21

candidum 25

can&scens 51

canura 56

carolinianum 99

cheiranthoides 107

confusum 91

croceum 53

cupreum 66

diversifolium 95

diversifolium |3. multiplex 98

ellipticum 108

eriocaulon 30

erios^palon 76

formosum 50

Fumana ^ • • 16

. glaucum -• . Ill

glomeratum 110

glutinosum 83

grandiflorum 69

halimifolium • . 4

hirtum 109

hyssopifolium or. crocatum 92

hyssopifolium (B. cupreum 58

hyssopifolium y. multiplex 72

raevipes 24

lanceolatum 100

ledifolium 41

leptophy'llum 20

lignosum 46

lineare 48

macranthon \ 103

macranthon ft. multiplex 104

microphy'llum 96

Milleri 101

mntabile |3. rdseum 106

nummularium 80

ocymoides 13

celandicum 85

pilosum 49

polifolium 88

polygalasfolium = . . 11

procumbens . . 68

pulch^llnm 74

pulverul£ntum 29

punctatura 61

racemosum 82

,*rhod£nthum 7

roseum 55

rdseum /3. multiplex 86

rugosum 65

salicifolium 71

scabrosum 81

serpyllifolium 60

stramineum 93

stramineum (3. multiplex 94

sulphureum 37

surrejanum 28

tauricum 105

thymifolium 102

Tuberaria 18

umbellatum *--'. 5

variegatum 38

versicolor 26

venustum 10

vineale — 77

virgatum 79

vulgare . . 34

vul^are .j3. multiplex 64

HUDS'ONIA.

ericoides 36

tomentosa 57

ALPHABETICAL ENGLISH INDEX.

HUDSONIA. PL.

Heath-like 36

Tomentose 57

ROCK ROSE.

Acute-leaved 78

Blunt-leaved Cretan 42

Broad-leaved 15

Broad-sepaled 47

Broad wave-leaved 12

Canary Island 3

Clusius's . . , 32

Common gum 39

Cretan 112

Curled-leaved , 22

Cyme-flowered 90

Florentine 59

Hairy 19

Heart-leaved 70

Hoary 43

Laurel-leaved 52

Montpelier 27

Mountain 8

Narrow-leaved hoary 45

Oblong-leaved 67

Oblong sheathed -leaved 9

Poplar-leaved , 23

Purple-flowered 17

Rough-leaved 87

Round-leaved 75

Sage-leaved 54

Small-flowered 14

Smooth sepaled 43

Spotted-flowered flat-leaved gum . . 1

Various-leaved 6

Villous 35

Wave-leaved 63

White- flowered flat-leaved gum . . 84

White-leaved 31

SUN ROSE.

Algarvian 40

Alpine 2

Apennine 62

Arabian 97

Basil-like 13

Bearded 73

Beautiful 50

Brasilian 44

Bristly-calyxed 109

Canada 21

Canescent 51

Carolina 99

Charming 10

Clammy 83

Cluster-flowered 110

Cluster-leaved 24

Common 34

Common double yellow 64

Contused 91

PL.

Copper-coloured 66

Copper-coloured hyssop-leaved .... 58

Dark rose-coloured 7

Different-leaved 95

Dotted-leaved 28

Double-flowered different-leaved . . 98

Double-flowered hyssop-leaved .... 72

Double-flowered rose-coloured .... 86

Double great-flowered 104

Elliptic-leaved 108

Full flowered straw-coloured 94

Glaucous-leaved Ill

Great-flowered 103

Hairy 49

Hard- wooded 46

Heath-like 16

Hoary 56

Large-flowered 69

Ledum-leaved 41

Linear-leaved 48

Long-racemed 82

Mr. Anderson's 89

Mr. Miller's 101

Milkwort-leaved 11

Moneywort-leaved 80

Narrow-leaved 20

Neat 74

Pale green-leaved 85

Plantain-leaved 18

Powdered 29

Procumbent 68

Rose-coloured 55

Rose-coloured changeable 106

Rough 81

Rugged-leaved 65

Saffron-coloured 53

Saffron -coloured hyssop-leaved 92

Sea Purslane-leaved 4

Serpyllum-leaved 60

Slender trailing 77

Slender-twigged 79

Small-leaved 96

Spear-leaved 100

Spot-flowered 61

Stock-like 1 07

Straw-coloured 93

Sulphur-coloured 37

Taurian 105

Thyme-leaved 102

Umbel-flowered 5

Variegated-flowered 38

Various-coloured .....,*. 26

White-leaved 25

White mountain 88

Willow-leaved annual 71

Woolly-calyxed 76

Woolly-stalked 30

tlLLING, PRINTER, CHELSEA.

CISTUS vaginatus.

Oblong-leaved Rock-rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra,fol3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis, um-
bellatisve : stylo cylindrico scepd staminibus longiore ; stigmate capi-
tato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. vaginatus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis trinerviis hirsutis sub-
tus reticulatis petiolatis, petiolis basi dilatatis margine pilosis snl-
catis vaginantibus, floribus paniculatis, pedunculis subtrifloris
calycibusque hirsuto-villosis.

Cistus vaginatus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Jacq. hort. schcenb. 3. p. 17.
t. 282. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 304. ed. 2. u. 3. p. 304. Willden. sp.
pi. 2. p. 1183. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Botan. Regist. 225. Spreng.
syst. veg. 2. p. 585.

Shrubby, erect, branching, clothed with a brown de-
ciduous bark: branches spreading, ascendant, cylindri-
cal, thickly clothed with a dense white tomentum, and
short viscous hairs intermixed. Leaves opposite, ob-
longly lanceolate, at first acute, but becoming blunter
by age, covered on both sides with long white hairs,
and some smaller ones intermixed; underneath 3-
nerved, and reticulately veined, upper side of a whitish
green, underside yellowish. Petioles short, channelled
on the upper side, and rounded on the lower, with a
furrow on each side, dilated and connected at the base,
sheathing the stem, viscous, and clothed with unequal
hairs. Flowers large, panicled, of a light rose colour.
Bractes sessile, clasping the stem, lower ones leaf-like,
oblongly lanceolate, acute, upper ones small, oblongly
ovate. Peduncles generally 3-flowered, clothed with
soft down, and longer spreading hairs. Pedicles cylin-
drical, a little nodding, slightly viscous. Sepals 5,
papillose, hairy, the 2 outer ongs scarcely one third as
large as the inner ones, oblong-lanceolate, acute, points

..'

CISTUS vaginatus.
Oblong-leaved Rock-rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra,fol3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axiliaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis, urn-
bellatisve : stylo cylindrico scepd staminibus longiore ; stigmate capi-
tato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. vaginatus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis trinerviis hirsutis sub-
tus reticulatis petiolatis, petiolis basi dilatatis margine pilosis sul-
catis vaginantibus, floribus paniculatis, pedunculis subtrifloris
calycibusque hirsute -villosis.

Cistus vaginatus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Jacq. hort. schcenb. 3, p. 17.
t. 282. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 304. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 304. Willden. sp.
pi. 2. p. 1183. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Botan. Regist. 225. Spreng.
syst. veg. 2. p. 585.

Shrubby, erect, branching, clothed with a brown de-
ciduous bark: branches spreading, ascendant, cylindri-
cal, thickly clothed with a dense white tomentum, and
short viscous hairs intermixed. Leaves opposite, ob-
longly lanceolate, at first acute, but becoming blunter
by age, covered on both sides with long white hairs,
and some smaller ones intermixed; underneath 3-
nerved, and reticulately veined, upper side of a whitish
green, underside yellowish. Petioles short, channelled
on the upper side, and rounded on the lower, with a
furrow on each side, dilated and connected at the base,
sheathing the stem, viscous, and clothed with unequal
hairs. Flowers large, panicled, of a light rose colour.
Bractes sessile, clasping the stem, lower ones leaf-like,
oblongly lanceolate, acute, upper ones small, oblongly
ovate. Peduncles generally 3-flowered, clothed with
soft down, and longer spreading hairs. Pedicles cylin-
drical, a little nodding, slightly viscous. Sepals 5,
papillose, hairy, the 2 outer on3s scarcely one third as
large as the inner ones, oblong-lanceolate, acute, points

and margins a little reflexed : inner ones cordately
ovate, concave, terminated by a long subulate point.
Petals 5, imbricate, obcordate, crumpled, sides undu-
late and bent inwards, striate, rose-coloured, with a
yellow spot at the base. Stamens from 130 to 140,
rather more than half the length of the style : filaments
slender, smooth, bright yellow : pollen orange- coloured.
Germen 5-angled, the angles clothed with white silky
hairs, and smooth between. Style nearly double the
length of the stamens, smooth, flexuose. Stigma capi-
tate, slightly 5-furrowed, papillose.

This fine species is a native of Teneriffe, and is there-
fore rather too tender to endure our severest winters in
the open ground without protection ; but it succeeds
well if protected by a common frame or pit in severe
frost ; it will also thrive very well against a wall, so as
to be covered with a mat in frosty weather, and a little
dry litter placed about its roots ; it is also a very proper
plant for a Greenhouse or Conservatory, where its
splendid flowers are seen to great advantage ; it suc-
ceeds well in any light rich soil, or a mixture of light
turfy loam, peat, and sand, will suit it very well ;
young cuttings strike root freely, taken off at a joint,
and planted under hand-glasses in autumn ; it also
ripens plenty of seeds, by which it is readily increased.

Our drawing was taken from a plant, received from
the Nursery of Messrs. Malcolm and Gray, at Ken-
sington, last summer.

CISTUS candidissimus.

Canary Island Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Sepala externa angustiora, saepe
minora, interna basi concava raargine scariosa. Petala rosea, rubra
aut purpurea. Capsulce 5-loculares.

* Pedunculis uniftoris, axillaribus aut terminalibus, solitariis
umbellatisve ; stylo cylindrico scepe staminibus longiore; stigmate
capitato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. candidissimus, foliis ovato-ellipticis acutis dense tomentoso-inca-
nis subtus reticulatis trinerviis breviter petiolatis, petiolis basi
dilatatis margine pilosis vaginantibus, pedunculis terminalibus
unifloris aut subcymosis, sepalis externis dimidio brevioribus.

Cistus candidissimus. DunalexDC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

Stem woody, erect, much branched: branches
densely clothed with a soft white tomentum, and tufts
of very short hairs intermixed. Leaves ovately elliptic,
acute, clothed on both sides with a dense white tomen-
tum, reticulately veined underneath ; 3-nerved at the
base, the margins slightly crenulate, and fringed with
very short hairs. Petioles short, dilated and joined at
the base, sheathing the stem, hairy. Peduncles ter-
minal, often solitary and one-flowered, and shorter than
the leaves, but sometimes subcymose and several-
flowered, reaching beyond the leaves, densely tomen-
tose with tufts of short hairs intermixed. Bractes 2,
at the base of the peduncles, leaf-like, lanceolate,
taper-pointed, longer than the peduncles. Sepals 5,
tomentose, unequal, the 2 outer ones scarcely half the
length of the others ; inner ones ovate, concave, mu-
cronate, with a scariose membranaceous margin on the
inside, the outer margin naked. Petals 5, of a pale
rose colour, with yellow unguis, margins slightly cre-
nulate, distinct or scarcely imbricate at the base, about

twice the length of the sepals. Stamens about 200 ;
pollen orange coloured. Germen sericeous. Style
smooth, flexuose, nearly double the length of the
stamens. Stigma capitate, tuberculate.

This fine species is a native of the Canary Islands,
and was introduced to this country about the year
1815, by the late Professor Christian Smith; by him
the seeds were given to Mr. William Anderson,
Curator of the Apothecaries Company's Garden at
Chelsea ; and from a strong young plant raised from
a cutting, our drawing was taken last summer. In
M. Decandolle's Prodromus it is described with solitary
one-flowered peduncles ; this was the case with all the
old stunted plants at Mr. Anderson's, but the young
healthy plants all produced their flowers in a corym-
bus, as represented in our figure ; it is also probable
that the plants on the rocky mountains of the Canaries
are also stunted, and produce single flowered pedun-
cles.

The present species is not sufficiently hardy to bear
our winter in the open air, except it be well covered
up with mats in severe weather, and dry litter laid
about its roots, as recommended for the former
species ; it is, however, a hardy greenhouse plant, and
will succeed in a common frame, covered up with
mats in severe weather, but openly exposed when the
weather is fine and mild ; plants preserved in frames
through the winter, and turned out in the borders of
shrubberies in spring, will answer best. It succeeds
well in a light sandy soil, or a mixture of sandy loam
and peat suits it very well ; it may be propagated by
cuttings planted under hand-glasses, or by seeds, which
sometimes ripen.

CISTUS albidus.

White-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra, foL 3.

* Peduuculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis um-
bellatisve; stylo cylindrico sapb staminibus longiore; stigmate capi-
tato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. albidus, foliis sessilibus oblougo-ellipticis incano-tomentosis sub-
trinerviis, floribus 3-8 terminalibus subumbellatis, sepalis externis
majoribns, petalis valde imbricatis.

Cistus albidus. Linn. spec. 737. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 1186. Pers.
syn. 2. p. 75. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 306.

Cistus mas. I. Clus. hist. 1. p. 68. ic. Park, theatr. 658. /. 1.

Stem shrubby, erect, much branched, and thickly
crowded with leaves, clothed with a brown scaly bark :
branches opposite, erect, thickly clothed with dense
wool. Leaves opposite, crossing each other, sessile, con-
nate at the base and surrounding the stem, oblongly
elliptic or lanceolate, scarcely acute, much undulate,
3-nerved at the base, reticulately veined, clothed on both
sides with a dense white stellate pubescence. Flowers
3 to 8, terminating the branch in a sort of umbellate co-
rymbus, of a bright lilac or pale rose colour. Bractes
leaf-like, ovate, obtuse. Pedicles cylindrical, erect,
stout, densely tomentose. Calyx of 5 acute sepals, the
2 outer ones largest, cordate, strongly 5-nerved, margins
a little rolled back, densely clothed with a starry to-
mentum ; inner ones narrower, taper-pointed, more in-
clining to membranaceous, also clothed with a stellate
tomentum. Petals 5, broadly obovate, much imbricate,
slightly crenulate, more or less crumpled, of a bright
lilac or rose-coloured, with a yellow spot at the base.
Stamens numerous, from 180 to 200, in a dense tuft ;
filaments slender, yellow ; anthers 2-celled, opening at

the sides to discharge the pollen, which is orange co-
loured. Germen densely clothed with silky close-
pressed white hairs. Style pubescent, thickening up-
wards, about the length of the stamens. Stigma capi-
tate, slightly 5-lobed, pubescent.

The present plant is one of the most desirable of its
tribe, being quite hardy, and will thrive in almost any
soil or situation where it is not too moist ; its flowers
are large, and produced in abundance, and it attains
to a height of 5 or 6 feet when grown in a sheltered
situation ; fine plants of it are growing in the Garden
belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, by the side
of the rock- work, and it is not an uncommon plant in
other collections, but is often confused with other spe-
cies, particularly with C. incanus, which is at present a
much rarer plant, and which we have been on the look
out for, for some time past, and have at last met with
both of Decandolle's varieties at Mr. Lee's of Ham-
mersmith ; the narrow-leaved one figured by Clusius,
is, we have little doubt, specifically different from the
other. C. incanus of the Flora Grseca is certainly dif-
ferent from both, and is probably C. cymosus of De-
candolle, which is mentioned in his Prodromus as
being cultivated in Cels's garden under the name of
C. incanus.

Many cultivators are deceived by the name of the
present species, thinking it cannot be C. albidus as its
flowers are red, but expect that to be one of the white
flowered species. It succeeds best in a light sandy
soil, and young cuttings planted under hand-glasses in
Autumn will soon strike root; it may also be raised
from seeds, which sometimes ripen plentifully. Drawn
at the Nursery of Mr. Cobdll, last Summer.

CISTUS rotundifolius.
Round-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra fol. 3.

* Pedunculi* unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis um-
bellatisve ; stylo cylindrico, stepb staminibus longiore ; stigmate capi-
tato bsulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. rotundifolius, foliis rotundato-ovatis obtusis planis rugosis reti-
culato venosis utrinque fasciculato-pilosis, petiolis sulcatis subva-
ginantibus, pedunculis hirsutissimis subcymosis unifloris 1-3-nisve,
sepalis cordatis acutis pilosis, petalis imbricatis.

C. villosus £. virescens. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264 ?

Cistus latifolius magno flore. Barrel, ic. 1315.

A pretty dwarf, very bushy, upright, evergreen shrub,
scarcely exceeding a foot in height, but densely crowded
with branches, clothed with rigid persistent hairs:
branches upright, short, thickly clothed with fascicles of
short rigid unequal hairs. Leaves opposite, often as
broad as long, roundly ovate, very obtuse, flat, rugged,
reticulately veined, of a darkish green, clothed with
bunches of short hairs on both sides, rough at the mar-
gins : upper ones narrower, not so blunt, and more ta-
pering to the base. Petioles winged oh each side, sheath-
ing the stem at the base, channelled on the upper side,
densely clothed with short hairs. Flowers purple, in a
terminal few-flowered cyme. Bractes leaf-like, linear,
obtuse, sessile, one at the base of each peduncle. Pe-
duncles 1 to 3-flowered, thickly clothed with fascicles of
short rigid hairs. Calyx of 5 sepals, broadly cordate,
acute, reticulately veined ; the outer ones largest, dense-
ly clothed with shortish rigid hairs. Petals 5, much
imbricate, broadly obovate, a little crumpled, purple,
with a yellow spot at the base. Stamens numerous :

filaments unequal in length, slender, yellow : pollen
orange-coloured. Germen silky. Style smooth, long,
much curved. Stigma capitate, slightly 5-furrowed,
granular. Capsule about the size of a small hazel-nut,
five-celled, and many seeded.

Our drawing of this very handsome plant was made
at the Nursery of Mr. Pamplin, at Lavender-hill, in the
Wands worth-road, the only collection in which we have
observed it ; we think there can be no doubt but it is the
same as the one figured in Barrelier's Icones above re-
ferred to, but it can scarcely be C. sericeus to which that
figure has been generally added as a synonym ; it may
also, probably,beDecandolle's variety j3. of C.villosus,but
we have no hesitation in giving it as a distinct species,
as it is quite different in habit, as well as in the form of
the leaves, and its very large capsule : it makes a snug
dwarf bushy shrub, and flowers nearly all the Summer ;
and appears to be quite hardy, having stood the two last
Winters without protection, thriving well in the common
soil of the Nursery. It is readily increased by cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses, in Autumn, or by layers,
and may also be raised from seeds.

A few days since, we received a fine flowering speci-
men of this plant, from Mr. J. Miller's Nursery at
Bristol, so that it is also in that extensive collection.

35.

CISTUS villosus,

Villous Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra, fol. 3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis um-
bellatisve; stylo cylindrico scept staminibus long lore; stigmate capi-
tato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. ]. p. 264.

C. villosus, foliis subrotundo-ovatis planis undulatisve rugosis to-
mentoso-hirtis petiolatis, petiolis basi dilatatis sulcatis subvagi-
nantibus, pedunculis subcymosis unifloris 1-3-nisve, sepalis villosis,
petalis patentissimis basi imbricatis.

Cistus villosus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264. Lam. diet. 2. p. 12. Willden.
sp. pi. 2. p. 1181. Pers. syn. 2. p. 74. Hort. Kew. ed.2. v. 3. p. 303.

Cistus mas major, folio rotundiore. Du Hamel art. 1. p. 167. t. 64.

Stem shrubby, much branched, clothed with a brown
cracked scaly bark : branches opposite, spreading, erect
or ascending, densely clothed with short canescent
wool, and a few longer hairs intermixed. Leaves oppo-
site, roundly ovate, bluntish, some flat, others undu-
late, reticulately veined, rugose, tomentosely hairy, of
a grey or whitish appearance, thickly clothed on both
sides with short stellate hairs, attenuated down the pe-
tiole. Petioles villosely hairy, channelled and dilated
at the base, sheathing the stem. Flowers in a sort of
cyme, rose-coloured, or purple, varying in colour on
different plants. Bractes leaf-like, one at the base of
each peduncle, sessile, lanceolate, taper-pointed. Pe-
duncles 1 to 3-flowered, thickly clothed with spreading
villous hairs. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are cordately
ovate, taper-pointed, thickly clothed with long villous
hairs : outer ones leaf-like, with the margins a little re-
flexed: inner ones membranaceous, concave. Petals 5,
much spreading, imbricate at the base, obovate, or ob-
cordate, much crumpled, somewhat crenulate, varying

from a light pink, or rose colour, to a dark purple, with
a yellow spot at the base. Stamens numerous, from 150
to 200, overtopping the stigma : filaments slender,
smooth, pale yellow : anthers 2-celled, attached to the
filament by their back : pollen bright orange-colour.
Germen thickly clothed with long closely-pressed silky
hairs. Style smooth, slightly curved. Stigma capitate,
slightly 5-furrowed, granular.

The present is one of the commonest species in all
the Nurseries about London, where it is sold under se-
veral different names, and generally for C. salvifolius,
which is a white flowered species, but resembles the
present plant a little in habit: there is a good charac-
teristic figure of the present plant in Duhamel's work
above quoted, and we have seen fine specimens of it in
Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, that were received from
Crete under the name of C. creticus ; but it is very dif-
ferent from C. creticus of Jacquin, and the Flora Graeca,
a plant that we have not yet met with in any collection ;
and which, if any of our Subscribers possess, we should
feel much obliged for an opportunity of giving a figure
of it: it probably still exists in the Botanic Garden
at Oxford.

The present forms a snug compact bush, and con-
tinues to produce its flowers in succession for a length
of time ; the flowers vary in colour, from a pale lilac to
a dark purple, and very much even on the same plant
at different times. M. Decandolle's variety virescens we
have not yet met with. If planted on rock- work, or in the
open borders, it will require to be covered with a mat,
or some other covering, in severe frosty weather, as it is
a native of the South of Europe ; but it will succeed
very well through a mild Winter without the least pro-
tection : it thrives best in rather a dry situation, as too
much moisture is apt to rot its roots; it also succeeds
well in pots in a light sandy soil, when it can be pre-
served in frames in Winter. Cuttings of it strike root
freely, if planted under hand-glasses in August or Sep-
tember ; it may also be raised from seeds, wrhich ripen
plentifully.

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CISTUS undulatus

Wave-leaved Rock- Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra fol. 3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus aut terminalibus, solitariis um-
bellatisve ; stylo cylindrico scept staminibus longiore ; stigmate capitata
5-sulcato.

C. undulatus, foliis subsessilibus aut in petiolum brevem attenuatis
margine undulatis rugosis scabris utrinque pilosis subcanescentibus ;
inferioribus elliptico-oblongis acutis basi attenuatis trinerviis : su-
perioribus linearibus basi connatis, peduriculis solitariis 1-3-floris,
sepalis longe acuminatis villosis, capsula rotundo-ovata adpresse
sericeo-pilosa.

Cistus undulatus. Dunal in DC.prodr. v. 1. p. 264. n. 8. Swt. hort.
bi-it. edit. 2. . 41. n. 8.

Stem shrubby, much branched, forming a handsome
close compact bush : branches thickly clothed with short
woolly hairs, the younger ones with spreading villous
ones. Leaves variable, sessile, or attenuated into a sort
of short footstalk at the base, oblong or elliptically
oblong, acute, the lower ones ovate and bluntish, more
or less undulate at the margins, rough and rugged,
three-nerved and attenuated at the base, reticulately
veined, hairy on both sides and slightly canescent, the
hairs short and in fascicles : upper leaves linear, spread-
ing, the points generally reflexed, connected at the base.
Flowers varying from light to bright purple, terminal,
solitary or in threes, terminating the young branches,
which sometimes give an appearance of being panicu-
late or cymose, the young branches being oftentimes
crowded at the points of the main shoot. Peduncles
short, densely clothed witli tufts of hairs, which give
them a woolly appearance. Calyx of 5 sepals, that are
ovate, concave, villous at the base, and tapering to a long

slender point, strongly nerved with purple nerves :
inner ones broadest and more concave, membranaceous
at the edges. Petals 5, broadly obo vate, imbricate, crum-
pled, slightly crenulate, of a reddish purple, pale yellow
at the base. Stamens numerous : Jilaments bright yellow,
smooth, unequal in length : pollen golden yellow. Ger-
men roundish, densely clothed with close-pressed white
hairs. Style smooth, slender at the base and thickening
upwards, about the length of the stamens. Stigma 5-
furro wed, capitate. Capsule roundly oval, densely clothed
with close-pressed silky hairs.

We are now convinced that the present plant is C.
undulatus, having received a plant of it from the Cheva-
lier Soulange Bodin,under that name ; it also agrees very
well with the description in Decandolle's Prodromus ;
and is readily distinguished from C. creticus, with which
we had confused it, by its long style, which in that spe-
cies is very short, and quite hid by its large stigma.

Our drawing was made from a plant, at the Nursery
of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith ; we also received a plant
of it from Mr. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, which we
planted in our garden in a northen aspect, with many
other rather tender sorts ; they stood there the whole of
last Winter without the least protection, and not one of
them were hurt ; whereas several others that were planted
in a southern aspect, were all killed, or so severely hurt,
that they were not worth keeping.

The leaves of the present species are much more un-
dulate in Autumn andWinter, than in the Summer when
in bloom ; at that time they are very slightly undulate.
It is a native of the Levant ; as numerous plants of it
were raised at Messrs. Young's Nursery, at Epsom, from
seeds received from thence ; it is most probably also a
native of the South of Europe. Any light sandy soil will
suit it very well ; and young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses, in August or September, will strike root
readily.

CISTUS incanus.

Hoary Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra fol 3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis um
bellatisve ; stylo cylindrico scepc staminibus longiore ; stigmate
tato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. incanus, foliis ovato-spathulatis tomentoso-incanis rngosis basi
attenuatis subtrincrviis sessilibus subconnatis; superioribus an-
gustioribus, pedunculis subunifloris villosis, sepalis ovatis villosis,
petalis imbricatis.

Cistus incanus. Linn. spec. 1. p. 737. Willden. spec. pi. 2. p. 1185.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 585.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 305. Curtis Botan. magaz. 43. Swt.
hort. brie. p. 34. w. 7.

shrubby, very much branched: branches short
and crowded, thickly clothed with short grey down,
and longer hairs intermixed. Leaves sessile, ovately
spathulate, obtuse, attenuated towards the base, slightly
3-nerved, rugose, undulate, reticulately veined, clothed
with a short dense white tomentum, which wears off by
age, slightly connected at the base, and sheathing the
stem a little : upper ones narrower and acute, more hairy.
Peduncles short and stout, villosely tomentose, one-
flowered, generally solitary, but sometimes in pairs. (7a-
lyx of 5 sepals, which are ovate and acute, thickly clo-
thed with short villous down; two inner ones concave,
with subulate points, membranaceous on one side. Pe-
tals 5, obovate, imbricate, undulate, and crumpled, of a
light rosy lilac, with a faint yellow spot near the base.
Stamens very numerous, surrounding the stigma : jfila-
ments long and slender, smooth, of a light yellow : pol-
len bright orange colour. Germen clothed with long vil-
lousdown. Style about the length of the stamens, smooth,
slender at the base. Stigma capitate, 5-furrowed, papil-
lose.

CISTUS canescens.

Narrow-leaved hoary Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra foL 3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis um-
bellatisve ; stylo cylindrico scepe staminibus longiore; stigmate capi-
tate 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. canescens, foliis oblongo-linearibus obtusiusculis tomentoso-ca-
nescentibus undulatis subtrinerviis sessilibus subconnatis, pedun-
culis terminalibus unifloris aut subcymosis, sepalis ovatis acutis
nervosis stellato-pubescentibus, petalis obovatis distinctis.

Cistus canescens. Swt. hort. brit. p. 468. n. 29.

Cistus mas 2. Clus. hist. 1. p. 69. ic.

Cistus incanus /3. foliis linearibus longis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

Stem shrubby, much branched : branches spreading,
densely clothed with fascicles of very short rigid hairs,
which are stellately spreading ; the leaves, peduncles,
and calyx, are all densely covered with the same sort
of hairs, which are so short and close to each other as
to appear like soft down. Leaves sessile, clasping the
stem and connected at the base, oblongly linear, blunt-
ish, the upper ones more pointed, attenuated a little
towards the base, but not near so much as in C. incanus,
some a little undulate, others quite flat, of a white
hoary colour, underneath more or less 3-nerved and
reticulately veined, a little rugose : upper leaves broad-
est at the base, with acute points. Flowers terminal,
in a sort of cyme on the strong shoots, on the weaker
ones solitary. Peduncles cylindrical, with a leafy bracte
at the base of each. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are ovate,
acute, undulate, strongly nerved with 4 to 6 prominent
nerves, inner ones rather smallest and convex, or con-
cave inside, with needle-shape points. Petals 5, obo-
vate, distinctly spreading, much crumpled, the margins

crenulate, of a darkish purple, tinged with blue, and a
yellow spot at the base of each. Stamens numerous,
about the length of the style ; filament s smooth, yellow,
unequal in length : pollen orange-coloured. Germen
densely clothed with close-pressed white hairs. Style
smooth, a little bent, very slender at the base, but thick-
ening upwards. Stigma capitate, slightly 5-furrowed,
fimbriate.

Our drawing of this rare and handsome plant was
taken at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith,
last Summer. It has generally been considered as a
variety of C. incanus, but we have no hesitation in giv-
ing it as a distinct species, easily distinguishable at
first sight from all others, whether in flower or not ;
as it is a native of the South of Europe, it is rather
more tender than some of the other species, and re-
quires a little covering in severe frosty weather, either
the covering of a mat, or to be protected by a frame,
succeeding well in a light sandy soil. Young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in August or September,
will soon strike root, but they must not remain covered
too long, or they will be liable to damp off.

CISTUS crispus.
Curled-leaved Rock- Rose.

Sect. 1. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra, fol.3.

* Pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis urn-
bellatisve ; stylo cyiindrico scept staminibus longiore ; stigmate capi-
tato 5-sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.

C. crispus, foliis sessilibus lineari-lanceolatis undulato-crispis
nerviis rugosis pubescentibus, floribus subsessilibus 3-4-nis

tri-
um-

bellatis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264.
Cistus crispus. Linn. spec. 1. p. 738. Willden.sp. pi. 2. p. 1188.
Pers. syn, 2. p. 75. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 57. £. 174. Hort. Kew. ed. 2.
v. 3. p. 306. Spreng. syst. veg. -2. p. 585.

woody, erect or slightly flexiiose, clothed with
a brown more or less cracked bark, much branched :
branches opposite, spreading, thickly clothed with un-
equal spreading villous white hairs. Leaves opposite,
sessile, linearly lanceolate, acute, rugose, three-nerved
at the base, reticulately veined underneath, clothed on
both sides with a close short white pubescence, roughish
to the touch, margins much undulate or curled . Flowers
of a red purple, terminal, subcymose, nearly sessile, or
with very short peduncles, 3 to 7-flowered. Bractes
small, leaf-like, lanceolate, acute. Peduncles 1 to 3-
flowered. Pedicles very short, villosely hairy. Calyx of
5 sepals, the 2 outer ones largest, leaf-like, ovate, acute,
many nerved ; the third narrower and scariose on one
side, inner ones smaller, concave, scariose, taper-pointed.
Petals 5, broadly obovate, imbricate nearly their whole
length, edges crenulate. Stamens from 150 to 180, com-
pact, surrounding the style : filaments smooth, pale
yellow; pollen orange-coloured. Style pubescent, scarce-
ly as long as the stamens. Stigma capitate, tuberculate.
This is a very pretty and distinct species, a native of
the South of Europe, and if grown in a sheltered situa-

tion will stand the severity of our Winters without pro-
tection ; it varies considerably in the size of its leaves,
and also in their being more or less curled, but it is
readily recognized by the short stalks of the flowers ;
the petals are also of a different sort of red from any other
species, so that it makes a very pleasing variety : it also
makes a snug growing bushy plant, and its flowers are
produced in succession from June to August, and are
sometimes succeeded by ripe seeds. It succeeds well in
the common garden soil ; or if grown in pots or on rock-
work, a mixture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very
well. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses in Au-
tumn, will strike root readily, but they will not strike
so freely in Summer ; the young shoots must be taken
for cuttings, and must not be planted too close together,
or they will be apt to damp one another off; plants may
also be raised from seeds, which may either be sown as
soon as gathered, or left till Spring ; they will succeed
equally well, if transplanted thinly into pots when of a
small size, that they may not miss their removal.

Our drawing was made from plants at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham,
last Summer.

CISTUS heterophyllus.

Various-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra, fol. 3.

* Peduncalis unifloris, axillaribus vel terminalibus, solitariis,
umbellatisve : stylo cylindrico scepe staminibus longiore ; stigmate
capitato 5 sulcato. DC. prodr. 1. p. 204.

C. heterophyllus , foliis ovato-lanceolatis breviter petiolatis basi
vaginantibus margine revolutis utrinque viridibus, pedunculis
hirsutis foliosis unifloris 1-2-ternisve, petalis rotundato-obovatis
basi imbricatis.

Cistus heterophyllus. Desf. all. 1. p. 411. t. 104. Pers. syn. 2.
p. 75. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264. Hort. sub. lond. p. 123. Spreng.
syst. veg. "2. p. 584.

A stiff upright woody shrub, much branched : branches
short and rigid, spreading, of a reddish brown colour,
thickly clothed with a woolly pubescence. Leaves
small, with short petioles, sheathing at the base, very
variable, green on both sides, reticulately veined un-
derneath, slightly hairy and ciliate, the nerves pubes-
cent : lower ones round or ovately rounded, obtuse, the
margins slightly revolute ; upper ones lanceolate, more
acute, and the margins much revolute. Petioles very
short, winged, and fringed with long white hairs.
Flowers large, terminating the branches, from 1 to 5,
of a bluish rose-colour. Peduncles of a brownish red
colour, very hairy and rough, one-flowered, with two
leafy bractes about the middle of each. Bractes sessile,
lanceolate, bluntish, hairy and strongly fringed. Calyx
of 5 sepals, outer ones flat, cordately ovate, acute, rigid,
strongly and numerously nerved underneath, hairy on
both sides, and fringed with long white hairs ; 2 inner
ones concave, membranaceous, pubescent, much veined,
and terminated with a sharp mucro. Petals 5, or
sometimes increased to 6, obovate with rounded points,
much crumpled, margins a little uneven, or slightly

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crenulate, imbricate only at the base, and distinct
from about the middle, of a bluish rose colour, incli-
ning to purple, and a bright yellow spot at the base.
Stamens numerous, surrounding the style, from 100 to
150 : filaments smooth, pale yellow : pollen bright
orange- coloured. Germen sericeous. Style smooth,
about the length of the stamens. Stigma capitate,
5-lobed, pustulose.

Our drawing of this rare and very distinct species
was taken from a fine plant at the Nursery of Messrs.
Whitley, Brames, and Milne, in July last, in whose
collection we have also met with some other very rare
species ; we think the present the most curious of any
that we have yet seen ; the plant has a tree-like ap-
pearance, with short stiff branches ; and although its
leaves are so small, the flowers are nearly as large as
any of the genus, and are of a lively colour ; those are
produced from the beginning of June until the end of
July : it is a native of uncultivated hills in Algiers,
and therefore requires the protection of a frame or
greenhouse in Winter ; or if planted against a wall,
and well covered with mats in severe frost, it will suc-
ceed very well ; if grown in pots, it will thrive well in
any rich light soil, or a mixture of sandy loam and
peat will suit it very well ; it does not strike freely
from cuttings, the shoots being so short and hard that
good ones are with difficulty procured ; those should
be taken off before too ripe, and planted under a hand-
glass. Seeds are sometimes ripened, which is the best
method of increasing it.

122.

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112

CISTUS creticus.

Cretan Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra fol. 3.

** Pedunculis cymosis aut I-Z-floris; stylo subnulto capitato sta-
minibus breviore.

C. creticus, foliis spathulato-ovatis rugosis scabris tomentoso-hirtis
in petiolum brevem attenuatis margine undulatis, pedunculis sub-
binatis unifloris, sepalis acuminatis villosis, capsula pilosa.

Cistus creticus. Linn. spec, l.p.738. Jacq. ic. rar.l. t. 95. Flor.grcec.
t. 495. Willd. spec. pi. 2, p. 1186. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Hort. Kew.
edit. 2. v. 3. p. 306. DC.prodr. 1. p. 264. Spreny. syst. 2. ^. 584.

A handsome upright dwarf bushy Shrub : branches
spreading, thickly clothed with unequal entangled hairs,
the younger ones with spreading villous ones. Leaves
spathulately ovate, bluntly rounded, attenuated into a
sort of petiole towards the base, the lower ones much
broader than the upper ones, reticulately veined, rugose,
undulate at the margins, of a pale whitish green, or
somewhat canescent, tomentosely hairy, the hairs short
and in irregularly stellate fascicles. Flowers terminal,
solitary, or in pairs, of a purplish red. Peduncles soli-
tary, or sometimes binate, densely clothed with woolly
hairs, generally one or two flowered . Calyx of 5 sepals,
villosely hairy : sepals ovate, concave inwards, tapering
to a long slender point, strongly nerved with purple
veins : inner ones broadest, more concave, and mem-
branaceous at the edges. Petals 5, imbricate at the base,
the points distinct, obovate, much undulate and crum-
pled, nerved from the base, of a pale reddish purple,
with a pale yellow mark on each at the base. Stamens
numerous : filaments pale yellow, smooth, unequal in

length : pollen golden yellow. Germen densely clothed
with woolly hairs. Style scarcely any. Stigma capitate,
flattened, quite hiding the style, tuberculate.

The plant that we originally gave under this name is
not correct, but proves to be the C. undulatus of Dunal
in Decandolle's Prodromus ; we therefore take the pre-
sent opportunity of setting it right, by giving a figure
of the real species, with a fresh leaf of letter-press, for
the one that we had given for it at folio 63 : the present
plant is readily distinguished from that, and all others
that are related to it, by its very short style, which is
quite hid by its large stigma, and brings it in the second
division of the section ERYTHROCISTUS, with C. pur-
pureus, C. cymosus, and C. parviflorus, from all of which
it is distinguished at first sight.

Being a native of Greece, the present species is rather
tender, and is very apt to be killed, when exposed to the
open air of our climate in Winter ; this will partly ac-
count for its present scarcity ; and being so much like
C. villosus and C. undulatus in common appearance, it is
often confused with these species in collections ; and the
C. purpureus is generally sold for it at the Nurseries,
which is also a native of Crete ; but the fine dark spots
at the base of its petals, has rendered it an object of
more care than most of the other species, that are not
so showy.

We believe the present species is scarcely to be met
with at any Nursery, except that of Messrs. Whitley,
Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, where there are a few
plants of it.

CISTUS purpureus.

Purple-flowered Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra, fol. 3.

** Pedunculis cymosis; stylo subnullo iapitato staminibus breviore.

C. purpureus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis obtusisve rugosis
reticulato-venosis margine undulatis, pctiolis brevibus piloso-
ciliatis vaginantibus, pedunculis brevibus l-2-ternisve aut sub-
cjmosis, sepalis acuminatis exterioribus iniuoribus, petalis obo-
vato-cuneatis valde imbricatis.

Cistus purpureus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 14. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Ker.
Sot. reg. t. 408. DC. prodr. 1. p. 264. Swt. hort. sub. lond.
p. 123. Spreng. syst. veg.2. p. 584.

Stem shrubby, erect, much branched : branches erect
or ascending, thickly clothed with a rusty pubescence.
Leaves opposite, oblong and obtuse, nearly flat, others
oblongly lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate and acute,
with undulate margins, all tapering at the base, more
or less rugose, reticulately veined, densely pubescent
on the lower side, and more thinly on the upper. Pe-
tioles short, connected at the base and sheathing the
stem, hairy. Flowers terminal, from 1 to 6 on short
peduncles. Bractes sessile, leaf-like, broad and concave
at the base, where they are connected, and terminating
in an acute point, pubescent. Pedicles short, clothed
with tufts of short hairs, and longer ones intermixed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, clothed with fascicles of short hairs,
fringed and taper-pointed : 2 outer ones smallest and
narrowest, cordately ovate ; inner ones cordate, con-
cave, with membranaceous margins. Petals 5 or 6, obo-
vate or obovately wedge-shaped, very much imbricate,
more or less crumpled, of a bright reddish purple, with
a yellow spot at the base, above which is a large dark
velvet mark, surrounded with red, and slightly branched.

Stamens numerous, about 150, filaments smooth, pale
yellow : pollen orange-coloured. Germen densely clo-
thed with close-pressed silky hairs. Style very short.
Stigma large, capitate, 5-lobed, papillose.

This very fine species is generally known in the col-
lections about London by the name of C. creticus ; but
that is a very different plant, and one that we have not
met with in any collection last Summer ; that is rea-
dily distinguished from any other, by its dwarf bushy
growth, and generally bearing only one or two flowers
on each peduncle, which terminates the branches ; the
petals are much imbricate, and the colour of a reddish
purple, without any dark spots at the base ; it is much
nearer related to C. villosus than to the present plant,
and we have seen specimens of C. villosus in Mr. Lam-
bert's Herbarium that were received from Crete, under
the name of C. creticus.

According to M. Decandolle, the present species is
a native of the Levant, and is rather too tender to en-
dure our severest Winters without protection ; but it
will succeed well against a wall, so as to be covered up
with mats in severe frost ; and in the warmer counties,
such as Devonshire, we believe it would survive with-
out any protection whatever : plants of it, if kept in
pots, and preserved in frames all the Winter, and then
turned in the borders in Spring, will make a fine ap-
pearance, as it grows very fast, and makes a hand-
some shrub ; it will succeed well in the common garden
soil, or if grown in pots, a mixture of sandy loam and
peat will suit it very well. Young cuttings, planted
under hand-glasses in August or September, will soon
strike root ; but the glasses must not remain on them
long after they are rooted, or they will be liable to damp
off; they will succeed best if potted off, and preserved
in frames through the Winter. Drawn at Mr. Colvill's
Nursery, last Summer.

JBaiplal-

CISTUS cymosus.

Cyme-flowered Rock- Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra fol. 3.
** Pedunculis subcymosis: stylo subnullo capitato staminibus bre
more.

C. cymosus, foliis lato-ovatis apice contortis acutiusculis subttis ru-
gosis incanis petiolatis, petiolis basi dilatatis sulcatis subvaginan-
tibus, pedunculis cymosis 5-10-floris incanis axillaribus termina-
libusve. Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 265.

Cistus cymosus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. n. 13.

Cistus incanus. Smith in Sibthorp's Flora Grceca. #.494. nee aliorum.

A very handsome small bushy shrub, much branched,
the branches ascending, rather short and slender, clo-
thed with a rough hairy pubescence. Leaves petiolate,
broadly ovate, scarcely acute, the points more or less
twisted, underneath rugose and reticulately veined, clo-
thed with a short thin hoary canescence, and short hairs
intermixed. Petioles dilated at the base and clasping
the stem, somewhat winged, more or less tinged with
red, and channelled on the upper side. Flowers of a
lively red, middle sized or smallish, produced in nume-
rous many-flowered cymes. Peduncles hairy and ca-
nescent. Bractes oblong, bluntish. Pedicles hairy and
canescent. Calyx of 5 sepals, that are ovately lanceo-
late and taper-pointed, veined with red lines, hoary
and clothed with shortish hairs. Petals 5, obcordate,
imbricate, of a bright red, in some plants pale lilac,
more or less crumpled from their thin texture. Stamens
numerous : filaments yellow : pollen orange-colour. Ger-
men tomentose. Style very short, quite hid by the capi-
late stigma, which is slightly 5-furrowed, and papil-
lose.

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The present handsome and numerous flowered spe-
cies is a native of the Levant, and has been often con-
fused with C. incanus, under which name it is pub-
lished in the Flora Graeca, and, according to Dunal, is
cultivated by the same name in M. Gels' Nursery at
Paris ; it is nearer related to C. villosus, but is readily
distinguished from both by its sessile stigma, which
brings it much nearer to Q.parviflorus, to which it is
certainly nearest related.

As the present plant is a native of the Levant, it is
rather tender, and liable to be killed by the frost, if
not covered, or protected in a frame or greenhouse, by
which means it is scarce, and it is generally confused
with some of the more common species. Dunal does
not appear to know of what country it is a native, hav-
ing only seen cultivated plants of it in M. Gels' garden.
It may be grown with good success in the same manner
as recommended for C. parviflorus, and C. purpureus,
two species with which it agrees in its nearly sessile
stigma ; a light sandy soil suits it best, or, if grown in
pots, an equal portion of light turfy loam, peat, and
sand, will suit it very well; and young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in August or September,
will strike root readily, but a little air must be given
them occasionally to dry up the moisture, or they will
be liable to damp off; as soon as they are properly
rooted, they must be potted off, and placed in a close
frame for a few days, till they have made fresh root,
when they must be hardened to the air by degrees.

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CISTUS parviflorus.

Small-flowered Rock-Rose.

Sect. I. ERYTHROCISTUS. Supra,fol3.

** Pedunculis subcymosis; stylo submtllo capitate slaminibus ire-

nva

viore.

C. parviflorus, foliis ovatis acutis subtomentosis basi trinerviis rcti-
culato-venosis petiolatis : petiolis basi connatis subvaginantibus,
pedunculis subcymosis terminalibus, calycibus acutis villosis,
petalis distinctis obcordatis calyce duplo longioribus.

Cistus parviflorus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 14. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. DC.
prod. 1. p. 264. Swt. kort. brit. p. 34. n. 8. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 584.

shrubby, much branched : branches spreading,
rather slender, densely clothed with a white tomentum.
Leaves ovate, acute, somewhat twisted, thinly clothed
with a white tomentum, 3-nerved at the base, rugose,
reticulately veined, petiolate. Petioles connected at
the base, and sheathing the stem, tomentosely hairy.
Flowers more or less cymose, terminal, of a pale rose
colour. Bractes ovate, acute, concave. Peduncles
1 to 3-flowered, villpsely hairy. Calyx of 5 sepals,
villous, acute, outer ones narrowest, ovately oblong,
inner ones ovate, concave, with membranaceous mar-
gins. Petals 5, more than double the length of the
calyx, obcordate, distinct, not imbricate, slender at
the base, pale rose-coloured. Stamens about 30, short,
but overtopping the stigma; filaments smooth, pale
yellow : pollen bright yellow. Germen tomentose. Style
very short. Stigma large, capitate, deeply 5-chan-
nelled, papillose.

For the opportunity of giving a figure of this very
rare and handsome plant, we are obliged to Mr. Wil-
liam Anderson, Curator of the Apothecaries' Garden
at Chelsea, who kindly informed us when it was in
bloom ; we are certain that it is the species for which

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we have given it, having seen many fine specimens of
it in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, which were collected
in Crete, of which country it is a native; most authors
have described it as bearing only three flowers on the
peduncle, but amongst Mr. Lambert's specimens were
several producing the flowers in a sort of cyme, as in
our figure. In the same collection, and from the same
country, were two other species, one marked C. salvi-
foliuSj the other C. monspeliensis, both of which were
different from the original^ species ; and we have since
found living plants of both at the Nursery of Messrs.
Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, and have
procured fine figures of them ; they were most proba-
bly introduced by Dr. Sibthorp, when he returned from
Greece, and have been in our collections ever since,
without being ever noticed.

As the present species is a native of Crete, it will
require protection in severe weather, either to be kept
in a greenhouse or frames, or to be planted against a
south wall or in rock- work, and to be covered with
mats or some other covering in severe frost, but to be
exposed as much as possible in mild weather : a light
sandy soil will suit it best; or if grown in pots, an
equal mixture of light turfy loam and peat will suit it
very well. Young cuttings taken off at a joint, and
planted under hand-glasses, in September or October,
will sopn strike root ; it may also be raised from seeds,
which will ripen occasionally.

The present species, and also C. purpureus, belong
to the second division of M. Decandolle's section
ERYTHROCISTUS, containing those with a very short
or scarcely any style.

CISTUS latifolius.
Broad-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 1.

§ 1 . Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis 5, extends
scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

** Pedunculis bracteatis, basi bracteolis caducis parvulis concavis
coriaceis subluteis decussatis, infra medium 2 oppositis majoribus.

C. latifolius, foliis petiolatis lato cordatis acutis margine crispato-
undulatis denticulatis ciliatis, pedunculis bracteatis longis subcy-
mosis villoso-pilosis, sepalis lato-cordatis villosis, petalis imbri-
catis.

Cistus latifolius. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. w423. Supra, foL 8. inobs.

Cistus populifolius, a. major. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266.

A large branching shrub, with brown glossy bark :
branches spreading, crooked, when young, clothed with
long white hairs, which drop off as the shoots advance
in age, they are then smooth and glossy. Leaves op-
posite, nearly as broad as long, cordate and overlap-
ping at the base, acute, the points reflexed, under-
neath strongly nerved, the nerves much branched, re-
ticulately veined, more or less hairy on both sides,
margins curled or much undulate, and toothed with
numerous small teeth, also ciliate, of a pale green co-
lour. Petioles stout, channelled on the upper side
and rounded on the lower, widened and sheathing the.
stem at the base, margins purple, fringed. Peduncles
long, axillary, bracteate at the base, subcymose, in
our specimens from 3 to 5-flowered, lower part glossy,
upper part villosely hairy. Bractes decussate, or cross-
ing each other, falling before the flowers expand ;
lower ones small, oblong, concave, keeled, hairy in-
side, fringed, bluntish, but terminated with a small
point : upper ones larger and more acute, also keeled,
villous inside and fringed with white hairs. Pedicles

cylindrical, villosely hairy, nodding before the flowers
expand, then becoming erect. Calyx of 5 sepals, densely
clothed with spreading villous white hairs ; outer se-
pals broadly cordate, rounded, with a short point, of a
brownish colour, margins slightly reflexed ; inner ones
membranaceous, terminated by a sharp, rigid, brown
point. Petals 5, or sometimes increased to 6, much
imbricate, obcordate, more or less wrinkled, white, with
a yellow spot at the base. Stamens numerous, from
120 to 150, overtopping the stigma: filaments smooth,
straw-coloured : pollen orange-coloured. Germen se-
riceous. Stigma large, sessile, capitate, lobed, and
papillose.

Of the present very rare species we have only seen
one living plant, w^hich was at the Nursery of Mr.
John Lee of Hammersmith, from which our drawing
and description were made last June : we believe that
no person who ever saw the present species and the
C. populifolius of Cavanilles growing together, would
ever consider them as varieties of the same species ; we
consider them as distinct as any two species in one
section had need be. We observed some fine specimens
of it in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, where it was also
confused with C. populifolius. Being a native of Bar-
bary, we suspect it will also require some protection in
Winter, either to be planted against a south wall in
rich soil, and to be covered with mats in severe wea-
ther, or to be protected in a frame or in the greenhouse
in Winter ; when it becomes more plentiful, plants of
it may be kept in pots in the frames in Winter, and
turned out in the borders in Spring, where they will
produce their flowers in greater perfection than if
grown in pots : being a large robust growing shrub, it
will require stronger soil than the weaker growing-
sorts ; a mixture of two- thirds loam and one-third peat
will be a proper soil for it when grown in pots. Young
cuttings taken off at a joint, the latter end of Summer,
will soon strike root, if planted under hand-glasses.

CISTUS populifolius.

Poplar-leaved Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 1 .

§ 1. Pedunculis unifloris, out multifloris cymosis, sepalis 5, exter-
nis saipius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis bracteatis, basi bracteolis caducis parvulis concavis
coriaceis subluteis dccussatis, infra medium 2 oppositis majoribus.

C. populifolius, foliis petiolatis cordatis acuminatis rugosis laevibus
margine undulatis, floribus cymosis, pedunculis bracteatis piloso-
pubescentibus, bracteis oblongis acutis carinatis, sepalis acumi-
natis nitidis viscosis, petalis patentibus.

Cistus populifolius. Linn. spec. 736. Cav. ic. 3. p. 8. £.215. Willd.
sp.pl. 2. p. 11 82. Pers. syn. 2. p. 74. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 303.
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 586.

Cistus populifolius. £ minor. DC. prodr. 1 . p. 266.

A large strong-growing shrub, with stiff spreading
branches : branches clothed with a brown glossy bark,
slightly viscous, and scarcely pubescent. Leaves petio-
late, cordate, tapering to a point, reticulately veined,
rugged and uneven, without pubescence, of a dark green
colour, margins undulate, minutely denticulate. Petioles
rather long, widened and fringed at the base, clasping
the stem, channelled on the upper side, and rounded on
the lower, slightly pubescent, and spotted with numerous
very small black warts or scales. Flowers large, white,
cymose, nodding before expansion, after wards becoming
erect. Peduncles bracteate, pubescent. Bractes crossing
each other, oblong, acute, keeled, concave, fringed, of
a reddish purple ; lower ones smallest. Pedicles short,
thinly pubescent, rather viscous. Calyx of 5 sepals, the
2 outer ones largest, cordate, acute, smooth and glossy,
viscous, slightly pubescent, sides a little reflexed, inner
ones smaller, more taper-pointed and membranaceous.
Petals 5, white, with a light yellow spot at the base,

obcordate, crumpled, imbricate at the base, at first cup-
shaped, afterwards reflexed. Stamens numerous, from
100 to 130. Germen densely villous. Style scarcely any.
Stigma capitate, slightly 5-lobed, granular.

A strong robust species, native of the South of Eu-
rope, and is rather tender, as it will sometimes be in-
jured in severe Winters if not protected, but it stands
our milder ones very well in the open air. The difference
between our present plant and C. latifolius, fol. 15, may
be readily perceived by a comparison of our figures ; and
we are informed by M. Lagasca, that the latter species
is also a native of Spain, as well as Barbary, and that
he had always considered it specifically different from
our present plant.

Our drawing was taken last Summer from plants at
the Nursery of Mr. John Lee, of Hammersmith ; it
thrives well in the common garden soil, and if planted
in a sheltered situation, or near a wall, might be readily
protected by mats in severe weather : if grown in pots,
a mixture of light turfy loam and peat will suit it very
well, and they may be protected in a frame in Winter ;
its flowers are produced in May and June, and seeds
are very frequently ripened, which may be sown and
managed in the same manner as recommended under
C. crispus. Cuttings also strike root freely, if planted
under hand-glasses in September or October, the cut-
tings to be made from the young shoots ; as soon as
rooted, they should be potted separately in small pots,
which must be placed in a close frame until they have
made fresh roots ; they may then be hardened to the air
by degrees, and will need the protection of a frame
during the Winter.

CISTUS asperifolius.

Rough-leaved Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Suprafol. 1.

§. 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalisb, extends
scepius cordatis acuminatis; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepe infrd medium folia opposita gerentibus.

C. asperifolius, foliis subsessilibus ovato-lanceolatis acutis trinerviis
rugosis glabriusculis margine undulatis subdenticulatis ciliatis : sub-
tus reticulate- venosis ; nervis venisque asperis, floribus cymosis, pe-
dunculis calyeibusque hirsutis, petalis imbricatis.

Stem erect, much branched, forming a strong bushy
shrub : branches spreading, erect, or ascending, very
rough, thickly clothed with long spreading hairs, in-
termixed with numerous very short rigid ones. Leaves
opposite, sessile or nearly so, ovately lanceolate, acute,
rugged, very much undulate at the margins, that are
toothed with numerous minute teeth and fringed, ap-
pearing smooth till examined by a glass, which shows
that they are clothed with numerous very short hairs
on the upper side, and longer ones underneath, parti-
cularly on the nerves and veins : underneath 3-nerved
from the base, where they are connected, the nerves
much branched and reticulately veined, the nerves and
veins very rough. Flowers white, in terminal cymes.
Bractes ovate, or ovately lanceolate, acute, hairy, and
fringed. Peduncles and pedicles cylindrical, very hairy.
Calyx of 5 sepals ; the outer sepals broadly cordate,
shortly acuminate, hairy and fringed : inner ones
ovate, membranaceous, terminated in a long slender
point. Petals 5, spreading flat, imbricate, broadly

obovate or obcordate, with a yellow spot at the base of
each. Stamens about 100, spreading round : filaments
smooth and yellow, unequal in length ; anthers yellow.
Germen pubescent. Style very short. Stigma large, ca-
pitate, 5-furrowed, papillose, covering the style. Cap-
sule oblong, pubescent, 5-celled. Seeds conical, brown
and glossy, about the size of rape seed.

We do not find any description that agrees with the
present plant, which may probably be a garden pro-
duction; if so, it is probably intermediate between
C. laxus and C. oblongifolius , or perhaps the latter with
C. Cupanianus; from the two first it differs in the broad
base of its leaves, which brings it nearer to the latter ;
the habit of the plant, and its mode of flowering, is
nearest to C. oblongifolius : it forms a handsome, strong,
upright, evergreen shrub, and is quite hardy, produ-
cing its flowers all the Summer, and till late in Au-
tumn, when planted in the open ground, thriving well
in a rich light soil ; and young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses in August, strike root freely ; it may also
be raised from seeds.

Our drawing was made last Summer from a plant at
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King's-road, Chelsea.

JJt.jylH.,, faj* 21 &

CISTUS Cupanianus.
Heart-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol 1.

§. 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis; sepalis 5, ex-
ternis s&pius cordatis acuminatis; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis bast nudis, scepe infra medium folia opposita gerenti-

C. Cupanianus, caule erecto, foliis petiolatis cordato-ovatis acuiis
rugosis reticulato-venosis gupra scabris subtus fasciculato-pilosis
margine fimbriatis, pedunculis pilosis 2-3-floris, sepalis villosis
acuminatis, petalis imbricatis.

Cistus Cupanianus. Presl. ex Spreng. syst. v. 4. par. 2. p. 206.

Stem shrubby, upright, much branched : branches
spreading*, when young slightly viscous, and clothed
with long spreading white hairs, which wear off by age,
and they then become smooth and brown. Leaves op-
posite, petiolate, cordately ovate, acute, flat, more or
less undulate at the margins, roughish, occasioned by
the little tubercles on which the fascicles of hairs are
fixed, strongly pennately nerved underneath, rugose,
reticulately veined, of a dark green, and nearly smooth
on the upper side, paler underneath, and thickly clo-
thed with fascicles of hairs, as are the margins, where
they are seated on little tubercles, which gives the ap-
pearance of being denticulate or fimbriate. Petioles
furrowed on the upper side, and rounded on the lower,
broadest at the base, hairy. Peduncles longish, axil-
lary, 2 or 3- flowered, thickly clothed with bunches of
hairs spreading in various directions. Bractes 4 at the
base of the peduncle, lanceolate, acute, opposite, cross
ing each other, and a small deciduous one at the base
of the pedicles. Pedicles hairy, nodding before the ex-

pansion of the flowers, erect when in bloom. Calyx of
5 sepals, thickly clothed with rigid hairs, and shorter
down underneath ; sepals taper-pointed, outer ones cor-
date ; inner ones oblong or lanceolate, with membra-
naceous margins. Petals 5, obcordate, narrow at the
base, imbricate, flat, or slightly crumpled. Stamens
about a hundred, spreading flat ; filaments unequal in
length, smooth, yellow : pollen golden yellow. Germen
sericeous. Stigma very large, capitate, papillose, nearly
sessile, and hiding the short Style.

According to Sprengel, the present plant is a native
of Sicily, and it is at present rather scarce in our col-
lections. It is nearly hardy, requiring protection only
from the very severest frosts, and in sheltered situations
would require no protection at all. It is nearest re-
lated to C. salvifolius and C. corbariensis, but is of
stronger growth than either of these, and of a different
habit ; it is readily distinguished from the former by its
cordate, acute leaves, and from the latter by its larger,
broader, softer, and more hairy leaves, also by the shape
and colour of its bractes, and different mode of growth.
It thrives well in a light sandy soil, or if planted in the
ground, the common garden soil will suit it very well ;
young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, in August,
strike root readily.

Our drawing was made from a plant, at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, in June last.

CISTUS oblongifolius.

Oblong-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol. i.

§.1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis5, exter-
nisstepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibm.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, sapt infrd medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. oblongifolius, caule fruticoso erecto ; rarais hispido-villosis, fo-
liis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis margine pubes-
centibus et undulatis subtus venosis, pedunculis cymosis, petalis
concavis valde imbricatis.

A large upright strong-growing Shrub, producing
long straightish stiff branches, \vhich are densely clo-
thed with short villous down and long rigid hairs in-
termixed. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblong, bluntish,
reticulately veined, upper side smooth and glossy, un-
der side paler, margins pubescent, and more or less
undulate. Petioles very short, clasping the stem at the
base, of a reddish brown, Flowers large, white, in a
cymose panicle. Bractes sessile, crossing each other ;
lower ones leaf-like, oblongly-lanceolate, bluntish ;
upper ones ovate, concave, acute, strongly nerved, sub-
membranaceous, fringed. Pedicles unequal in length,
nearly cylindrical, slightly viscous, thickly clothed with
short spreading hairs and a few long ones intermixed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, 2 outer ones much the largest, bracte-
like, cordate, acute, striate, villosely hairy, margins
fringed, reflexed : inner ones narrower, more membra-
naceous, and taper-pointed, also villous. Petals 5,
white, rather cupped, much imbricate, nearly round,
with a yellow spot at the base of each. Stamens nume-

rous, about 100, spreading, far overtopping the stigma :
filaments smooth, yellow. Germen densely villous.
Style very short, scarcely any. Stigma very large, ca-
pitate, rugged.

The present plant, if allowed, will form a strong
handsome evergreen shrub, if planted in the open bor-
der, and appears to be quite hardy, a plant of it haying
stood in our garden in the open border for the two last
Winters, without a single leaf being injured. It ap-
pears to be a very distinct species, but we cannot find
any description agree with it in any of the books that
we have examined, though we know of no species with
which it can be confounded ; we were at first inclined
to believe it to be C. longifolius of Lamarck, but it has
certainly but little affinity with that species, which we
believe to be not at all different from C. laxus. Being
so hardy, it is well worth cultivating in every Shrub-
bery, where it will flower the greater part of the Sum-
mer. Cuttings of it strike root readily, planted under
hand-glasses, in August or September, or it may be
raised from seeds, which ripen plentifully.

Our drawing was made from strong plants in the
Nursery of Mr. Colvill, of the King's-road, Chelsea.

"•>•>

CISTUS laxus.

Broad waved-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 8.

§ 1 . Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis 5, exterms
scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

** Pedunculis bracteatis, basi bracteolis caducis parvulis concavis
coriaceis subluieis decussatis, infra medium 2 oppositis majoribus.

C. laxus, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis mar-
gine undulatis subdenticulatis subglabris : summis birds, floribus
cymosis, pedunculis calycibusque hirsutis, petalis obcordatis valde
imbricatis.

Cistus laxus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 305.
Willd. enum. 2. p. 568. Link enum 2. p. 74. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34.
n. 20. Spreng. syst. veg. 2. p. 586.

Stem shrubby, erect, not much branched : branches
erect, or slightly spreading, with a green glossy bark :
the young shoots thickly clothed with short woolly down,
and long spreading hairs intermixed, more or less vis-
cous. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovately lanceolate,
taper-pointed, margins undulate, and slightly denticu-
late, the teeth terminated by hairs, strongly 3-nerved
from the base, reticulately veined on the lower side, and
rugose on the upper : old leaves nearly smooth, young
ones hairy on both sides and slightly viscous. Petioles
clasping the stem at the base, but not connected, chan-
nelled on the upper side, furrowed on each side, and
keeled at the back. Peduncles axillary, villosely hairy,
terminated by a paniculate cyme, clothed with small
oblongly lanceolate, concave, acute, keeled bractes at
the base, which are deciduous, and fall off before the
expansion of the flowers : upper bractes larger, sessile,
oblongly lanceolate, acute, concave, hairy, and fringed.
Pedicles slender, cylindrical, villosely hairy. Calyx of
5 sepals, very hairy: 2 outer ones largest, cordate,

acute, the sides more or less turned back, much fringed :
inner ones narrower, ovate, concave, taper- pointed, the
margins scariose or membranaceous. Flowers rather
cupped, of a paper white. Petals 5, obcordate, very
much imbricate, more or less crumpled, with a light
yellow spot at the base. Stamens about 80, spreading,
the inner ones longest : filaments smooth, slender, of
a pale yellow : pollen bright yellow, inclining to orange.
Germen densely clothed with close pressed hairs. Style
very short. Stigma large, capitate, slightly 5-lobed,
tuberculate.

Our drawing and description of this fine species
were taken from plants kindly communicated to us from
the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne,
at Fulham, in June last ; we have no doubt but it is the
C. laxus of M. Decandolle, although it belongs to the
same division of the section as C. populifolius and lon-
gifolius, bearing small deciduous bractes at the base of
the peduncles ; we believe the present plant, from the
description, to be what is meant by Professor Spren-
gel, for C. longifolius, in his Systema Vegetabilium,
but very different from Decandolle's C. longifolius, of
which we also have a drawing in our possession : the
present plant is quite hardy, or only requires slight
protection in very severe frost, thriving well in the
common garden soil, but prefers rather a dryish situa-
tion ; it may also be grown in pots, which can be pro-
tected in a frame in severe frost, and may then be
planted into the borders in spring ; if grown in pots,
the best soil is an equal mixture of light turfy loam,
and peat. Young cuttings taken off at a joint, and
planted under hand-glasses in autumn, will strike root
readily; it may also be increased by layers or seeds.

CISTUS corbariensis.

Mountain Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. I.

§ 1. Pedunculis uniftoris, aut muUifloris cyanosis; sepalis 5, ex-
ternis scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepe infi'd medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. corbariensis, foliis petiolatis subcordatis ovatis acuminatis mar-
gine fimbriatis utrinque rugosis leviter glutinosis, pedunculis
longis 1-5-floris, petalis basi imbricatis apice patentibus.

Cistus corbariensis. DC. prodr. 1 . p. 265. Pers. syn. 2. p. 74.
Hort. sub. land. p. 123. Link enum. 2. p. 73. Swt. hort. brit.
p. 34. n. 15. Spreng. syst. vcg. 2. p. 580.

Cistus hybridus. Pourr. chlor. narb. p. 30. ncc Vahl.

Cistus salvifolius 0. DC. fl.fr. 4. p. 813.

Stem shrubby, erect, much branched, clothed with
a brown glossy bark, more or less warted : branches
opposite, spreading', thickly clothed with leaves, smooth
or slightly pubescent. Leaves opposite, cordate at the
base, ovate, tapering to a point, points a little reflexed,
reticulately nerved and rugose, of a dark glossy green
on the upper side, and stellately pubescent underneath,
slightly glutinous, margins fimbriate with tufts of short
hairs. Petioles clothed with a stellate pubescence, and
fringed with longer hairs, channelled on the upper
side and rounded on the lower, widened at the base
and clasping the stem. Peduncles I to 5-flowered, ax-
illary, slender, stellately pubescent, nodding before the
flowers expand, then becoming erect. Bractes deci-
duous, cordately ovate, acute, bluntly keeled, pubes-
cent and ciliate. Pedicles thickly clothed with a starry
pubescence, at first nodding, then becoming erect.
Calyx of 5 sepals ; outer ones largest, cordate, acute,
the margins a little recurved ; inner ones membrana-
ceous, concave, mucronate. Petals 5, spreading flat,

imbricate at the base, the points spreading, obovate or
obcordate, slightly crumpled, the margins slightly
curved upwards, white with a yellow spot at the base,
and tinged with red at the points. Stamens about 100,
spreading : filaments short, smooth, straw-coloured :
anthers 2-celled, attached near the base by their back
to the filaments : pollen orange-coloured. Germen se-
riceous. Stigma very large, capitate, papillose, nearly
sessile, and hiding the style.

Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, in June last ; it is one of the hardiest
species of the genus, thriving well in the common gar-
den soil, and in any situation where it is not too moist,
continuing to bloom for about two months, and each
day covered with a profusion of handsome white flowers,
whose margins are tinged with rose ; the rose-coloured
buds are also very pretty, before the flowers expand :
plants grown in pots make very handsome snug bushes,
and have a lively appearance when in bloom ; a mix-
ture of loam and peat suits it very well ; and young
cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, root without
difficulty.

This species is a native of mountains in the south of
France and Spain, and is sold in the nurseries under
the name of C. populifolius minor, but is in reality much
nearer related to C. salvifolius than to that species;
the C. populifolius $ minor of Decandolle, which is the
C. populifolius of Cavanilles, is the C. populifolius
major of the Gardens, but is very different from C. po-
pulifolius « major of Decandolle, a native of Mauri-
tania, of which we have a drawing taken from a plant
at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, the only
one that we have ever seen in a living state ; but fine
specimens of it are preserved in Mr. Lambert's Her-
barium ; it is certainly a very different species from
C. populifolius, and we believe no person would con-
sider them as belonging to the same that had an oppor-
tunity of comparing them when growing together;
we therefore propose to name it C. latifolius.

CISTUS acutifolius.
Acute-leaved Rock-Rose.

C. acutifolius, foliis cordato-ovatis acutis basi trinerviis reticulato-
venosis utrinque pubescentibus, ramis virgatis difFusis subprostra-
tis, pedunculis tomentosis subtrifloris, sepalis cordatis acutis niti-
dis subpilosis ciliatis, petalis obcordatis basi imbricatis.

Cistus salvifolius /3 humijusus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265 ?

Stem shrubby, branched, spreading : branches long
and slender, scarcely strong enough to support their
own weight, when young clothed with a short tomen-
tum, and stellate bunches of hairs, more or less of a
purple tinge, older ones becoming rough, by the little
tubercles on which the bunches of hairs have been
seated. Leaves ovate, acute, sometimes cordate and
sometimes rounded at the base, spreading flat when
full grown, afterwards becoming undulate and the
sides folded inwards, slightly rugose, 3-nerved at the
base, reticulately veined, clothed on both sides and the
margins with numerous tufts of short hairs, upper side
of a darkish green, paler underneath : young leaves of
a hoary appearance, and undulate. Petioles short, di-
lated at the base, channelled on the upper side, and
convex below, hairy. Peduncles axillary, generally
3-flowered, rough, clothed with a short tomentum and
numerous little tufts of hairs. Bractes ovate, acute,
opposite, besides some small ones at the base of the
pedicles that are deciduous. Pedicles cylindrical, nod-
ding before the flowers expansion, afterwards erect,
tomentosely hairy. Calyx of 5 sepals, more or less
purple, glossy, a little hairy and fringed, acute, .outer
ones broadly cordate, inner ones ovate. Petals 5, ob-
cordate, white, yellow at the bottom, imbricate at the
base, the points distinct. Stamens numerous, spread-

ing, unequal in length: filaments yellow. Capsule
large, glossy, clothed with short hairs. Stigma large,
sessile, capitate, tuberculate.

This is probably the plant meant by M. Decandolle
as C. salmfolius ]3 humrfusus, as it is the most trailing
of any of the genus that we are acquainted with, by
which character, its slender shoots, and acute leaves, it
is readily distinguished from that species and all others,
approaching nearer to C. Cupanianus, but that is a
much stronger upright growing plant, with much
larger leaves, and of a brighter green ; we have there-
fore no doubt but the present is as good a species as
any of the others. It is a free growing but dwarf plant,
quite hardy, and thrives well in a light sandy soil, con-
tinuing to flower successively nearly all the Summer,
and ripens its seeds; young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses in Autumn, strike root readily.

Our drawing was made from a plant, at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, King's-road, Chelsea.

CISTUS saivifolius.

Sage-leaved Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Suprafol.l

§ 1 . Pedunculis unvfloris, aut multifloris cymosis ; sepalis 5, exter-
nis stepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scep£ infrd medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. saivifolius, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis rugosis subtus tomento-

sis, pedunculis Jongis tomentoso-albicantibus unifloris superne ar-

ticulatis solitariis. DC.prodr. 1. p. 265.
Cistus saivifolius. Linn. spec. 738. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 1184. Pers.

syn. 2. p. 75. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 31. 1. 137. Jacq. coll. 2. p. 120. t. 8.

Spreng. syst. 2. p. 586. Smith Flor. gr&c. t. 497.

iSto? shrubby, compact, much branched; branches erect
or spreading,densely clothed with bunches of woolly hairs
when young, but losing them and becoming rough when
older, the roughness occasioned by the little tubercles on
which the hairs have been seated . Leaves petiolate, ovate,
obtuse or rounded at the points, becoming narrow to-
wards the base, more or less rugose, reticulately veined,
clothed with fascicles of short hairs on the upper side,
and of woolly ones underneath, of a pale green colour,
hoary when young, margins sometimes a little undulate,
clothed all round with stellate tufts of hairs. Petioles
short and broadish, channelled on the upper side, and
rounded below, green or sometimes purple, slightly-
winged. Peduncles axillary, jointed, one-flowered, dense-
ly clothed with short woolly hairs. Bractes 2 or 4 near
the base of the peduncle, opposite, broadly lanceolate
or ovate, acute. Calyx of 5 sepals, tuberculately rough,
clothed with short hairs, and fringed with stellate bunch-
es : 3 outer ones broadly cordate, acute, spreading at the
points : the 2 inner ones ovate, concave, taper-pointed.

p 2

Petals 5, white, imbricate at the base, obcordate. Sta-
mens about 100 '.filaments unequal in length, spreading,
yellow : pollen yellow. Germen clothed with a short thin
pubescence. Stigma sessile, large, capitate, granular.

A great many different species are sold by the name
of C. salvifolius at different Nurseries, scarcely any of
the Nurserymen knowing the real plant, though it is
very readily distinguished from all others, by its solitary
one-flowered jointed peduncles, and its obtuse leaves,
that are not cordate at the base, and it cannot be easily
confused with any other. It is a native of several parts
of Europe, and succeeds well in the open air in a shel-
tered situation, thriving well in the common garden soil,
or, if grown in pots, a mixture of sandy loam and peat
will suit it very well. Young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses, any time from the latter end of July, to
the beginning of September, will root freely ; they may
also be raised from seeds, which ripen in abundance.

Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, last Summer.

24.

CISTUS obtusifolius.
Blunt-leaved Cretan Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol 8.

§ 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multiftoris cymosis; sepalis 5, exter-
nis scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepe infrd medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. obtusifolius, foliis subsessilibus basi attenuatis ovato-oblongis ob-
tusis rugosis stellato-pubescentibus margine subdenticulatis, pe-
dunculis terminalibus cj'moso-miiltifloris, sepalis exterioribus lato-
cordatis acutis, petalis obcordatis imbricatis.

Cistus obtusifolius. Swt. hort. brit. add. p. 468. n. 30. Colv. cataL
edit. 3. p. 34. col. 3.

shrubby, dwarf, very much branched, spread-
ing in all directions : branches spreading, ascending,
thickly clothed with a starry pubescence, or fascicles of
stellate hairs. Leaves opposite, sessile, or nearly so,
ovately oblong, obtuse, or with rounded points, attenu-
ated at the base into a sort of short footstalk, slightly
3-nerved, rugose, reticulately veined, very rough and
rigid, clothed on both sides with a starry pubescence,
or clusters of short hairs, of a dark green on the upper
side, and lighter underneath, margins slightly denticu-
late, and fringed with tufts of short hairs: upper leaves
quite sessile, and embracing the stem. Flowers termi-
nal in a many-flowered cyme. Pedicles rather short and
stout, cylindrical, clothed with a white canescence, and
longer hairs intermixed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the outer
ones broadly cordate, acute, hairy on both sides, the
margins slightly reflexed : inner ones ovate, taper-point-
ed or mucronate, with scariose membranaceous mar-
gins. Petals 5, obcordate, a little crumpled, white, with
a yellow spot at the base, imbricate at the base, the points
spreading. Stamens about 100, spreading, overtopping

M 2

the stigma : filaments unequal in length, slender, bright
yellow. Germen clothed with silky hairs. Style very
short, erect, hid by the large, capitate, slightly 5-lobed,
papillose Stigma.

We have seen some fine specimens of this plant in
the Herbarium of A. B. Lambert, Esq. who received
them from Crete under the name of C. salvifolius, but it
is very different from that species, or any other with
which we are acquainted ; it forms a pretty little com-
pact bush, which is covered with flowers a good part of
the Summer; the plants that we have seen have not been
more than a foot to eighteen inches in height, and very
bushy, and it appears to be one of the dwarfest grow-
ing species of the genus.

Being a native of Crete, it requires a little shelter in
severe frost, either to be covered with mats, or some
other covering, if planted in the open ground : but if
grown in pots, it may be protected in a frame or Green-
house in frosty weather, and can then be turned out in
the borders in Spring. It thrives well in any light sandy
soil, or a mixture of light sandy loam and peat will suit
it very well. Young cuttings, planted under hand-
glasses in August or September, will strike root readily.

Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Messrs.
Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham ; and it was
most probably first introduced from Greece by Dr. Sib-
thorp, and has been in our collections ever since, with-
out being noticed as a distinct species.

CISTUS hirsutus.

Hairy Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 8.

§. 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis: sepalis 5, ex-
ternis s&pim cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepe infrd medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. kirsutus, foliis sessilibus oblongis obtusis hirsutis basi trincrviis,
pedunculis brevibus unifloris aut cymoso-multifloris, capsulis
parvis calyce maximo hirsute et pyramid ali tectis, petalis rotun-
dato-obcordatis imbricatis.

Cistus hirsutus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Lam. diet. 2. p. 17. Witlden.
enum. 2. p. 568. Link enum. 2 p. 74. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34.
n. 19. Sprtrtg. syst. 2. /). 586. — Clus. hist. Ledon. 4.

Stem shrubby, very much branched : branches spread-
ing, thickly clothed with unequal spreading hairs.
Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, obtuse, more or less
undulate, 3-nerved at the base, rugose, strongly nerved
underneath, the nerves much branched, hairy on both
sides, the margins fringed : upper ones much broader
than the lower ones, particularly towards their base,
and more hairy, also more strongly 3-nerved. Flowers
terminal, generally cymose, seldom solitary. Pedicles
short, villosely hairy, slightly viscous, cylindrical. Ca-
lyx large, broad at the base, with a taper point, or py-
ramidal ; sepals 5, villosely hairy, the hairs white and
spreading : outer ones very broadly cordate, acute,
leafy, their margins recurved or revolute: inner ones
smaller, ovate, with taper points, their margins mem-
branaceous. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, imbricate,
white, yellow at the base. Stamens about 100, unequal
in length, spreading, far overtopping the stigma: fila-
ments smooth, pale yellow : pollen bright yellow. Ger-
men rough, pubescent. Style very short, erect. Stigma
large, capitate.

This pretty plant is a native of Spain, and some other
parts of the South of Europe, and is readily distin-
guished from all others by its very large pyramidal
calyx and small capsules; it is often confused with
C. laxus in the nurseries ; but a comparison of our
figures will readily distinguish them. The present
plant is hardy enough to bear our Winters in the open
borders without protection, except very severe ones,
when a mat placed round it will preserve it well ; but
this is very seldom needed : when grown in the ground
it is much more robust than the plant from which our
drawing was made, which was grown in a pot ; it pro-
duces a great profusion of flowers, which continue to
expand in succession for a considerable time.

Our drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs.
Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham, last Summer,
where we have also obtained drawings of many very
rare, and some quite new species : the present plant
thrives well in the common garden soil ; or if grown
in pots, it succeeds best in a mixture of sandy loam
and peat. Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
in August or September, or any time between that and
the middle of February, will strike root freely ; when
they are rooted, they must be managed as mentioned
under C. purpureus; young plants may also be raised
from seeds, which ripen plentifully.

CISTUS platysepalus.

Broad sepaled Hock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol. I.

§. 1. Pedunculis uniftoris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis 5, exter-
7iis scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepi) infrd, medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. platysepalus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sessilibus trinerviis rugosis
utrinque viiloso-pilosis, pedunculis cymosis calycibusque villosis,
sepalis acuminatis exterioribus lato- cordatis, petalis obcordatis
distinctis.

Cistus platysepalus. Swt. hort. brit add. p. 468. n. 31.

Stem shrubby, very much branched : branches spread-
ing in all directions, erect or ascending, thickly clothed
with long spreading villous white hairs. Leaves lan-
ceolate, or oblongly-lanceolate, sessile, 3-nerved from
the base, rugose, reticulately veined underneath, clo-
thed on both sides with long villous hairs, the mar-
gins fringed : lower ones bluntish and narrowest ;
upper ones broad at the base, ovately lanceolate, many
nerved and acute. Flowers terminal, in a branching
cyme. Peduncles thickly clothed with villous spread-
ing hairs. Bractes leaf-like, deciduous, ovate or ovately
lanceolate, acute. Pedicles short, scarcely as long as
the calyx, villous. Calyx of 5 sepals, the outer ones
broadly cordate, taper-pointed, villosely hairy on both
sides, and fringed, the margins bent back a little:
inner ones narrower, oblong or ovate, taper-pointed,
concave, membranaceous, villous at the back, and
smooth inside. Petals 5, distinctly spreading, not im-
bricate, obcordate, more or less crumpled, narrow at
the base, white with a small yellow spot at the base.
Stamens numerous, about 80, very unequal in length,
overtopping the stigma : filaments slender, smooth and

yellow : pollen yellow. Germen hairy. Style short,
erect. Stigma large, capitate, papillose, covering the
short style, like an umbrella.

The present plant is generally confused with C. mons-
peliensis in our gardens, though no two plants need be
more distinct, and it is much nearer related to C. hir-
sutus. It is a native of Crete, as we have ascertained
by fine specimens in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium re-
ceived from that country, and also marked C. monspe-
liensis ; but a comparison with our figure of that spe-
cies, or the figure in the Flora Graeca, will easily
decide the difference ; we do not know when the pre-
sent plant was introduced, but it was most probably
brought by Dr. Sibthorp on his return from Greece.

We have not yet been fortunate enough to find
C. creticus in any collection that we have visited, and
fear that it is quite lost to the country ; but it may
probably still exist in some collection ; should any of
our Subscribers or their friends possess the plant, we
should feel much obliged for specimens of it when in
flower, the plant now known in Nurseries by that
name being C.purpureus.

As the present plant is a native of Crete, it requires
a little protection in severe frosty weather, either the
covering of a mat, or to be protected in a frame, thriv-
ing well in a light sandy soil, and may be increased by
seeds, or young cuttings planted under hand-glasses
in August or September, will soon strike root.

Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Messrs.
Whitley, Brames, and Milne, near Parsons Green,
Fulham.

CISTUS psilosepalus.

Smooth Sepaled Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 1.

§ 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis 5, exte-
rioris scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepd infrd medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. psilosepalus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis
margine undulatis subdenticulatis ciliatis trinerviis subhirsutis,
iloribus subcymosis, pedunculis tomentoso-hirsutis, sepalis longe
acuminatis glabris nitidis margine ciliatis, petalis latis cuneatis
imbricatis.

Cistus psilosepalus. Swt. hort. brit. addenda, p. 468.

Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading,
roughish, of rather a rusty appearance, thickly clothed
with tufts of longish rigid hairs. Leaves on the stem
with short footstalks, oblongly lanceolate, acute, three-
nerved underneath, reticulately veined, of rather a
glossy green on the upper side and paler underneath,
hairy on both sides, the hairs underneath in little tufts ;
margin much undulate, rough or a little denticulate,
and fringed with tufts of short hairs, and some longer
ones intermixed : the leaves on the flower-stems sessile,
connected at the base, more prominently three-nerved,
and the points less sharp. Flower-stems axillary and
terminal, also clothed with tufts of short hairs, and
some long ones intermixed. Peduncles clothed with
tufts of short woolly hairs, and some longer ones inter-
mixed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 3 outer ones broadly
cordate, with long taper points, striated with nume-
rous faint lines, which are branched a little, smooth
and glossy, the margins fringed ; inner ones ovate,
membranaceous, with long subulate points. Petals 5,

broadly wedge shaped, very much imbricate, of a thin
texture and much crumpled, of a pure white with a
faint yellow mark at the base of each. Stamens nume-
rous, about 150, spreading : filaments smooth, pale
yellow, of various lengths ; pollen yellow. Germen to-
mentose. Style very short, quite hid by the large capi-
tate, slightly 5-lobed, papillose Stigma.

Our drawing of this plant was taken from one grow-
ing in the open border, at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at
Hammersmith, in July last; it appears to us to be
quite new and nondescript, differing from all others
with which we are acquainted by its smooth glossy
sepals, and also in the shape of its leaves, approaching
the nearest to C. longifolius, but still very different
from that species ; the plants were very bushy, and the
shoots were terminated by large cymes of white flowers,
which open in succession, and make a fine contrast
with the dark green leaves with which the plants are
clothed. It succeeds well in the common garden soil,
in rather a dry situation, and would thrive well on
rock- work ; or if grown in pots, a mixture of sandy
loam and peat would suit it very well. Cuttings planted
under hand-glasses in Autumn, strike root freely.

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CISTUS florentinus,
Florentine Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LED ONI A. Supra fol 1.

§. 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis ; sepalis 5, exter-
nis scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis b-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, stepe infra medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C.jftorentinus, foliis lanceolatis rugosis reticulato-venosis subsessili-
bus, pedunculis villosis subtriiloris, sepalis longe acuminatis pi-
losis, petalis imbricatis.

Cistus florentinus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 17. DC. prodr. 1. p. 265. Swt.
hort. brit. p. 34. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 585.

Stem shrubby, much branched : branches crowded,
spreading, erect, or ascending, more or less tinged with
purple ; when young clothed with bunches of hairs,
which are unequal in length, and are seated on a little
tubercle ; older branches glossy but rough, occasioned
by the little tubercles on which the hairs had been seat-
ed. Leaves linearly lanceolate or sometimes oblongly
lanceolate, undulate, acute, tapering to the base, upper
ones sessile and broad at the base ; lower ones taper-
ing to the base into a sort of footstalk, 1 -nerved, pen-
nately and reticulately veined, the points a little recur-
ved ; when young clothed with numerous bunches of
short hairs, and a sort of thin tomentum underneath,
the hairs mostly curved upwards towards the point,
stiff and rigid, which causes a roughness; old ones be-
coming smooth and glossy, and more or less tinged with
purple. Bractes or leaves on the flower-stem, sessile,
three-nerved from the base. Peduncles and pedicles
clothed with spreading hairs and shorter down inter-
mixed, which gives them a hoary appearance, the pe-

duncles 2 or 3-flowered. Flowers white. Calyx of 5 se-
pals, which are villosely hairy, and taper to a long slen-
der point, the outer ones cordate at the base, and the
margins slightly reflexed, more or less tinged with pur-
ple : inner ones narrower. Petals 5, white, tinged with
red at the points, and a yellow spot at the base, broadly
obovate, imbricate their whole length, spreading flat, or
sometimes slightly cupped. Stamens numerous, spread-
ing, unequal in length : filaments short, smooth, yellow :
pollen golden yellow. Germen tomentose. Stigma capi-
tate, sessile, very large, tuberculate.

Our drawing of this rare and very distinct species
was made at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames,
and Milne, in July last, the only collection in which
we have ever seen it ; but we hope it will now soon be-
come more plentiful, as it forms a pretty upright bush,
and makes a neat appearance when covered with bloom ;
we suspect it will also bear our Winters without pro-
tection, particularly if placed in a sheltered situation,
thriving well in any light sandy soil ; and young cut-
tings, planted under hand-glasses, in August or Sep-
tember, will strike root freely.

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CJSTUS monspeliensis.

Montpelier Rock- Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 1.

§. 1. Pedunculis uniftoru, uut multifloris cymosis; sepalis 5, ex-
ternis scepius cordatis acuminatis; capsulis b-locularibus.

* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepd infra medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.

C. monspeliensis, caule erecto ramoso, foliis angusto-lanceolatis ru-
gosis trinerviis viscosis subtus reticulatis sessilibus, pedunculis
terminalibus villosis subcymosis, sepalis parvis villoso-viscosis,
petalis obovato-cuneatis basi imbricatis.

Cistus monspeliensis. Linn. spec. 737. DC. prodr. I. p. 265.
Willden. sp. pi 2. p. 1184. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Hart . Kew. ed. 2.
v. 3. p. 305. Flor. grac. t. 4i)3.

Stem shrubby^ erect, straight, clothed with a brown
glossy bark, branching : branches erect, hairy, and
slightly viscous. Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly
lanceolate, acute, or scarcely obtuse, very much rugose
or wrinkled, three-nerved from the base, underneath
reticulately wrinkled, viscous, covered on both sides
with tufts of short brown hairs and long simple ones
intermixed, of a dark green on the upper side, and of a
brown rusty colour underneath ; those at the base of
the peduncles broader at the base, more strongly nerved
and sharper pointed. Peduncles terminal, on the small
shoots 3, 4, and 5-flowered, on the terminal ones cy-
mose, and from 10to20-flowered, thickly clothed with
spreading unequal clammy hairs, as are the pedicles
and sepals. Pedicles short, scarcely as long as the
sepals. Calyx of 5 sepals, the outer ones rather largest,
ovate, acute, clammy and thickly clothed with long
spreading hairs ; inner ones narrower, concave, sharper
pointed, also very hairy. Petals 5, obcordate, or

broadly cuneate, imbricate a great way up, a little
crumpled, scarcely twice the length of the calyx, white
with a yellow spot at the base. Stamens very short,
but overtopping the stigma, about 50 : filaments une-
qual in length, smooth, yellow. Germen pubescent.
Style short, straight. Stigma large, capitate, granular.
The present species is not a common inhabitant of
our collections, and another species, a native of Crete,
is often confused with and sold for it at the Nurseries,
although no two plants of a section can well be more
dissimilar; we have also seen them confused in the
Herbariums ; and in a collection of Cretan specimens
lately received by Mr. Lambert were fine specimens of
it, marked C. monspeliensis, though it is much nearer
related to C. hirsutus. As the present plant is so scarce
in collections, we are inclined to believe that it is more
tender than some other species, particularly as it is a
handsome growing plant, and an abundant bloomer ;
it should therefore be planted in a warm border, or
where it can receive some protection in severe weather.
Plants of it may be grown in pots, and can then be
protected in frames in Winter ; it succeeds well in any
rich light soil, or a mixture of sandy loam and peat
will suit it very well. Cuttings planted under hand-
glasses in Autumn will strike root readily, but the
glasses must not be kept too close on them for any
length of time, or they will be very liable to damp and
turn mouldy. Our drawing was taken from a plant at
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in August last.

CISTUS Clusii.

Clusiuss Rock- Rose.

Sect II. LEDONIA. Supra, fol. 1.

§ 2. Peduncnlis bracteatis, bracteis caducis dccussatis, inferiori-
bus minoribus unifloris, axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbel-
latis: calycibus 3-5 sepalis; capsulis 5-10 locularibus.

** Stigmate capitate parvo, stylo cylindrico staminibus subaquali.

C. Clusii, caule fruticoso suberecto ramoso, foliis subtrinerviis li-
nearibus margine revolutis subtus subcanescentibus, floribus sub-
capitatis, calyce 3-5-sepalo piloso ; sepalis ovatis acutis exterio-
ribus minoribus, capsulis 5-locularibus.

Cistus Clusii. Dunalin DC. prodr. 1. j>.226. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34.
tt.28.

Cistus Libanotis |3. Lam. diet. 2. p. 18. Desf.fi. atl. 1. p. 412. excl
synon.

Ledon VII. Clus. hist. 1. p. 80. ic.

Stem shrubby, erect or spreading, much branched:
branches spreading, hispidly hairy, when old clothed
with a dark brown scaly bark; young ones thickly
clothed with unequal, spreading, soft white hairs.
Leaves opposite, sessile, connate, clasping the stem,
crossing each other, linear, bluntish or rarely acute,
three-nerved from the base, more or less rugose, reti-
culately veined, margins a little rolled back, entire,
young ones hairy on both sides, old ones of a dark
green, and rather glossy on the upper side, slightly
canescent and tomentose underneath. Panicles brac-
teate, at first capitate, afterwards lengthening out,
thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs, as are the
peduncles, bractes, and calyx. Bractes ovate, acute,
lower ones leaf-like, crossing each other, like the leaves,
generally longer than the peduncles. Peduncles gene-
rally 3 or 4-flowered, with a small ovate, fringed, deci-
duous bracte at the base. Pedicles slender, villous.

Insist, abMt Ac lagdt of

CISTUS ladaniferus «. albiflorus.
White-flowered flat-leaved Gum Cistus.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra foL 1.

§ 2. Pedunculis bracteatis, bracteis caducis decussatis, inferioribus
minoribus unifloris, axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbellatis ;
calycibus 3-sepalis ; capsulis 5-W-locularibus.

* Stigmate magno sessili.

C. ladaniferus, foliis planis subsessilibus basi connatis lineari-lan-
ceolatis trinerviis supra glabris nitidis subtus tomentosis reticu-
lato-venosis, capsulis 10-locularibus. Supra foL 1.

Cistus ladaniferus. Linn. spec. 737. Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Link enum.
2. p. 74. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 585.

a. albiflorus, petalis omnino albis. Ledon 1. Clus. hist. 1. p. 78. ic.
Supra.

12. maculatus, petalis albis, basi macula atrosanguinea notatis. Supra
foil. t.l.

Stem shrubby, erect, branching : branches slender,
thickly clothed with a glossy viscous substance. Leaves
nearly sessile, slightly connected at the base, flat, some-
times reflexed, linearly lanceolate, acute, 3-nervedfrom
the base ; upper side smooth and shining, viscous ; clo-
thed underneath with a white dense tomentum, reticu-
lately veined. Flowers terminating the branches, soli-
tary, large, white. Bractes 6, opposite, crossing each
other : the four lower ones leaf-like, dilated and con-
cave at the base, fringed ; 2 upper ones membranace-
ous, obovate, taper-pointed, concave, ciliate. Calyx of
3 sepals, that are cordately ovate, acute, concave, stria-
ted, fringed on one side; the other side smooth. Pe-
tals 5, broadly obovate, margins uneven, white, tinged
with yellow a little above the base. Stamens numerous ;
filaments smooth, attached to the base of the anthers,

and overtopping the stigma: pollen yellow. Germen
tomentose. Stigma large, sessile, capitate.

Our drawing of the present variety was made from a
plant at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in the King's-road ;
it requires precisely the same sort of treatment as the
spotted flowered variety figured at folio 1. requiring a
little protection in Winter, as it is much more tender
than C. cyprius. It thrives best in a light sandy soil,
and may be propagated by layers, or from seeds, that
ripen in abundance.

CISTUS ladaniferus p. macuiatus.

Spotted-flowered flat-leaved Gum Cistus.

CISTUS. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis duplici serie dispositis, 2 ex-
ternis inaequalibns, interdum nullis. Petala 5, cequalia, subcuneata,
caduca. Stamina numerosa, saepe £ disco glanduloso exserta.
Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Capsuia calyce obtecta,
10-5-locularis, valvis 10-5, medio septiferis. Semina ovato-angu-
lata. Embryo filiformis spiralis. — Folia opposita cxstipulata Integra
vel denticulata. Pedunculi axillares, uni aut multiflori. Semina
ex solo C. monspeliensi descripta. DC. prodr. 1. p. 263.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Sepala 5, 2 externa majora valde acumi-
nata vel nulla : petala alba aut albida ; stamina numerosa pistillo
longiora; stigma subsessile magnum capitatum ; capsulce 5-10-locu-
lares. — Frutices aut suffrutices : folia scepe glutinosa.

§ 2. Pedunculis bracteatis, bracteis caducis decussatis, inferiori-
bus minoribus unifloris, axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbella-
tis; calycibus 3-sepalis ; capsulis 5-lQ-locularibus. DC. p. 266.

* Stigmate magno sessili.

<;V

C. ladaniferus, foliis planis subsessilibus basi connatis lineari-lan-
ceolatis trinerviis supra glabris nitidis subtus tomentosis reticulato-
venosis, capsulis 10-locularibus.

Cistus ladaniferus. Link enum. 2. p. 74. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266.

Cistus ladaniferus. 0. planifolius. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 305.

a. albiftorus, petalis omnino albis. Ledon. 1. Clus. hist. 1. p. 78. ic.

@. macuiatus , petalis albis, basi macul& atrosanguinea notatis. Supra.

Stem shrubby, erect, branching : branches slender,
thickly clothed with a shining glutinous substance.
Leaves slightly connected at the base, nearly sessile,
flat, linearly-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved from the base ;
upper side smooth and glossy, viscous; underneath
clothed with a dense white tomentum, reticulately
veined. Flowers terminal, solitary. Bractes 6, oppo-
site, crossing each other : the 4 lower ones leaf-like,
dilated and concave at the base, fringed ; 2 upper ones
membranaceous, obovate, taper-pointed, concave, cili-
ate. Calyx of 3 sepals, which are cordately ovate,
acute, concave, striated, fringed on one side, the other

side smooth. Petals 5, broadly cuneate ; margins
slightly notched, of a pure white tinged with yellow at
the base, above which is a large dark crimson mark,
slightly branched. Stamens about JOO; filaments
smooth, attached to the base of the anthers, over-
topping the stigma; pollen yellow. Germen tomen-
tose, cream-coloured. Stigma sessile, capitate.

This beautiful species must not be confused with
the plant generally known by the name of Gum
Gistus in the gardens, and also confounded with this
in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, t. 112; the plant
there figured is C. Cyprius of M. Decandolle's Pro-
dromus, and differs from the present in bearing 3 or
more flowers on each peduncle ; the leaves are also
petiolate, and the capsules only 5-locular ; differences
which readily distinguish it from our plant, which we
believe is the largest flowered species of the genus.
It is not so hardy as C. Cyprius, and will not survive
our winters in the open air, except very mild ones,
but will thrive well against a wall, so as to be covered
with mats in severe weather, and a little dry litter put
on the ground to keep the frost from the roots ; it is
also a good plan to keep some plants in pots, to be
preserved through the winter in frames, and to be
turned out of them in the open ground in spring ; they
will then thrive well, and flower in fine perfection. It
succeeds well in a rich light soil, and prefers a dryish
situation, as its roots are apt to rot if it happens to get
too much moisture. It may be increased by cuttings
or layers ; the former must be taken off as soon as
the young shoot is ripened, and they must be planted
thinly under hand-glasses, for if planted too thick,
they will be liable to damp.

Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, King's Road, Chelsea. We also re-
ceived specimens of it from Malcolm and Gray's
Nursery, Kensington.

33-,

CISTUS cyprius.

Common Gum Cistus, or Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol. 1.

§ 2. Pedunculis bracteatis, bracteis caducis decussatis, inferioribus
minoribus unifloris, axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbellatis ;
calycibus 3-sepalis ; capsulis 5-W-locularibus.

* Stigmate magno sessili.

C. cyprius, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis supra glabris snbtfts
tornentoso-incanis, pedunculis subumbellatis plurifloris, calycibus
3-raro 4-5-sepalis, petalis guttatis, capsulis 5-locularibus.

Cistus cyprius. Lam. diet. 2. p. 16. DC.prodr. 1. p. 266. Swt.hart.
brit. p. 34. n. 25.

Cistus ladaniferus. Botan. magaz. 1 12. nee aliorum.

A large bushy shrub. Stem erect, much branched :
branches spreading, glossy, viscous. Leaves opposite,
petiolate, connected at the base, and sheathing the stem,
oblongly lanceolate, acute, more or less undulate, up-
per side smooth and glossy, viscous ; underneath 3-rierved
from the base, reticulately veined, and clothed with a
dense white tomentum. Flowers terminal, in a many
flowered umbel. Peduncles bracteate. Bractes decus-
sate, deciduous; the bottom ones smallest, and soon
dropping, lanceolate, taper-pointed and keeled : upper
ones ovate, concave, taper-pointed, keeled, the margins
densely fringed with white hairs. Pedicles fasciculately
hairy, viscous. Calyx of 3 sepals, or very rarely of 4 or
5 sepals: sepals broadly ovate, acute, concave, the mar-
gins scariose or membranaceous, inside punctate, and
striped with numerous lines, outside scaly, or clothed
with fascicles of very short hairs, having the appearance
of scales. Petals 5, broadly cuneate or obcordate, more
or less crumpled, imbricate, margins uneven or crenu-
late, white, with a yellow spot at the base, and a large

bright purple spot above it, which is more or less
branched. Stamens short, about 150, unequal in length,
the inner ones longest: filaments slender, pale yellow.
Germen tomentose. Style hid by the stigma. Stigma
very large, capitate, papillose.

The present plant being one of the handsomest, and
also being pretty hardy, is more generally cultivated
than any other species ; and in all the collections where
we have seen it, it has been considered as the C. lada-
niferus, and that species in the Nurseries is sold under
the name of C. salicifolius. In Curtis's Botanical Ma-
gazine, the present plant is also named C. ladaniferus,
and the figure is referred to as such in the last edition
of the Hortus Kewensis, though no two species can be
more distinct, the present bearing several flowers in a
cyme, the buds not half the size of C. ladaniferus, the
capsule only 5-celled, and of a very different shape, and
the leaves petioled : C. ladaniferus always produces its
flowers solitary, which are also larger, its capsule is
from 7 to 10-celled, and its leaves are flat and sessile;
it is much more distinct from the present plant, than
the present is from C. laurifolius, of which it is con-
sidered as a variety by Persoon: the present plant
thrives well in the open border, and ripens plenty of
seeds ; but it is best to have some young plants also in
pots, to be preserved in frames in severe Winters, which
will occasionally destroy the old ones. Young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, will strike root;
but the best way is to raise them from layers or seed.

Drawn at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, in July.

CISTUS laurifolius.

Laurel-leaved Rock-Rose.

Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol. 1.

§. 2. Pedunculis bracteatis, bracteis caducis decussatis, inferioribus
minoribus unifloris, axillaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbellatis ;
calycibus 3-sepalis; capmlis 5-W-locularibus.
* Stigmate magno sessilL

C. laurifolius, foliis petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis trinerviis supra gla-
bris subtus tomentosis, petiolis basi dilatatis connatis, capsulis
5-locularibus. DC.prodr. 1. p. 266.

Cistus Jaurifolius. Linn. spec. 736. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 1182. Lam.
enc. 2. p. 16. Pers. s#w. 2. p. 74. Hor*. tfew. erf. 2. p. 304.—
f. 1./J.78./1.

S'/em shrubby, erect, much branched : branches spread-
ing, densely clothed with fascicles of short hairs, which
press inward to the stem, upper part glutinous. Leaves
opposite, petioled, ovate or ovately lanceolate, acute,
very much undulate at the margins, three-nerved from
the base, upper side smooth, of a dark green, and vis-
cous ; underneath clothed with a short dense white to-
mentum, which wears off by age, and the leaf is then
very much reticulated underneath. Petioles deeply
channelled on the upper side, and convex or keeled on
the lower, widened at the base, where they are con-
nected, and clasp the stem, thickly clothed with tufts
of short hairs. Peduncles long, cylindrical, clammy,
many-flowered, either panicled, corymbose, whorled or
umbellate. Bractes ovate, acuminate, convex, downy,
more or less of a red colour, but deciduous, and falling
off before the expansion of the flowers. Pedicles cylin-
drical, densely clothed with fascicles of unequal hairs,
the points of which bend inwards. Calyx of 3 sepals,
which are ovate, taper-pointed, convex, or concave

inwards, with one margin rnembranaceous, the other
fringed, thickly clothed with longish spreading white
hairs. Petals 5, more or less imbricate, cuneate, more
or less crumpled, white with a light yellow spot at the
base. Stamens about 180, the filaments unequal in
length, smooth, light yellow : pollen golden yellow.
Germen villous. Style short, pubescent. Stigma capi-
tate, 5-lobed, papillose.

A hardy strong .growing handsome Shrub, which
makes a fine appearance with its large green Laurel-
like leaves, and produces an abundance of flowers ;
those even in the bud state are very ornamental, when
covered with their large light red bractes, having the
appearance of Rose buds. It thrives well in the com-
mon garden soil, and needs no protection, being quite
hardy, and maybe raised in abundance by seeds, which
ripen plentifully ; it may also be raised from layers;
or young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Au-
tumn, will strike root.

Our drawing was made last Summer at the Nursery
of Mr. Mackay, then of the King's Road, but now
removed with his whole collection to the more healthy
and pleasant situation at Clapton, where he cultivates,
with great success, the choicest selection of New Hol-
land plants ever introduced to this country.

HELIANTHEMUM umbellatum.

Umbel-flowered Sun-Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra, fol 4.

* Stylo brevi recto. DC. prodr. 1. p. 267.

H. umbellatum, caule fruticoso ramoso ; ramis junioribus tomen-
toso-pilosis viscosis, foliis sessilibus lineal i-oblongis margine
revolutis subviscosis : supra nitidis atroviridibus ; subtus tomen-
tosis, bracteis ovatis acutis carinatis, pedunculis unifloris race-
moso-verticillatis terminalibus umbeliatis, calycibus trisepalis vil-
losis viscosis.

Helianthenmm umbellatum. DC. prodr. 1. p. 267. Mill. diet. n. 5.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 76. Spreny. syst. veg. 2. p. 586. Swt. hort. sub.
fond. p. 123. Hort. brit. p. 34. n. 2.

Cistus nmbellatus. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 1190. Hort. Kew. eel. 2.
v.3. p. 307.

Stem shrubby, erect, or more or less spreading, from
9 to 18 inches in height, clothed with a hard brown
glossy bark, much branched : branches, while young,
viscous, clothed with short woolly hairs. Leaves op-
posite, crossing each other, sessile, linearly oblong,
bluntish, with revolute margins, more or less ciliate,
when young, pubescent and viscous : upper side of a
dark glossy green ; underneath reticulately veined, and
clothed with a dense rusty white tomentum. Flowers
white, numerous, terminating the branches in a whorled
raceme, and ending in an umbel. Bractes ovate,
acute, concave, keeled at the back, membranaceous,
dropping off when the flowers expand. Pedicles in
whorls round the stem, slender, one-flowered, viscous
and pubescent. Sepals 3, cordately ovate, acute, con-
cave, villous, about half the length of the petals. Pe-
tals 5, of a pure white, with yellow unguis, roundly
obovate, or obcordate, imbricate at the base, at first
cup shaped, afterwards flat, and at last reflexed. Sta-
mens about 16, nearly erect, the outer ones scarcely

half as long as the inner ones, and more spreading :
filaments slender, smooth : pollen orange- coloured.
Germen densely tomentose. Style smooth, about the
length of the stamens. Stigma capitate, slightly
3-lobed, tuberculate.

This handsome and very distinct species, is a native
of France, Spain, and Portugal, and is said to have
been cultivated in this country as far back as 1731 ; it
is a pretty plant for ornamenting rock- work, but is
liable to be injured in very severe winters, except co-
vered with mats or a little dry litter in severe frost ;
if there happen to be a sufficiency of snow on the
ground, that will answer the purpose ; but it is best
to have some plants of it in pots, that may be pro-
tected in a frame in severe weather ; those can be turned
out in the ground in Spring, where they will thrive
and flower well.

The present plant is generally sold in the nurseries
by the name of Cistus Libanotis, which is a very dif-
ferent species, and appears to be much more rare than
this plant, as we have not been able to detect it this
Summer in any collection that we have examined ; this
species varies considerably in habit and pubescence,
according to the situation in which it is grown ; if
grown under glass, it is much more pubescent, and
the leaves are strongly fringed, as in our figure ; but
when grown in the open air, the leaves are quite smooth
and glossy, with scarcely a vestige of pubescence, ex-
cept on the under side, where they are clothed with a
dense tomentum ; we, therefore, believe the two varie-
ties of M. Decandolle to be occasioned only by differ-
ence of situation ; we have accordingly united them.

Our drawing was taken from a plant lent us from
the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, in June
last ; it thrives well in small pots, in a mixture of
sandy loam and peat, and continues to bloom in suc-
cession from June to August. Young cuttings, planted
under hand-glasses, strike root readily ; it may also be
raised from seeds, which ripen plentifully.

HELIANTHEMUM ocymoides

Basil-like Sun- Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra, fol. 4.
* Stylo brevi recto.

H. ocymoides, caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis erectis incanis,
foliis caulinis obovatis vel ovato-oblongis trinerviis subsessilibus
viridibus : ramulorum petiolatis dorso carinatis apice reflexis
utrinque incanis, pedunculis longis ramoso -paniculatis, pedicellis
oppositis alternisque subumbellatis, calycibus trisepalis glabris
valde acuminatis, petalis obcordatis basi distinctis.

Helianthemum ocymoides. DC. prodr. 1. p. 267. Pers. syn. 2. p. 76.
Swt. hart. brit. p. 34. n. 3. Spreng. syst. veg. 2. p. 586.

Cistus ocymoides. Lam. diet. 2. p. 18. Cistus sampsucifolius.
Cavan. ic. I. p. 65. t. 96. non Milleri.—Clus. hist. 1. p. 72. ic.

Stem suffruticose, erect, much branched : branches
erect, densely clothed with a white tomentum, and a
few long white hairs intermixed. Leaves opposite :
on the lower part of the stem green, obovate, ovately
oblong, or oblongly lanceolate, sessile or nearly so,
attenuated at the base, slightly 3-nerved, acute or
sometimes bluntish, rather concave, nearly straight,
the upper side covered with long spreading hairs :
upper leaves petiolate, shorter and broader, with re-
curved points, keeled at the back, the margins curved
inwards ; very white and hoary on both sides, by being
densely clothed with a close white tomentum. Petioles
short, also densely clothed with a close pressed white to-
mentum. Flowers on a long branched panicle. Pedun-
cles of a brownish purple, glossy, more or less clothed
with long spreading white hairs. Bractes sessile,
opposite, ovately lanceolate, acute, keeled, points a little
recurved, smooth and glossy. Pedicles 3 or more flow-
ered, in a kind of umbel, opposite on the lower part of
the panicle, on the upper part alternate. Calyx smooth

and glossy, with a long taper point, green, tinged with
purple: sepals 3, oblongly lanceolate, concave, the
margins scariose and membranaceous. Petals 5, ob-
cordate, distinct to the base, a little cupped, margins
slightly crenulate, of a golden yellow, with a large
black spot a little above the base, edged with purple.
Stamens between 40 and 50, overtopping the stigma :
filaments very unequal in length, smooth and very
slender, bright yellow: anthers dark purple : pollen
bright yellow. Germen clothed with silky hairs. Style
very short, erect. Stigma capitate, 3-lobed, papillose,
flesh-coloured.

This very handsome species, of which there is a good
figure in Cavanille's Icones, is very often confused in
the collections with H. algarvense, as is several other
species that are belonging to the same section ; we have
had them all sent to us as H. algarvense, though dif-
ferent in every respect from that species, except in co-
lour. The present plant is a native of the South of
Europe, so that it requires the protection of a frame
in Winter, or to be planted against a south wall, and
to be covered with mats in severe frosty weather ; or if
planted in rock- work, it should be placed on the south
side, and should be covered with a mat or by some
other means in sharp frosty weather, but in mild wea-
ther, the more it is exposed the better : it succeeds well
in a light sandy soil, or if grown in pots, an equal
mixture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very well.
Cuttings taken off at a joint in the young wood, and
planted under a hand-glass, the latter end of Summer,
or in Autumn, will soon strike root, and will be nice
bushy flowering plants by Spring. Our drawing was
made from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in
July, 1823; the plant from which it was taken was
rather drawn up in a greenhouse ; it generally grows
more compact.

HELIANTHEMUM microphyllum.

Small-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Suprafol.4.
* Stylo subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. microphyllum, caule suffruticoso ramosissimo : ramis nigro-cine-
rascentibus apice tomentoso-hirsutis, foliis subsessilibussaepeobtusis
carinatis basi attenuatis obscure cinerascentibus tomentosis, flori-
bus terminalibuspaniculatis,paniculis elongatis aphyllis, pedunculis
tomentoso-hirsutis, pedicellis 1-2-floris brevissimis, calycibus 3-
sepalis hirsutissimis, petalis cuneatis distinctis.

Helianthemum rugosum. p microyhyllum. DC. prodr. 1. p. 268.
Helianthemum alyssoides. /3 microphyllum. DC.jftor.fr. suppl. p. 62.

Stem suffruticose, elongated,but scarcely strong enough
to support its own weight without assistance, very much
branched : branches weak, slender, ascending, thickly
clothed with small shoots, which are opposite and cross
each other, densely clothed with a close pressed dark
canescent tomentum, the upper part irregularly, with
longish spreading hairs. Leaves numerous, nearly sessile,
crowded, small, oblongly ovate, nearly round, or some-
times lanceolate, bluntish or scarcely acute, very narrow
towards the base, undulate, the sides curved inwards,
sharply keeled underneath, very stiff and rigid, densely
clothed with a close-pressed dark canescent tomentum,
margins rough. Panicle terminal, leafless, very long and
loose, thickly clothed with stiffish spreading purple hairs,
that are unequal in length, lower branches of the pani-
cle opposite, the upper ones alternate. Pedicles very short,
torn entosely -hairy, one to three-flowered. Calyx of 3 se-
pals, that are ovately lanceolate, concave, very taper-
pointed, densely clothed with woolly hairs, of unequal

lengths, tinged with purple. Petals 5, not at all imbri-
cate, but distinctly spreading, wedge shaped, very nar-
row at the base, more or less crumpled or undulate, of
a bright yellow, with a smallish dark purple spot on
each, a little above the base. Stamens from 80 to 100;
filaments smooth, unequal in length, of a pale yellow :
anthers yellow, with a purple spot at the point : pollen
granular, orange-coloured. Stylehid by the large capi-
tate granular Stigma.

Our drawing of this handsome species, was made from
a fine plant, in the garden belonging to the Apothe-
caries' Company, at Chelsea, the only collection in which
we have seen it, and where it was grown in a pot, and
preserved through the Winter in the Greenhouse; it is
one of the latest flowering species, and is nearly related
to H. atyssoides and H. rugosum, but in our opinion is
sufficiently distinct from both, being readily distinguish-
ed from all its congeners, except H. ocymoides, by its
small leaves, and from that by their different form, and
the habit of the plant : like the other plants of the sec-
tion to which it belongs, it is rather tender, requiring a
little protection in severe frosty weather, either to be
planted near a wall or fence, and to be covered with a
mat, or to be grown in pots, and to be protected under
a frame, or in the Greenhouse ; a mixture of light sandy
loam and peat is the best soil for it ; and young cut-
tings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, soon
strike root.

rqr. 7an.28l7.

HELIANTHEMUM algarvense

Algarvian Sun- Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol. 4.
** Stylo subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. algarvense, caule fruticoso ramoso : ramis flexuosis dense to-
mentosis, foliis sessilibus ovato-lanceolatis obtnsis obsolete triner-
viis basi attenuatis : supra pilosis viridibus ; subtus tomentosis
canescentibus, pedunculis subpaniculatis pilosis, catycibus 3-se-
palis acutis hirsutis.

Helianthemum algarvense. DC. prodr. 1. p. 286, n. 7. Spreng. syst.
veg. 2. p. 5«7. n. 9. Swt. hort. sub. land. p. 123. Hort. brit. p. 34.
n. 7.

Cistus algarvensis. Botan. magaz. 627. Hort, Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 304.

Stem shrubby, much branched, growing to the height
of 2 or 3 feet if supported, erect or flexuose, seldom
growing in the manner represented in the Botanical
Magazine; branches more or less flexuose, densely
clothed with a close pressed white tomentum, and a few
spreading white hairs intermixed. Leaves opposite, ses-
sile, very much attenuated towards the base, with blunt
points, greenish and hairy on the upper side, and
clothed with a thin tomentum underneath : lower ones
short, roundly ovate, and green on both sides : upper
ones ovately lanceolate or spathulate, slightly 3-nerved,
clothed with a thin white tomentum on the lower side,
and with little fascicles of hairs at the margins, which
gives them an appearance of being crenulate: young
leaves white on both sides. Flowering branches a little
panicled, leafy at the base, clothed with spreading slen-
der hairs, but not woolly as on the other branches. Pe-
duncles and pedicles slender and hairy. Calyx of only
3 sepals, which are nearly equal, lanceolate, taper point-
ed, and clothed with long spreading loose white hairs.
Petals 6, spreading, nearly or sometimes quite distinct

to the base, but when first opened, imbricate: obovate
or broadly cuneate, with crenated points, of a bright
yellow, with a large velvet spot at the base, which is
also toothed in appearance ; the spot at the base of each
petal gives the appearance of a dark circle at the base
of the flower. Stamens about 50, either more or less:
filaments very unequal in length, of a dark purple, yel-
low at the base, smooth. Germen woolly. Style very
short, hid by the large capitate, slightly lobed, pustu-
lose Stigma.

The present plant being so much like some others,
with which it is confused in many of the Nurseries, that
we were afraid it had disappeared altogether, until we
saw a plant of it last Spring in full bloom at Mr. Mac-
kay's Nursery at Clapton, from which our drawing was
taken; we have since seen it also at Mr. Lee's Nursery
at Hammersmith. It is nearly related to H. ocymoides,
but that is readily distinguished by its long taper-point-
ed glossy sepals, from H. rugosum; it is also distin-
guished by that having its petals imbricate, and its se-
pals clothed with stiff reddish brown bristles, not soft
woolly hairs like the present.

This being a native of the South of Europe, it re-
quires some protection in Winter ; if planted in rock-
work, or against a wall, it will require to be protected
by a mat, or some covering in sharp frosty weather; or
if grown in pots, it may be kept in frames or in the
Greenhouse, where its lively blossoms in Spring make
a pretty appearance ; a light sandy soil suits it best, or
a mixture of light turfy loam and peat will suit it very
well. Cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, root freely,
any time from July to September.

/216.

HELIANTHEMUM candidum.

White-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMJUM. Supra, fot. 4.
** Sty/0 subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. candidum, caule fruticoso erecto ; ramis teproso-candidis, foliis
utrinque leproso-candidis lanceolato-obovatis basi attenuatis sub-
petiolatis planis supra pilosis subtus papilloso-scabris subtri-
nerviis ; floralibus oppositis sessilibus utrinque viridibus, peduft-
culis longis subpaniculatis glabris vel parce pilosis, calycibu&3-5-
sepalis acutis villoso-pilosis, petalis valde imbricatis.

Stem shrubby, erect, much branched, clothed with a
brown warted bark : branches erect, or slightly spread-
ing, densely clothed with a close pressed white tomen-
turn, and a few long spreading hairs intermixed.
Leaves opposite, lanceolate, or lanceolately obovate,
bluntish, or scarcely acute, flat, or the margins of the
round leaves folded inward, attenuated at the base into
a sort of footstalk, clothed on both sides with a dense
white tomentum, and long spreading white hairs on the
upper side; underneath slightly 3-nerved, and very
rough, occasioned by small tubercles, on which grow
short tufts of hairs ; those on the flower stems, opposite,
green on both sides, more strongly 3-nerved, with a few
long spreading hairs on the upper side, and tufts of
short hairs seated on little rough tubercles underneath.
Flower-stems long, paniculately branching, smooth and
glossy, or a few hairs scattered here and there. Bractes
elliptically lanceolate, acute, keeled at the back. Pe-
dicles glossy, slightly warted. Calyx varying, with 3, 4,
or 5 sepals ; outer small sepals spreading, linear, scarce-
ly acute, smooth and glossy ; inner ones lanceolately
ovate, concave, taper-pointed, with membranaceous
margins, villosely hairy, more or less tinged with

. 1916.

HELIANTHEMUM candidum,

White-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMJUM. Supra, fol. 4.
** Stylo subnnllo, stigmate magno.

H. candidum> caule fruticoso erecto ; ramis kproso-candidis, foliis
utrinque ieproso-candidis lanceolato-obovatis basi attenuatis sub-
petiolatis planis supra pilosis subtus papilloso-scabris subtri-
nerviis ; floralibus oppositis sessilibus utrinque viridibus, pechm-
culis longis subpaniculatis glabris vel parce pilosis, catycibus 3-5-
sepalis acutis villoso-pilosis, petalis valde imbricatis.

purple, one or both of the small sepals are sometimes
wanting. Petals 5, very much imbricate, of a bright
yellow, with a dark velvetty spot near the base, edged
with purple. Stamens from 50 to 60, surrounding and
overtopping the stigma : filaments unequal in length,
smooth, yellow at the base, and dark purple upwards :
anthers dark purple : pollen yellow. Germen densely
clothed with close-pressed silky hairs. Style very short,
erect, nearly hid by the large capitate, papillose Stigma.

Our drawing of this very fine plant was taken at the
Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at
Fulham, last Summer, where it was cultivated as H.«Z-
garvense, which is a very different species, and is now
become rather scarce in our collections ; and we had al-
most been inclined to believe it was lost altogether,
until we saw a fine plant of it in full bloom, at the Nur-
sery of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, from which we have
obtained a figure ; we have met with several other spe-
cies of this section, which have all been confused in the
collections where we have seen them, either with H. al-
garvense, or H. hatimifolium. We last year received a
very handsome and distinct species from Mr. Miller, of
the Bristol Nursery, which is related to H. algarvense ;
it did not arrive in a state fit for drawing, but it is now
very fine in bloom, and we believe will prove to be
H. rugosum of Decandolle ; its calyx consists of only
3 sepals, which are ovate, and thickly clothed with brown
rigid hairs, which at once distinguishes it from all
others ; its flowers are not so large as the present plant,
nor are the petals so much imbricate ; the leaves are also
of a thinner texture, very much undulate and twisted,
and very rough or denticulate on the margins.

We have been informed by M. Lagasca, that the
present subject is a native of Spain, and he is certain
that it is a nondescript species ; it will thrive well in a
warm border by the side of a wall, or may be grown in
a pot, and protected in a frame in Winter ; it is readily
increased by cuttings planted under a hand-glass, in
Autumn.

HELIANTHEMUM rugosum.

Rugged-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol 4.

subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. rugosum, ramis subhirsutis tomentoso-leprosis scabris fusco-cine-
reis, foliis sessilibus in petiolum attenuatis obovato-oblongis ob-
tusiusculis subobliquis margine denticulato-scabris undulatis sub-
tortis utrinque tomentosis rugosis basi trinerviis, pedunculis ter-
minalibus axillaribusque subpaniculatis 1-2 floris folio brevioribus,
calycibus trisepalis hispido-hirsutis, petalis crenulatis valde im-
bricatis.

Helianthemurn rugosum. Dunal in DC. prodr. 1 . p. 268. n. 5.
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 586. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. n. 5.

Stem shrubby, erect or a little flexuose, much bran-
ched, in our specimen from 3 to 4 feet high : branches
spreading, elongated, more or less hairy, and clothed
with a dense leprous tomentum, which by age becomes
of a brownish grey, and is densely spotted with innu-
merable minute black specks. Leaves variable, when
young quite white and hairy on both sides, sessile,
obovate, or oblong, more or less undulate and twisted,
a little oblique, three-nerved at the base, very rough and
uneven, the margins very rough or denticulate ; lower
ones shortest and broadest, ovate or obovate, bluntly
rounded, attenuated into a sort of footstalk at the base,
clothed on both sides with a thin white tomentum : the
next are narrower and longer, and less blunt, of a
greener colour, less tomentose, not so narrow at the
base, more undulate and twisted ; upper ones, when
young, quite white on both sides, much more hairy, ses-
sile, and acute : those on thejftower-stems quite sessile
and clasping the stem, much broader, ovate, acute,

many -veined or lineate underneath, green on both sides,
rough and hairy but not tomentose, longer than the pe-
duncles, except when drawn up within doors. Flower-
stems terminal or axillary, thickly clothed with unequal
soft spreading weak hairs. Peduncles in a sort of pani-
cle, terminal or axillary, 1 or 2-flowered, oftentimes in
a sort of umbel, shorter than the leaf, at their base Of a
brownish purple colour, thickly clothed with soft
spreading hairs that are purple at the base, the leaves
at the base of the peduncles are fringed with purple
hairs. Calyx of 3 sepals, densely clothed with rigid
purple bristle-like hairs : sepals broadly ovate, acute,
concave, with membranaceous edges, a little keeled at
the back. Petals 5, broadly obovate, finely crenulate,
very much overlapping each other, of a golden yellow,
each with a large dark spot near the base, which bran-
ches a little. Stamens from 40 to 45, spreading : fila-
ments smooth, unequal in length, of a bright yellow,
with purple points : anthers dark purple before burst-
ing : pollen orange-coloured. Germen densely tomen-
tose. Style very short. Stigma large, capitate, pustu-
lose.

For the opportunity of giving a figure of this hand-
some plant, wre are obliged to Mr. J. Miller, of the
Bristol Nursery, from whom we received it, and it is
readily distinguished from all others of the section to
which it belongs, by the stiff bristle-like purple hairs
on the calyx ; as far as we can judge by the descrip-
tion, we believe it to be the H. rugosmn of Dunal, in
Decandolle's Prodromus, which is a native of Portugal.
It succeeds well in a light soil, consisting of an equal
portion of sandy loam and peat, and if planted by the
side of a wall in a southern aspect, and covered with a
mat in severe frost, it will succeed very well, or it may
be grown in pots, and kept under glass in frames, or
in the Greenhouse in frosty weather, but should be ex-
posed to the air as much as possible when the weather
is mild ; the time of flowering is from June to August.
Cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, in August or
September, strike root readily.

JHar-tDei

HELIANTHEMUM formosum,

Beautiful Sun- Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol. 4.
** Stylo subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. formosum, caule frnticoso : ramis tomentoso-villosis canescenti-
bus, foliis subpetiolatis obovato-lanceolatis tomentoso-villosis:
junioribus incanis, pedtmculis calycibusque villosis, catycibus
trisepalis, petalis obcordatis valde imbricatis.

Helianthemum formosum. Dunal. ined. ex DC. prodr. 1. p. 268.
Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. n. 8.

Cistus formosus. Curt. hot. mag. 264. Willdcn. sp. pi. 2. p. 1188.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 75. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 306.

Stem shrubby, erect, much branched : branches erect
or spreading, thickly clothed with a close dense white
tomentum, and long hairs intermixed. Leaves oppo-
site, crossing each other, very shortly petiolate or
scarcely sessile, ovate, or obovately lanceolate, obtuse,
underneath 3-nerved at the base, the nerves more or
less branched: young ones densely clothed with a close
white tomentum on both sides, and spreading villous
hairs intermixed ; old leaves smoother and greener, the
hairs on them in stellate fascicles underneath, and
spreading on the upper side. Petioles very short, vil-
losely canescent. Flowers terminating the branches in
a paniculate cyme. Bractes leaf-like, concave, becom-
ing deciduous. Peduncles generally 3-flowered, vil-
losely tomentose. Pedicles and Calyx densely clothed
with a white tomentum, and long villous hairs inter-
mixed ; amongst these are other straight rigid purple
hairs, which gives a brownish appearance. Calyx of
3 sepals, which are ovate, concave, tapering to a point,
with scariose membranaceous margins, tinged with red
on one side. Petals 5, obcordate, much imbricate, of a

o 2

bright yellow, with a large brownish purple spot near
the base, lightest on the upper part, and slightly bran-
ched. Stamens about 40, overtopping the stigma, the
inner ones longest : filaments slender, smooth, yellow :
pollen orange-coloured. Germen downy. Style hid by
the large Stigma, which is capitate, slightly 3-lobed>
and papillose.

We believe the present to be the largest flowered spe-
cies of the genus, and makes a handsome upright bushy
Shrub, but will scarcely endure our Winters in the open
air without protection ; it makes a pretty plant for the
Greenhouse, and succeeds well by the side of a wall in
a southern aspect, so as to be protected with covering
in Winter, thriving well in any rich light soil, and pro-
ducing a great quantity of flowers in succession : plants
of it may be preserved in pits or frames through the
Winter, so as to be kept from the frost, they may then
be turned into the borders in Spring, where they will
make a fine appearance in Summer : young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, soon strike
root ; seeds also ripen in abundance ; so that any quan-
tity may be raised ; but as the colour of the flowers
vary considerably on different plants, the seeds should
always be saved from those of the brightest colours.

Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill^
of the King's Road, Chelsea.

81.

HELIANTHEMUM scabrosum

Rough Sun- Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol. 4.
** Stylo subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. scabrosum, caule fruticoso erectiusculo, ramis tomentosis villoso-
pilosis scabris canescentibus, foliis sessilibus basi attenuatis ob-
longo-ovatis acutiusculis scabriusculis trinerviis undulatis margine
subrevolutis : supra viridiusculis subtus tomentoso-cinereis, calyci-
bus 3-sepalis hirsntis, petalis distinctis.

Helianthemum scabrosum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 76. DC.prodr. 1. p. 268.
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 587.

Cistus scabrosus. Hort. Kew. v. 2. p. 236. edit. 2. v. 3. p. 308. Brot.
fi. Ins. 2. p. 265. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 1192.

A handsome small bushy shrub, with spreading, ra-
ther crooked branches, that are densely clothed with
bunches of short hairs, and long soft villous ones inter-
mixed : as the hairs wear off, the stem becomes rough,
the hairs being seated on a sort of small warts or tuber-
cles, when young white or greyish, afterwards becom-
ing brown. Leaves opposite, sessile, but attenuated or
becoming gradually narrower towards the base, where
they are three-nerved, oblongly ovate, or sometimes
lanceolate, generally acute, but sometimes obtuse, very
much undulate at the margins, which are generally re-
flexed or rolled backwards, hairy on both sides, and
rough to the touch, particularly on the under side, up-
per side pale green, underneath very white while young,
but becoming greener by age. Stipules none. Flowers
bright yellow, without spots, terminating the branches,
generally from 2 to 5 in a sort of panicle, which would
probably be more numerous iu a strong plant. Bractes

lanceolate, acute, very hairy. Pedicles scarcely so long
as the longest leaves, densely clothed with short rough
bristle-like hairs, and short down intermixed. Calyx
of 3 sepals, that are ovate, concave, tapering to a long
slender point, clothed with numerous short rough brown
hairs, and short pubescence intermixed. Petals 5, dis-
tinctly spreading, not at all imbricate, of a bright gold-
en yellow, very broad at the ends, but slightly retuse,
and crenulate, tapering very much to the base. Sta-
mens about 80, spreading : filaments unequal in length,
bright yellow : pollen golden yellow. Ovarium rough,
much punctated with small dots, clothed with a short
pubescence, but glossy. Style short, hid by the large
stigma. Stigma capitate, peltate, papillose.

Our drawing of the present species was made last
Summer from a plant sent to us by Mr. J. Miller, from
their extensive and valuable collection at the Bristol
Nursery ; and we have not met with it in any of the col-
lections about London. It is a native of Portugal, and
requires the same treatment as H. formosum, to be
grown in a light sandy soil, and if planted in a shel-
tered situation, or by the side of a wall in a southern
aspect, it will stand through the Winter without being
injured; but should the Winter be very severe, it
would be requisite to cover it with a mat in the hardest
frost ; or it may be grown in pots, which can be pre-
served in frames through the Winter, to be only covered
up in frosty weather. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-
glasses in August, will strike root readily, but as soon
as rooted they will require to be hardened by degrees
to the air, or they will otherwise damp off.

207-

107

HELIANTHEMUM cheiranthoides.

Stock-like Sun-Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Supra fol. 4.
** Stylo subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. cheiranthoides, caule fruticoso erecto ramoso ; ramis jmiioribus
villoso-tomentosis incanis, foliis tomentosis cinereo-incanis ob-
longo-lanceolatis in petiolum attenuatis, pedunculis brevibus sub-
bifloris, calycibus subvillosis 5-sepalis, sepalis externis minutissi-
mis. DC.prodr. v. 1. p. 268.

Helianthemum cheiranthoides. Pers. syn. 2. p. 76. Spreng. syst. v. 2.
p. 587. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. edit. 2. p. 41.

Cistus cheiranthoides. Lamarck diet. 2. p. 19.

Cistus halimifolio II. Clus. hist. 1. p. 71.

A handsome bushy upright branching shrub : bran-
ches upright, thickly clothed with woolly hairs, that are
seated on dark warts or glands. Leaves opposite, or the
upper ones alternate, oblongly lanceolate, three-nerved,
attenuated into a sort of petiole at the base, thickly
clothed on both sides with a close white woolly pubes-
cence, which gives them a white hoary appearance ; the
lower ones broadest, and bluntish ; the upper ones nar-
row and acute. Peduncles generally 2-flowered, densely
clothed with woolly hairs that are seated on small dark
warts. Flowers bright yellow, with no spot of red or
purple. Calyx of 5 sepals ; thickly clothed with dense
wool: the two outer ones very small, spreading: the
three inner ones broadly ovate, inclining to heart sha-
ped, terminated in a long taper point. Petals 5, ob-
cordate, or broadly cuneate, hollow at the ends and
uneven, imbricated over each other, spreading flat when
fully expanded', of a plain bright yellow. Stamens nu-

merous, surrounding the germen : filaments orange-co-
loured ; pollen golden yellow. Germen conical, downy,
terminated by a broad, nearly sessile, capitate Stigma.
The present handsome species is a rare plant in our
collections ; the only one that we have seen of it was
sent us by the kindness of Mr. J. Miller, from his Nur-
sery at Bristol, a collection that is very rich in this hand-
some family of plants ; another fine strong growing spe-
cies belonging to this section, H. atriplicifolium, with
large glaucous leaves resembling Atriplev Halimus, has
we believe quite disappeared from our collections, though
we recollect when it was very abundant ; this is also the
case with Cistus Ledon, which we do not remember hav-
ing seen for the last ten years, many of those plants being
lost, through their possessors not knowing what they
were, and the protection that they require, and also by
confusing them with others. The present species is
nearly hardy, requiring only a slight covering in se-
vere frosty weather, and some young plants of it may
be grown in pots, to be protected in frames or the
Greenhouse in. Winter ; a light sandy soil suits it best,
or, if grown in pots, a mixture of turfy loam and peat
is most proper for it ; young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses, in a shady situation, any time through
the Spring or Summer, will root readily; and the
sooner they are potted off after they are rooted, the
better, or the glasses left off them, as they are very
liable to damp off.

HELIANTHEMUM halimifolium.

Sea Purslane-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. I. HALIMIUM. Calyx 3-sepalus, sepalis aequalibus, rar6
5-sepalus, sepalis 2 externis minutis. Petala raro alba, ssnpissime
lutea, cuneata, truncata, saepe basi macula atro-sanguinea vel intense
lutea notata. Stylus rectus brevis vel subnullus. Stigma capitatum
subtrilobum. Semina nigrescentia, minute muricata, pauca, suban-
gulosa. — Suffrutices vel frutices. Folia opposita trinervia exstipulata
pilosa vel tomentosa. Pedunculi l-3-y?on axillares solitarii vel
wnbellati, raro paniculati. DC. prodr. 1. p. 267.

* * Stylo subnullo, stigmate magno.

H. halimifolium, caule fmticoso erecto ; ramis leproso-candidis,
foliis utrinque leproso-candidis basi attenuatis subpetiolatis ovato-
lanceolatis acutis undulatis, pedunculis longis ramosis subpani-
culatis glabris aut subpilosis, calycibus sericeis 3-4-sepalis raro
5-sepalis, sepalis externis angustissimis subulatis.

Helianthemum halimifolium. DC. prodr. 1. p. 268.? Hort. sub.
lond. p. 123.

Cistus halimifolius. Linn. sp. p. 524. WiUd. sp. pi. 2. p. 1188.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 307. Mill. ic. pi. 290.

Helianthemum elongatum. Willd. enum. 2. p. 569. Link enum. 2.
p. 75.

Stem 3 to 4 feet in height, shrubby, erect, much
branched, densely clothed, with a close pressed canes-
cent pubescence : branches opposite, crossing each
other. Leaves opposite, oblong, or ovately lanceolate,
acute, undulate, concave, the margins curved inwards,
attenuated at the base into a kind of petiole, densely
clothed on both sides with a close pressed canescent
pubescence, obsoletely 3-nerved. Peduncles long,
leafy, paniculately branching, smooth and glossy, with
a few long slender spreading hairs scattered on them ;
lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate. Pedicles
long and slender, more or less hairy. Calyx of 3, 4,
or 5 sepals, slightly clothed with a thin silky pubes-

cence, and sometimes with a few spreading hairs;
sepals taper-pointed, outer ones small, subulate, often
wanting. Petals 5, very broad, obcordate, slightly
emarginate, imbricate, of a bright yellow, slightly
spotted at the base. Stamens numerous. Style
scarcely any. Stigma large, capitate, slightly lobed.
Capsule villous, 3-valved. Seeds about 15 in each
capsule, angular, light brown, warted.

Several different species appear to have been con-
fused with the present, which is certainly the plant de-
cribed in the Hortns Kewensis, and also the one meant
by Linnseus, who refers to Miller's figure, which is a good
representation of our plant; the spots on the petals are
larger and darker than in ours, but we have seen them
vary considerably on different plants. We are not so
certain of the plant described by M. Decandolle being
the same, the peduncles and calyx being described as
white and leprous, which was not the case with ours.
It is without doubt the H. elongatum of Willdenow's
Enumeratio, but it cannot be the H. cheiranthoides of
Decandolle, who gives the Cistus elongatus of Vahl,
as a synonym with a mark of doubt. It is a native of
the South of Europe, and requires protection from
severe frost, either in a green-house or frame; the
same kind of treatment as is recommended for Cistus
ladaniferus and C. candidissimus will suit the present
plant. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses on a
slight hot-bed, will strike root freely. It may also be
raised from seeds, which sometimes ripen.

Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King's Road,
Chelsea, last summer.

HELIANTHEMUM carolinianum,

Carolina Sun- Rose.

Sect. II. LECHEOIDES. Supra fol. 11.

** Pedunculis ramealibus unifloris ebracteatis.

H. carolinianum,, caulibus herbaceis hirsutis erectis, foliis tomentoso-
hirsutis subdenticulatis breviter petiolatis obtusis : inferioribus op-
positis obovalibus : ceteris alternis oblongo-ovatis, pedunculis soli-
tariis unifloris hirsuto-candidis, calycibus hirsutis, sepalis internis
oblongis acutis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 269.

Helianthemum carolinianum. Mich.jftor. bor. amer. 1. p. 307. Pers.
synops. 2. p. 77. Purshflor. amer. sept. 2. p. 364. Swt. hort. brit.
p. 35. n. 17. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 588.

Cistus carolinianus. Walt.flor. carol. 152. Venten. eels. t. 74.

Root perennial, somewhat creeping. Stems several
from the same root, erect, branching, very hairy, from
6 inches to a foot in height, the greater part dying back
in Winter, and fresh ones coming up in Spring : bran-
ches slender, very hairy, when young clothed with a
hoary tomentum, more or less tinged with purple. Leaves
alternate or the lower ones opposite, shortly petiolate,
hairy, and clothed with a whitish tomentum, and nu-
merous fascicles of hairs, rough, the margins somewhat
denticulate, variable in form, but all obtuse : lower ones
generally opposite, and ovate or obovate; the others al-
ternate and oblong or ovate, not so much rounded at
the points. Peduncles thickly clothed with little stellate
bunches of white hairs, as is also the calyx. Flowers
large, solitary, terminating the small branches, pale
yellow. Calyx of 5 long taper-pointed sepals, green, or
tinged with a purplish brown, very hairy : outer ones
narrow, linear, but broadest towards the base ; inner

ones ovate, concave inwards, but terminating in a long
taper point. Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, narrowing
towards the base, distinct or but slightly imbricate.
Stamens about thirty, spreading -.filaments bright yellow :
pollen orange-coloured. Germen smooth, triangular, ter-
minated by a very short style, that is hid by the large
capitate stigma. Capsule smooth and glossy, 3-valved,
several-seeded.

The present beautiful plant is a native of Carolina,
and requires to be grown in peat soil ; it should be pre-
served through the Winter in frames, or in the Green-
house, or it will be liable to be killed in severe frosty
weather ; in Winter it dies down to the root, and comes
up again the following Spring ; this is the case with all
the North American species, by which means they are
frequently lost, as the cultivators of them suppose they
are quite dead, and turn them out of the pots as such :
it is readily increased by young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses in Spring, the young plants to be potted
off as soon as sufficiently rooted, that they may be en-
abled to become strong enough to stand through the
Winter; it may also be raised from seeds, which ripen
in abundance.

Our drawing was made from fine specimens^ commu-
nicated by A. B. Lambert, Esq.

f**l '.I) S.RUt*«y.

HELIANTHEMUM canadense.

Canada Sun-Rose.

Sect. If. LECIIEOIDES. Supra, fol. 11.

*• Pedunculis ramealibus uniflorls ebracteatis.

H. canadense, caule erecto apice ramoso : ramis hirsutis, foliis liir-
sutis inferioribus oppositis oblongis obtusis planis : superioribus
alternis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis subtus subtomentoso-eanis mar-
gine vix revolutis, peclunculis hirsutis unifloris solitariis, sepalU
internis ovatis acuminatis, petalis obcordatis valde imbricati.s,
staminibus 20-22 decumbentibus.

Helianthemum canadense. Mich.Jt.amer.l. p. 307. Purshfl. amer.
sept. v. 2. p. 363. DC.prodr. 1. p. 269. Pers.syn.Z.p.H. Spreny.
syst. veg. 2. p. 588 ?

Cistus canadensis. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 1199. HorL Kew. ed.%.
r.3. p. 310.

Perennial, herbaceous. Stems several from the same
root, erect or ascending*, branching on the upper part,
of a purplish brown colour, clothed with soft woolly
hairs. Leaves hairy ; lower ones opposite, oblong or
ovate, obtuse, flat : upper ones alternate, narrower, ob-
longly lanceolate, acute, underneath thinly clothed with
a white tomenturn, margins slightly re volute, rough and
uneven, but scarcely crenuiate, fringed with very short
hairs. Petioles very short, hairy. Peduncles one flow-
ered, solitary, erect, thickly covered with unequal spread-
ing hairs, of a brownish purple colour. Calyx of 5 se-
pals, 2 outer ones very small, subulate, very hairy and
fringed : inner ones narrowly ovate, taper-pointed, con-
cave, very hairy and ciliate, the points tipped with red.
Petals 5, obcordate, scarcely crumpled, margins rather
uneven, very much imbricate, of a bright yellow colour.
Stamens from 20 to 22, spreading flat : filaments un-
equal in length, long and slender, bright yellow : pollen
dark yellow. Germen smooth and glossy. Style very

short, straight, nearly hid by the large capitate stigma.
Stigma 3-lobed, papillosely fimbriate.

This very pretty herbaceous perennial species is a
native of North America, and succeeds best in peat
soil, either to be planted in a bed amongst other Ame-
rican plants, or to form a patch by itself in a border of
the flower garden ; it will also succeed very well in rock-
work, but the soil in which it is planted must be chiefly
peat, and care must be taken that it is not killed by the
drought in Summer. Its handsome flowers are produced
in abundance in July and August; after that time it
continues to bloom and ripen seeds plentifully until
October ; but the flowers after August are all without
petals, the calyx and capsules are also smaller and of a
different form from those produced by the flowers with
petals ; this is also the case with H. polygal&folium and
brasiliense, and we expect with the whole of this section.

The present plant is sufficiently hardy to endure our
Winters in the open air without protection ; but as it dies
down to the ground in Winter, many people might sup-
pose it was dead, and have it thrown away, particularly
when grown in pots, as no signs of life appear in it at
that season ; therefore, if grown in pots, they should have
the name wrote on labels of some kind, to ensure pre-
servation. Seeds of it ripen plentifully ; but they must
be gathered as soon as ripe, as the capsule soon bursts,
and the seeds are then lost ; the best time for sowing
them is early in Spring ; they should be sown in pots,
and as soon as up should be pricked out, either sepa-
rately or several in one pot, or they will be very liable
to damp off if left too long in the seed-pot. Drawn at
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in July last.

HELIANTHEMUM brasiliense.

Brazilian Sun-Rose.

Sect. II. LECHEOIDES. Suprafol.il.

** Pedunculis ramealibus unifloris ebracteatis.

H. brasiliense, caule suffruticoso basi ramoso ; ramis adscendenti-
bus subsimplicibus hirsuto-tomentosis, foliis ovato-oblongis acu-
tis sessilibus hirsutis, pedunculis calycibusque hirsuto-canescen-
tibus, pedunculis solitariis unifloris aut laxe racemosis folio bre-
vioribus, sepalis internis ovatis longe acuminatis apice subrecur vis,
petalis obcordatis crenulatis.

Helianthemum brasiliense. Pers. syn. 2. p. 77. DC. prodr. 1. p. 269.
Swt. hort. brit. add. p. 468. n. 86.

Cistus brasiliensis. Lam, diet. 2. p. 22.

Cistus alter nifolius. Vahl. symb. 1. p. 38.

Stems suffruticose, branched from the base : branches
slender, at first upright, but at length becoming procum-
bent, as they cannot support their weight, the points as-
cending, thickly clothed with loose wool and a few hairs
intermixed, the older branches a little warted. Leaves al-
ternate, sessile, oblongly ovate, acute, thickly clothed all
over with long spreading hairs: upper ones narrowest,
sometimes lanceolate, of a dull green colour, not glossy
as in H. polygalcefolium. Flowers lateral, solitary, op-
posite to a leaf, or terminating the branch in a loose few
flowered raceme, which is sometimes forked ; the strong
branches sometimes also produce flowering shoots, or
racemes in the axils of the upper leaves. Peduncles
shorter than the leaves, densely covered with white wool.
Bractes none. Calyx of 5 sepals, the points a little re-
curved, the 3 inner ones ovate, with long taper points,
thickly clothed with dense white wool : the 2 outer ones
shorter, very narrow, subulately linear. Petals 5, obcor-
date, notched at the points, at first imbricate, afterwards
becoming distinct, and widely spreading, of a light yel-
low, darker at the base. Stamens from 30 to 32, spread-
ing flat at first, afterwards becoming bent inwards:
filaments smooth, yellow. Pollen orange-coloured. Ger-
men smooth and glossy. Style very short. Stigma very
large, capitate, papillose.

This species is nearly related to H. pplygalafolium,
f. 1 1 , but differs sufficiently in the following particulars.
The stems of this are more upright and straighter, and
clothed with loose wool, not with spreading hairs, as in
that ; the leaves in this are broader, and covered all over
with long spreading hairs, not glossy on the upper side,
and having the hairs in fascicles on the lower side, as
in that ; the peduncles here are shorter than the leaves,
in that they are double the length of the leaves ; the ca-
lyx in this is much longer, with long taper points, and
clothed with a close pressed tomentum ; in that it is
clothed with bristly hairs ; the flowers in this are larger,
the stamens more numerous; the capsule in this is
larger and pointed, in that it is nearly globular; the
seeds in this are also larger, and the young plants, when
first up from seed, may be distinguished apart immedi-
ately; they were both sent from the Brazils, by Mr. Fre-
derick Sello to Dr. Sims, as two distinct species, one
marked Helianthemum, 19, the other 48. Dr. Sims pre-
sented the seed to Mr. William Anderson, Curator of
the Apothecaries' Company's Garden, at Chelsea, where
they were sown in 1823 ; and from a plant raised from
it the present drawing was taken last May, the first
time that it produced perfect flowers ; those that were
produced the preceding Autumn being all apetalous, as
are the Autumn flowers of all the species of this section
that we have had an opportunity of seeing ; but those
apetalous flowers produce as perfect seeds as the com-
plete flowers.

We have not yet proved whether the Brazilian spe-
cies of this genus are hardy enough to bear our Winters
in the open air, but at any rate they may be preserved
through the Winter in a frame, as we see they are much
drawn in a Greenhouse, which proves that it is too warm
a temperature for them ; they thrive well in pots in a
mixture of sandy loam and peat, and may be raised from
cuttings, planted under a hand-glass in Autumn, or
from seeds, which ripen in abundance.

H. brasiliense of Sprengel, must be a very different
species, judging from his description.

HELIANTHEMUM polygalsefolium

Milkwort-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. II. LECHEOIDES. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis lineari-
bus angustis, interois acutis margine scariosis. Petala lutea. Stylus
subnullus vel brevissimus erectus. Stigma magnum capitatum.
Ovarium triangulare. Capsula glabra, nitida, trivalvis, unilocularis.
Semina rufescentia, parva. — Caules perennes herbacei vet suffruticosi
ascendentes sen erectly scepe die/to tomi. Folia inferior a opposita ; can-
Una alterna, penninervia, breviter petiolata, sessilia, exstipuluta. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 269.

** Pedunculis ramealibus unifloris ebracteatis.

H. polygalcefolium, caule suffruticoso flexuoso-adscendente ramoso :
ramis gracilibus hirsuto-tomentosis subcanescentibus, foliis cau-
linis sessilibus alternis acutis ciliato-hirsutis nitidis : inferioribus
oblongo lanceolatis : superioribus lanceolato-linearibus, peduncu-
lis unifloris foliis longioribus calycibusque hirsuto-canescentibus,
sepalis internis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis obcordatis
concavis crcnulatis basi imbricatis.

Perennial. Stems several from the same root, elon-
gated, very much branched, suffruticose, flexuose,
slender, branching in various directions, ascending :
branches thickly clothed with a kind of villous tomen-
tum, and a few hairs intermixed. Leaves on the
branches, without stipules, alternate, sessile, acute,
hairy on both sides, fringed, of a dark glossy green
on the upper side, and paler underneath ; channelled
on the upper side, the under side covered with tufts of
starry hairs and longer ones intermixed : lower leaves
oblongly-lanceolate, upper ones narrower, lanceolately
linear, acute, concave. Peduncles 1-flowered, opposite
to a leaf, and longer than the leaves, clothed with
numerous fascicles of starry canescent hairs, and a few
longer ones intermixed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2 outer
ones very small, linear, bluntish, setosely hairy, inner
ones ovately-lanceolate, taper-pointed, the points tipped
with red ; the inner margin scariose and membrana-
ceous, thickly clothed with rather decumbent bristly

hairs. Petals 5, or sometimes 6, broadly obovate or
obcordate, slightly notched, concave, slightly imbricate
at the base, of a bright yellow. Stamens about 24,
unequal in length, spreading : filaments smooth, pale
yellow, overtopping the stigma : pollen orange- coloured.
Germen smooth. Style straight, very short. Stigma
very large, capitate, papillose.

Had we not seen H. brasiliense growing by the side
of the present plant, we should have been inclined to
have given it for that species, as the description given
of that by M. Decandolle differs but little from our
present subject, but it still agrees better with what we
consider the true H. brasiliense ; plants of both species
were raised from seed, the year before last, by Mr. An-
derson, at the Apothecaries' Company's garden, at
Chelsea, where our drawing was made last July ; the
seeds were given to him by Dr. J. Sims, who received
them from Mr. Frederick Sello, by whom they were col-
lected in the Brazils, and Mr. Anderson informs us that
they are the best things he has yet sent ; the present
plant differs from H. brasiliense in being much more
smooth and slender, its branches are more decumbent,
the leaves less pubescent, of a glossy green, and
narrower, and the capsules scarcely half the size ; we
have not seen any perfect flowers of H. brasiliense,
as it did not bloom till autumn, and the flowers were
all apetalous, which was also the case with the autumn
flowers of the present species, and all the other species
of this section that we have had an opportunity of ex-
amining this season ; the apetalous flowers all produce
perfect seeds, but we do not understand the reason of
their producing perfect flowers only in summer.

This plant, as well as H. brasiliense, will require to
be kept in a cool part of the Greenhouse, or in frames,
in frosty weather, or they will be liable to be injured,
though perhaps they will prove quite hardy, as we ob-
serve they draw up very weak in the Greenhouse ; they
thrive well in a mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand;
and young cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted
under hand-glasses, will soon strike root ; plants may
also be raised from seeds.

20.

110

HELIANTHEMUM glomeratum.

Cluster -flowered Sun- Rose.

Sect. II. LECHEOIDES. Supra fal. 11.

* Pedunculis multifloris axillaribus sen terminalibus ;floribus par-
vulis confer tis.

H. glomeratum, caule suffruticoso subdichotomo, ramis subtomen-
toso-cinereis, foliis lanceolato-oblongis basi attenuatis subtus prae-
cipue incanis, racemis axillaribus terminalibusve multifloris folio
minoribus, floribus glomeratis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 269. n. 16.

Helianthemum glomeratum. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 588. n. 23. Swt.
hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 41. n. 17.

Cistus glomeratus. Lagasca gen. et spec. p. 16.

Stem suffrutescent, erect, much branched : branches
erect, flexuose, densely clothed with short hairs, and
white down underneath, forked at the points, and branch-
ing again in all directions. Leaves alternate, sessile, or on
very short pedicles, deciduous or dropping off in Winter,
oblong, the lower ones largest and nearly ovate, obtuse,
the upper ones lanceolate and more acute, all attenu-
ated towards the base, hoary on both sides, but whitest
underneath, thickly clothed on both sides with tufts of
short hairs, that are seated on little tubercles, which
causes a roughness on the leaf when examined with a
lens. Petioles very short, furrowed a little on the upper
side and rounded below, densely pubescent. Flowers
numerous, crowded in dense clusters in the axils of the
leaves, and terminal, so as to appear like an interrupted
spike or raceme; in our plant always apetalous, nearly
sessile, or on very short footstalks. Calyx of 5 sepals,
densely clothed with short hairs that are seated on mi-
nute tubercles, of a hoary appearance : two outer ones
very small, spreading; the three inner ones ovate,

acute, concave. Capsule 3-sided, 3-celled, smooth and
glossy. Seeds few, small, somewhat flattened on one
side and convex on the other, of a yellowish brown
colour.

This curious little plant is a native of Mexico, and
was raised from seed brought from that country by Mr.
Bullock, who parted with them to Mr. Tate, of the
Sloane Street Nursery, and from a plant raised by him,
the present figure was made : like all the other American
species that we have yet seen or heard of, it belongs to
the section Lecheoides of Decandolle : all the species of
which produce flowers with petals, in the Spring and
early in Summer, whereas all those that are produced
in Autumn,which are much more numerous, are all ape-
talous : the present plant has never produced its Spring
flowers with us, most probably by being killed back a
good way in Winter, so that it has had to make new
shoots for flowering, and those have always produced
their flowers in Autumn for three years following, they
have all been apetalous like those in our figure, but have
ripened seeds annually : if the plant was kept in an airy
part of the Greenhouse in Winter, or in the window of
a light room, so that its shoots might not be killed back,
it would most probably bear plenty of perfect flowers in
Spring, the same as H.polygaksfolium, H. brasiliense, H.
carolinianum, and the other American species ; it grows
freely in an equal mixture of turfy loam, peat, and sand ;
and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, in
Spring, root readily ; they may also be raised from seeds.

46.

HELIANTHEMUM lignosum
Hard-wooded Sun- Rose.

Sect. III. TUBERARIA. Supra fol 18.

* Perennia, raro fruticosa ; foliis omnibus exstipulatis, caulibus
basipilosissupernZglabris, floribm paucis bracteatis subpaniculatis.

H. lignosum, caule tetragono fruticoso lignoso : cortice rugoso-
squamosa; ramis adscendentibus piloso-hispidis, foliis ovato-ob-
longis in petiolum desinentibus trinerviis piloso-hispidis scabris
canescentibus subtus nervosis supra sulcatis : floralibus sessilibus
glabris oblongo-lanceolatis superioribus alternis, pedicellis basi
bracteatis paucis subpaniculatis longitudine calycis, petalis obo-
vatis distinctis patentibus.

Helianthemum lignosum. Swt. hort. brit. add. p. 469. ». 88.

Stem shrubby, erect, very hard and ligneous, branch-
ing, clothed with a hard brown rugged scaly bark,
sometimes cracking longitudinally, obtusely 4-sided,
here and there knotted where the branches have died
away : branches ascending, soon becoming hard and
woody, and appearing rugged from the persistent bases
of the decayed leaves, clothed with long bristly hairs.
Leaves crowded, opposite, oblongly ovate, acute, atte-
nuated at the base down the petiole, strongly 3-nerved
underneath, and deeply 3-channelled on the upper
side, clothed underneath with a dense white tomentum,
and the nerves with long spreading, white hairs ; upper
side very rough when rubbed backward, and densely
covered with canescent decumbent bristly hairs, and
short down intermixed. Flowering branches ascend-
ing, densely clothed with long villous hairs on the
lower part, the upper part smooth, and slightly glau-
cous : leaves on the lower part opposite, sessile, ovately
oblong, smooth on the upper side, and hairy under-
neath : upper ones alternate, sessile, glaucous, smooth,

elliptic, concave, acute. Racemes terminal, sometimes
panicled, few-flowered. Bractes oblongly lanceolate,
concave, acute, keeled at the back, smooth and glau-
cous. Pedicles smooth, about the length of the calyx,
more or less tinged with red, not transparent, and 3
times the length of the calyx as in H. tuberaria,
nodding before flowering, erect when in bloom, after-
wards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are smooth
and glaucous, 2 outer ones very small, subulate ; the
inner ones broadly ovate, concave, acute, tipped with
red, their margins scariose and membranaceous. Pe-
tals 5, obovate, with rounded points, distinct or
slightly imbricate at the base, much spreading. Sta-
mens from 40 to 50, spreading, the outer ones shortest :
filaments smooth and slender, pale yellow : pollen
orange-coloured. Germen downy. Style very short,
hid by the large stigma. Stigma capitate, granular.

Our drawing of this curious plant was made from
one at the Garden belonging to the Apothecaries' Com-
pany at Chelsea, where it was first raised from seeds
given to Mr. Anderson by Mr. George Don, who in-
forms us that it was cultivated in his father's garden at
Forfar, a great many years back, as H. tuber aria, but
he is not certain from whence he first obtained his
seeds : it is rather tender, requiring the protection of
a frame or Greenhouse in Winter, succeeding well in
a mixture of sandy loam and peat, and is readily in-
creased by seeds, which ripen plentifully.

HELIANTHEMUM Tuberaria.

Plantain-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. III. TUBERARIA. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis mi-
noribus vel majoribus ssepe patulis. Petala lutea, saepe basi ma-
cula atropurpurea notata, integra vel denticulata, serrata. Stamina
numerosa pistillo multo longiora. Stylus rectus subnulltis. Stigma
capitatum. Capsula trivalvis. Semina minuta flavescentia. — Ra-
dices perennes lignosce seu herbacea annuce. Caules herbacei erecti
seu adscendentes. Folia trinervia opposita cxstipulata, superior a
interdum alterna, scspiiis stipulata, stipulis longis lineari acutis.
Flores subpaniculati vel racemosi secundi bracteati vel ebracteati.
DC. prodr. 1. p. 270.

* Perennia raro fruticosa, foliis omnibus exstipulatis, caulibus basi
pilosis supernb glabris,Jloribus paucis bracteatis subpaniculatis.

H. Tuberaria, perenne, raaioso, caulibus adscendentibus subsimpli-
cibus, foliis radicalibus in petiolum desinentibus ovato-oblongis
trinerviis tomentoso-hirsutis cauescentibus subtils nervosis supra
sulcatis ; caulinis sessilibus subglabris lauceolatis : summis alter-
nis, pedicellis basi bracteatis paucis subpaniculatis calyce triplo
longioribus, calycibus glabris nitidis, petalis obovatis distinctis
patentissimis.

Helianthemum Tuberaria. DC. prodr. I . p. 270. Pers. syn. 2. p. 77.
Mill. diet. n. 10. Willd. enum. 2. p. 570. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 587.

Cistus Tuberaria. Lin. spec. 741. Cavan. icon. 1. p. 65. t. 67. Willd.
sp. pi. 2. p. 1197.

Perennial, herbaceous, branching round in all direc
tions : branches short, very hairy at the base : flowering-
ones lengthening out, ascending, quite smooth, of a
pale glaucous green. Leaves near the root opposite,
oblongly-ovate, obtuse, attenuated at the base and down
the petiole, strongly 3-nerved underneath, and furrowed
with 3 deep channels on the upper side, slightly ca-
nescent, clothed underneath with a short white toraen-
tum, the nerves very hairy: upper side hairy and
rough, the hairs decumbent, and the roughness occa-
sioned by innumerable minute warts that are scattered
all over the surface. Petioles deeply channelled on the

upper side, and keeled on the lower, furrowed on each
side, thickly clothed with bristly hairs : leaves on the
flowering stems sessile, smooth and glaucous, more
acute, concave, lower ones opposite, the upper ones al-
ternate. Racemes terminal, sometimes panicled. jBrac-
tes lanceolate, acute, concave, keeled at the back, smooth
and glaucous. Pedicles long and slender, smooth, trans-
parent at the base, nodding before flowering, erect when
in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 smooth, glau-
cous sepals, the 2 outer ones very small, subulate :
inner ones cordately ovate, acute, concave, with sca-
riose, membranaceous margins. Petals 5, obovate,
slightly crenulate, distinct and widely spreading, of a
bright light yellow, darker near the base. Stamens
about 50, inner ones overtopping the stigma, outer ones
much shorter : filaments smooth, light yellow : pollen
orange-coloured. Germen downy. Style very short,
scarcely any. Stigma large, capitate, granular.

A handsome herbaceous perennial plant, which suc-
ceeds best in rock- work in sandy soil ; as it is a native
of the South of Europe, it is rather tender, and should
be planted in a southern aspect, but it will suffer more
from too much moisture than from cold, for if planted
out in the common borders it thrives well all the Sum-
mer, but will seldom survive the Winter, as its roots
get rotten with too much wet.

Plants of it grown in pots, and kept in frames through
the Winter, may be turned out in the borders in Spring,
where they will flower profusely, and will ripen their
seeds ; they succeed well in an equal mixture of turfy
loam and peat, or any other light sandy soil, and are
increased freely by seeds, which ripen in abundance.
Our drawing was taken from a plant that we received
from the Nursery of Mr. Joseph Knight, last Summer.
We have a drawing of a very curious nearly related
species, but quite shrubby, and of a hard woody tex-
ture, which we received from the collection at the Apo-
thecaries' Company's Garden at Chelsea.

HELIANTHEMUM eriocaulon.

Woolly-stalked Sun-Rose.

Sect. III. TUBERARIA. Supra, fol. 18.

** Annua,foliis superioribus s<ep& stipulates, racemis secundis ter
minalibus.

H. eriocaulon, caule herbaceo ramoso di-trichotomo kirsutissimo,
foliis oblongo-linearibus angustis hirsutis oppositis : superioribus
stipulaiis : extremis alternis, racemis simplicibus ebracteatis, pe-
dicellis tiliformibus longis pilosis, sepalis externis angustis. JJu-
nalin DC. prodr. 1. p. 271.

Helianthemum eriocaulon. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n, 21.

Annual. Root fibrous. Stems erect, branching, from
6 inches to a foot in height; 2 or 3-forked, thickly
clothed with long spreading white hairs, and short down
underneath. Leaves oblongly-linear, 3-nerved from the
base, clothed on both sides with long spreading hairs,
and with fascicles of short stellate ones underneath,
rough and punctate, with numerous small dots ; lower
ones opposite, bluntish, without stipules : upper ones
alternate, acute, with long stipules. Stipules long, linear,
the margins a little reflexed, very hairy, and fringed.
Racemes terminal, many-flowered, without bractes, the
flowers all facing one way, nodding before the flowers
expand, afterwards becoming erect. Pedicles long and
slender, nodding before the expansion of the flowers,
erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed and length-
ening, clothed with short down and long hairs inter-
mixed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2 outer ones smallest, ob-
long, obtuse, the margins reflexed, and fringed with long
white hairs : 3 inner ones ovate, acute, concave, mem-
branaceous, clothed with long spreading white hairs,
and short down underneath, warted near the base with
10 to 12 small black warts. Petals 5, distinctly spread -

i 2

ing, more than double the length of the calyx, the mar-
gins finely serrated, of a pale yellow, with a dark purple
spot near the base. Stamens from 20 to 25, spreading ;
filaments unequal in length, smooth, pale yellow : pol-
len yellow. Germen smooth and glossy. Style short,
erect, hid by the large capitate papillose white Stigma.
This pretty annual plant is grown in many of the
collections about London as H. guttatum, which seems
to be a much scarcer plant; that ours is the true H.
eriocaulon of Decandolle's Prodromus, we have satis-
fied ourselves by examining the specimens referred to
by him in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, where specimens
of both species are preserved ; and they are certainly
very different, although Professor Sprengel has again
united them, most probably without seeing either. M.
Lagasca, who saw our drawing, immediately recognised
it as the H. eriocaulon, before we examined the speci-
mens: it is a native of Spain and the South of Europe,
and only requires to be sown in the open ground like
any other hardy annual, where it will flower and ripen
abundance of seeds. Plants of it are now in full bloom
in our garden, from seeds sown in May last. Any per-
son who wishes to preserve specimens of this plant,
should gather them in the morning as soon as they open ;
for if left until the anthers burst, which they very soon
do, the stigma immediately becomes fertilized, and
the petals will not then remain on. Our drawing was
made at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, last Summer.

62.

HELIANTHEMUM punctatum.

Spot-flowered Sun- Rose.

Sect. III. TUBER ARIA. Supra fol. 18.

** Annua,foliis superioribus scepd stipulates, racemis sccundis ter-
minalibus.

H. punctatum, caule herbaceo ramoso dichotomo tomentosiusculo-
pubescente subcinereo, foliis oblongis penninerviis viridi-cinereis
breviter piloso-scabriusculis ; pilis stellatis minimis : inferioribus
oppositis obtusis : superioribus alternis acutiusculis stipulatis,
racemis longis pubescentibus cinereis, petalis obovatis crenulatis
distinctis.

Heliantheraum punctatum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 77. Willd. enum. 2. p. 570.
DC.prodr. 1. p. 271. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 588. Swt. hort. brit.p. 35.

Cistus punctatus. Willden. spec.pl. 2. p. 1 199.

Annual. Stem herbaceous, very much branched from
the base, the centre stem erect: branches spreading,
canescent, generally forked, spreading, the points ascend-
ing, thickly clothed with stellate fascicles of short hairs.
Leaves petiolate, of a greyish colour, strongly penni-
nerved underneath, with 5 to 8 prominent nerves, also
clothed with starry bunches of short hairs : lower ones
opposite, oblong, bluntly rounded, the upper ones alter-
nate, narrower, and the points more acute. Petioles
flattened on the upper side, and slightly keeled on the
lower, also clothed with little stellate bunches of hairs.
Stipules unequal in size, lanceolate, acute, clothed with
the same sort of hairs, and fringed. Racemes terminal,
leafy or bracteate, erect, in our plants many-flowered.
Flowers all leaning to one side. Pedicles slender, erect,
clothed with a short hoary pubescence, each opposite to
a leaf or bracte. Calyx of 5 sepals, thickly clothed with
a short canescent pubescence, the two outer ones small,
spathulate, narrow at the base, the three inner ones

ovate, concave, acute, membranaceous, with three or
four strong nerves. Petals 5, narrow, about the length
of the sepals, obovate, slightly notched at the points,
distinctly spreading, of a light yellow, with a small saf-
fron coloured spot near the base. Stamens 15 to 20,
spreading, longer than the style. Germen three-sided,
pubescent. Style short, erect. Stigma large, capitate,
fimbriate.

This pretty little species is a native of France, and a
hardy annual, and only requires to be sown in the open
borders in April, and to be kept free from weeds ; it
will then continue to flower all the Summer, and will
ripen plenty of seeds. We first received plants of it
from Mr. W. Anderson, Curator of the Apothecaries'
Company's Garden, at Chelsea, in 1826, but they had
been raised from seeds so late in the Summer, that the
flo\vers they produced were all apetalous, but those
produced abundance of seeds, some of which we sowed
in April 1827; the plants from which produced abun-
dance of perfect flowers, and from one of those the pre-
sent figure was made.

47.

HELIANTHEMUM ledifolium

L/edum-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. V. BRACHYPETALUM. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis
minutis, internis trinerviis acuminatis. Petala lutea, interdum basi
maculata, parva, saepe calyce breviora. Stamina pauca 10-20, ova-
rium cingentia. Stylus rectns et erectus apice incrassatus. Stigma
simplex. Ovarium triquetrum, angulis ssepe pilosis. Capsula trique-
tra, subnitida. Semina numerosa, minuta, pallida, angulosa. — Herbae
annutf. Folia stipulata, petiolata, penninervia, subdenticulata, oppo-
sita, floralia alterna. Sti pulse oblongo-lineares, superiores longiores.
Pedunculi uniflori, breves, solitarii, rarb axillares, s&pius oppositi-
folii vel oppositibractei, suberecti, horizontals vel retrofracti. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 271.

* Pedunculis suberectis foliis brevioribus, sepalis internis trinerviis.

H. ledifolium, caule herbaceo, ramis pubescentibus erectis vel ad-
scendentibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis
subdenticulatis glabriusculis junioribus stellato-pubescentibus ; su-
perioribus alternis floribus oppositis, omnibus stipulatis, pedun-
culis erectis et calycibus acuminatis pubescentibus, capsulis mag-
nis glabris.

Helianthemum ledifolium. DC. prodr. 1. p. 272. Spreny. syst. v. 2.
p. 589. n. 34. Pers. syn. 2. p. 7. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 26.

Cistus ledifolius. Linn. spec. 742. Smith Engl. hot. 2414. Comp.fi.
brit. ed. 4. p. 95.

Annual. Stem erect, simple, or scarcely branched,
smoothish, or sometimes clothed with short loose pu-
bescence, from 4 inches to a foot in height. Leaves op-
posite, with short footstalks, the upper ones alternate,
oblongly elliptic, bluntish, denticulate, old ones smooth-
ish, glossy; young ones clothed with a short tomentum,
and fascicles of short starry hairs, nerve underneath pin-
nately branched : upper side of a bright green, under-
neath paler, margins clothed with little fascicles of short
hairs, which are seated on minute tubercles, or small
teeth. Petioles clothed with little tufts of hairs. Sti-
pules large, leaf-like, lanceolately linear, taper-pointed,

HELIANTHEMUM ledifolium

Ledum-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. V. BRACHYPETALUM. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis
minutis, internis trinerviis acuminatis. Petala lutea, interdum basi
maculata, parva, saepe calyce breviora. Stamina pauca 10-20, ova-
rium cingentia. Stylus rectns et erectus apice incrassatus. Stigma
simplex. Ovarium triquetrum, angulis ssepe pilosis. Capsula trique-
tra, subnitida. Semina numerosa, minuta, pallida, angulosa. — Herbae
anniifE. Folia stipulata, petiolata, penninervia, subdenticulata, oppo-
sita, floralia alterna. Stipulas oblongo-lineares, superiores longiores.
Pedunculi uniflori, breves, solitarii, rarb axillares, s&pius oppositi-
folii vel oppositibractei, suberecti, horizontals vel retrofracti. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 271.

* Pedunculis suberectis foliis brevioribus, sepalis internis trinerviis.

H. ledifolium, caule herbaceo, ramis pubescentibus ereetis vel ad-
scendentibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis
subdenticulatis glabriusculis junioribus stellato-pubescentibus ; su-
perioribus alternis floribus oppositis, omnibus stipulatis, pedun-
culis ereetis et calycibus acuminatis pubescentibus, capsulis mag-
nis glabris.

Helianthemum ledifolium. DC. prodr. 1. p. 272. Spreny. syst. v. 2.
p. 589. n. 34. Pers. syn. 2. p. 7. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 26.

Cistus ledifolius. Linn. spec. 742. Smith Engl. hot. 2414. Comp.fi.
brit. ed. 4. p. 95.

4?.

HELIANTHEMUM ledifolium

Ledum-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. V. BRACHYPETALUM. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis
minutis, internis trinerviis acuminatis. Petala lutea, interdum basi
maculata, parva, saepe calyce breviora. Stamina pauca 10-20, ova-
rium cingentia. Stylus rectns et erectus apice incrassatus. Stigma
simplex. Ovarium triquetrum, angulis ssepe pilosis. Capsula trique-
tra, subnitida. Semina numerosa, minuta, pallida, angulosa. — Herbae
annuce. Folia stipulata, petiolata, penninervia, subdenticulata, oppo-
sita,floralia alterna. Stipulas oblongo-lineares, superiores longiores.
Pedunculi uniflori, breves, solitarii, rarb axillares, scepius oppositi-
folii vel oppositibractei, suberecti, horizontals vel retrofracti. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 271.

* Pedunculis suberectis foliis brevioribus, sepalis internis trinerviis.

H. ledifolium, caule herbaceo, ramis pubescent! bus erectis vel ad-
scendentibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis
subdenticulatis glabriusculis junioribus stellato-pubescentibus ; su-
perioribus alternis floribus oppositis, omnibus stipulatis, pedun-
culis erectis et calycibus acuminatis pubescentibus, capsulis mag-
nis giabris.

Helianthemum ledifolium. DC. prodr. 1. p. 272. Spreny. syst. v. 2.
p. 589. n. 34. Pers. syn. 2. p. 7. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 26.

Cistus ledifolius. Linn. spec. 742. Smith Engl. hot. 2414. Comp.fi.
brit. ed. 4. p. 95.

also clothed with little tufts of woolly hairs, and more
than double the length of the footstalks. Peduncles
erect, shorter than the calyx, thickly clothed with a dense
pubescence, and little tufts of short hairs intermixed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, clothed with a short tomentum : the
two outer sepals small, linear, taper-pointed, and keel-
ed: three inner ones ovate, taper-pointed, three-nerved,
remaining persistent, and spreading when in fruit. Pe-
tals 5, about the length of the calyx, oblongly ovate, dis-
tinctly spreading, of a pale sulphur colour, with a bright
orange-coloured spot near the base of each. Stamens
about 20 : filaments light yellow, smooth, unequal in
length. Germen triquetrous, the angles hairy. Style
erect, thickening upwards, about the length of the sta-
mens, terminated by a small slightly 3-lobed Stigma.
Capsule acutely 3-sided, glossy, the angles clothed with
short hairs. Seeds small, numerous, pointed at one end,
angular, pitted, of a dark brown colour.

The present curious species is an annual plant, and is
a native of England, as well as other different parts of
Europe; in this country it is but rarely met with, and
chiefly about Brent Down, in Somersetshire, where H.
polifoliun is also abundant; for seeds of which, we are
much obliged to Mr. Thomas Clark, jun. of Bridge-
water, who was so kind as to send us some.

Our drawing of the present species was taken from
plants raised in our garden from seeds given us by
H. B. Ker, Esq. ; it is readily distinguished from all
others with which we are acquainted, by its very large
glossy capsule : our plants were raised from seeds sown
early in Spring, those flowered the end of May and in
June, and soon ripened their seeds, some of which we
sowed again as soon as ripe, those flowered in Autumn
and through the Winter, until the frost destroyed them :
the seeds only require to be sown in the open ground,
and to be kept free from weeds.

JU> ty J fJtiJfry Mi,/

HELIANTHEMUM salicifolium.

Willow-leaved annual Sun-Rose.

Sect. V. BRACHYPETALUM. Supra fol. 41.
** Pedunculis horizontalibus foliis sen bracteis longioribu$,Jloribus
erectis ; sepalis internis trinerviis.

H. salicifolium, caule ramoso, ramis erectis vel adscendentibus sub-
hirsutis, foliis breviter petiolatis obovato-oblongis acutiusculis
denticulatis subtomentosis supn\ virescentibus, stipulis lineari-
oblongis superioribus folio dimidio brevioribus, pedunculis calyci-
busque hirsutis suboppositibracteis, bracteis ovatis acuminatis ses-
silibus iutegris. DC. prodr. 1. p. 273.

Helianthemum salicifolium. Pers. syn. 2. p. 78. Willd. emim. 1.
p. 571 . Link enum. 2. p. 75. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 589.

Cistus salicifolius. Linn. spec. 742. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 1200.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 310. Flor. grcec. t.

Annual, from a span to 9 inches in height, more or
less branched ; branches upright or ascending, more or
less hairy. Leaves on short petioles, obovately oblong,
bluntish or scarcely acute, clothed with a short down,
the margins fringed with fascicles of slender white
hairs, which are seated on little tubercles that gives the
appearance of small teeth, the upper side pale green;
underneath paler and strongly nerved : lower ones op-
posite, broadest, and bluntest ; the upper ones alter-
nate, narrower, and more acute. Petioles hairy. Sti-
pules linearly oblong or lanceolate, acute, the upper
ones broadest arid longest, also clothed with stellate
fascicles of hairs. Flowers small, yellow, in a sort of
terminal raceme. Pedicles generally opposite to a leaf
or bracte, horizontal or ascending, densely hairy, thick-
ening upwards. Bractes sessile, ovate, acuminate, also
thickly clothed with bunches of hairs seated on minute

tubercles. Calyx of 5 sepals, thickly clothed with long
slender white hairs ; the two outer ones small, lanceo-
late, acute ; 3 inner ones ovate, taper-pointed, strongly
3-nerved, concave. Petals 5, slightly imbricate at the
base, yellow. Stamens 12 to 18. Germen three-sided,
smooth, the angles hairy. Style short, erect, very slen-
der at the base, and much thickened upwards. Stigma
headed, fimbriate. Capsule 3-celled, many-seeded.

This pretty little annual plant is a native of Spain,
Italy, and other countries in the South of Europe. It
only requires to be sown in the open borders of the
Flower Garden, and to be kept free from weeds ; the
seeds should be sown in March, or the beginning of
April ; the plants will then flower abundantly, and
ripen plenty of seeds.

Our drawing was made at the Apothecaries' Com-
pany's Garden, at Chelsea, last Summer.

108

HELIANTHEMUM ellipticum.

Elliptic-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. VI. ERIOCARPUM. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis extus piloso-
sericeis seu tomentosiusculis intus nitidis, 2 externis minutis lineari-
bus, 3 internis ovatis 4-5-striatis. Petala calyce pau!6 longiora.
Stylus subrectus basi flexus. Ovarium pilosum seu villosum. Cap-
sula pilosa. Semina numerosa, rufescentia, minima. — Suffrutices;
rami teretes, juniores cinereo-pubescentes. Folia opposita alternaque,
subtus cano-cinerea obtusiuscula. Stipulae petiolo breviores linear -es.
Racemi secundi parvi oppositifolii, floribus confertis parvulis sessili-
bus seu majoribus breviter pedicellatis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 273.

H. ellipticum, caule suffruticoso ramoso erecto cinereo, foliis oppo-
sitis ellipticis leproso-tomentosis cinereo-candidis obtusis margine
revolutis, stipulis linearibus parvis, racemis paucifloris, floribus
sessilibus bracteis subalternis. DC. prodr. v. 1. p. 274.

Helianthemum ellipticum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 78. Spreng. syst. v. 2.
p. 589. Swt. hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 42. n. 39.

Cistus ellipticus. Desf.fi. atl. 1. p. 418. 1. 107. Smith fior. grac.
t. 502.

Stem suffrutescent, producing numerous branches
from the base, which at first spread out a little, but
afterwards become erect : branches thickly clothed with
canescent hairs. Leaves opposite, elliptic, obtuse, the
upper ones sometimes alternate, densely clothed with
white woolly hairs, margin slightly revolute, attenuated
a little towards the base, sessile, or on very short foot-
stalks. Stipules very small, linear, very hairy, spreading.
Racemes several-flowered, secund. Flowers sessile, or
the lower ones on very short footstalks, all facing one
way, pale yellow or straw-coloured. Peduncles densely
clothed with woolly hairs. Bractes generally alternate
with the flowers, deciduous. Pedicles very short, and
only on the lower flowers. Calyx of 5 sepals, large, in-

flated, very hairy : two outer sepals very small, spread-
ing, and clothed with spreading hairs: inner ones
broadly ovate, three to five-nerved, glossy, the nerves
pale red, hollow on the inside. Petals 5, imbricate,
rounded, pale yellow or straw-colour, spreading flat
when expanded. Stamens from 8 to 10, surrounding the
Style : Jilaments yellow: pollen orange-coloured. Ger-
men hairy. Style a little twisted at the base, then be-
coming erect. Stigma capitate, papillose.

This pretty little species is a native of Barbary,
Egypt, and the Levant, and is therefore rather tender,
requiring to be kept in frames, or in the Greenhouse,
in severe frosty weather ; or if planted in rock- work, a
common garden-pot placed close over it, with the hole
at the bottom close stopped, will protect it very well ;
we find this method succeed with many plants that are
tender, such as the herbaceous plants from Mexico,
Chili, Peru, The Cape of Good Hope, New South
Wales, the Levant, and the Canary Islands ; and nu-
merous rather tender plants that would otherwise be
killed, are preserved in good health, by that means ;
the best soil for the present species is a mixture of light
sandy loam and peat; and some plants of it should be
grown in pots, and preserved in frames or in the Green-
house, in Winter, or in the window of a light room ;
young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Summer,
in a shady situation, will root freely ; it also produces
an abundance of seeds, by which young plants may be
readily raised.

Our drawing was made from a plant in the Garden
belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea,
where it was raised from seeds by Mr. W. Anderson.

HELIANTHEMUM Fumana,

Heath-like Sun-Rose.

Sect. VII. FUMANA. Calyx ante anthesin apice tortus 5-sepalus,
sepalis externis angustis parvulis, internis 3 ovato-acuminatus
4-5-venosis margine scariosis. Petala lutea parva calyce subduplo
longiora. Stamina pauca. Stylus rectus staminibus sublongior,
per anthesin obliquus, post anthesin suberectus. Stigma capita-
turn, fimbriatum, sub 3-lobum. Capsula 3-valvis, aperta patula ;
semina nigrescentia vel rufescentia angulosa pauca. — Caules suffru-
ticosi. Folia linearia sessilia aut subsessilia, angusta. Pedicelli
uniflori, ante anthesin cernui, per anthesin erecti, post anthesin re-
flexi.

* Foliis alternis exstipulatis.

H. Fumana, caule suffruticoso ramoso tortuoso subdifluso erecti-
usculo ; ramis inferioribus procumbentibus, foliis alternis linear-
ibus margine pilosis scabriusculis subinvolutis : iuferioribus bre-
vibus confertis; superioribus sparsis longioribus, pedunculis
solitariis unifloris rar6 ramealibus saepius suboppositifoliis termi-
nalibusve folio longioribus, capsulis apertis nudis. DC.prodr.I.
p. 274.

Helianthemuni Fumana. Mill. diet. n. 6. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 35.

Cistus Fumana. Linn. spec. 740. Desf.fl. atl 1. p. 414. t. 105.

Stem suffruticose, much branched, more or less twist-
ed, spreading or nearly erect : lower branches procum-
bent, or horizontally spreading : upper ones erect or
ascending, thickly clothed with short downy hairs.
Leaves alternate, linear, fleshy, bluntish, the margins
roughish, thinly hairy, slightly curved inwards : lower
ones very short and crowded ; upper ones much longer
and more scattered. Stipules and Bractes none. Pe-
duncle solitary, 1 -flowered, either terminal, or opposite
to a leaf by the side of the branch, longer than the leaf,
densely clothed with short woolly hairs, and a few
longer ones intermixed, erect before flowering and
when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,

thickly clothed with short hairs, and some longer ones
intermixed, twisted at the point before expansion;
2 outer sepals oblong, obtuse, scarcely half the length
of the inner ones ; inner ones ovate, concave, tapering
at the point, strongly 4-nerved, the margins scariose
and membranaceous. Petals 5, roundly ovate, slightly
imbricate at the base, the points distinct and spread-
ing, of a bright yellow colour. Stamens about 16
bearing anthers, besides several sterile ones : filaments
smooth, pale yellow, the sterile ones rather shortest
and spreading : pollen bright yellow. Germen smooth
and glossy. Style a little bent at the base, thickening
upwards, about the length of the stamens. Stigma
capitate, slightly 3-lobed, fimbriate.

This curious little plant is a native of the South of
Europe, and is a very proper subject for the ornament-
ing of rock- work, but it should be planted on the south
side, as it is rather tender, and if the Winter prove
severe, it will need a little covering ; it also makes a
pretty appearance when grown in small pots, and it
can then be protected in a frame in severe weather, but
it must be exposed to the air as much as possible in
fine weather, as it is very apt to get damp and mouldy
if shut up too close. It succeeds well in an equal
mixture of sandy loam and peat, and is readily raised
from seeds, which ripen in abundance.

The present plant is often confused with H. procum-
bens, but is readily distinguished when both are grow-
ing together ; plants of that species were shown us by
Mr. Anderson, of the Chelsea Botanic Garden, but
they did not flower last Summer. Our drawing was
taken at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in July last.

iff

HELIANTHEMUM procumbens.

Procumbent Sun-Rose.

Sect. VII. FUMANA. Suprafol. 16* — * Foliis altcrnis exstipulatis.

II. procumbens, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso, ramis elon-
gatis junioribus canescentibus, foliis alternis linearibus sublaxis
margine ct subtus pilosis : pilis strigosis, pedunculis subaxiliari-
bus folio brevioribus, capsulis apertis semina gerentibus. Dunal
ined. in DC. prodr. 1. p. 275.

Helianthemuin procumbens. Spreng. syst> 2. p. 51)0. Swt. hort. brit.
p. 35. — Barrel, ic. t. 445.

Cistus hnmilis sive chamsecistus erica3 folio humilior. Magn. lot.
p. 69.

Stem suffruticose, procumbent, clothed with a brown
glossy bark, much branched ; branches elongated, pro-
cumbent, canescent when young, and thickly clothed
with short white down. Leaves alternate, linear, loosely
spreading, rather succulent, scarcely acute, the points
slightly curved inwards, margins and underside clothed
with short strigose hairs. Stipules and Bractes none.
Peduncle short, axillary, solitary, purplish, slightly
pubescent, erect when in bud, and when the flower is
expanded, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,
twisted at the point before expansion, 2 outer ones
narrow, linear, acute, more than half the length of the
inner ones, which are ovate, concave, taper-pointed,
3 or 4-nerved, the nerves purplish, tubercled, and
clothed with very short hairs. Petals 5, broadly obo-
vate, imbricate, of a bright yellow. Stamens about 20
bearing anthers, besides a few sterile ones : filaments
smooth, pale yellow. Germen glossy, slightly pubes-
cent. Style smooth, a little bent at the base, thickening
upwards. Stigma capitate, fimbriate, slightly 3-lobed.

This pretty little plant is nearly related to H. Fu-
tnana, but is readily distinguished by its more procum-
bent habit, more loosely spreading leaves, and parti-
cularly by its seeds, which remain several days in the
capsule after it is burst, whereas in H. Fumana they
spring out immediately as soon as the capsules open,
so that it is very difficult to procure them, except by
gathering them before they are quite ripe.

Our drawing was made from a plant in the fine col-
lection belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, at
Chelsea, where it was raised from seed by Mr. W. An-
derson ; it is a native of the South of France, Italy,
and Tauria, according to M. Decandolle ; and we find
it much hardier than H. Fumana, thriving well in a
light sandy boil, or a mixture of light turfy loam, peat,
and sand, will suit it very well. It makes a pretty
plant mixed with others, for adorning rock- work, but
will require a little covering in severe frosty weather;
or it may be grown in small pots, and can then be pro-
tected in frames or in the Greenhouse, in Winter.
Seeds of it ripen plentifully, by which it might be
readily increased ; or cuttings, planted under hand-
glasses, will soon strike root.

HELIANTHEMUM arabicum

Arabian Sun- Rose.

Sect. VII. FUMANA. Supra fol. 16.

-!,... -.-. -. . _ , 1 i- ! * «^

H. arabicum, caule suffruticoso hirsute adscendente, ramis virgatis,
foliis alternis lineari-oblongis hirsutis subsessilibus, pedunculis so-
litariis unifloris suboppositifoliis ramealibus terminalibusve, caly-
cibus hirsutis. DC. prodr. ] . p. 275.

Helianthemum arabicum. Pers. synops. 2. p. 80. n. 80. Sprenq. syst.

•/Mr Mr Mr *7 y

2. p. 591. n. 61.
Cistus arabicus. Linn. spec. 745. Willd. spec. pi. 2. p. 1211. n. 79.

FaM. sym6. 2. p. 62. £. 35. Sibthorp Flor. grcec. t. 503.
Cistus ferrugineus. Lamarck diet. 2. />. 25.

Suffrutescent, very much branched : branches slender,
hairy, ascending, growing in a close compact tuft.
Leaves alternate, linearly oblong, taper-pointed, attenu-
ated to the base, nearly sessile, hairy. Petioles very short,
or scarcely any. Stipules ovate, taper-pointed, hairy, and
fringed. Peduncles solitary, opposite to a leaf, or termi-
nating the branches, twice the length of the calyx, slen-
der, and clothed with short hairs. Flowers saffron-co-
loured, more or less tinged with purple at the back and
margins. Calyx of 5 sepals, thickly clothed with short
hairs; the two outer ones smallest, lanceolate, broad-
est towards the base, taper-pointed, spreading, or the
points sometimes reflexed : inner ones ovate, acute, con-
cave inwards, 2 or 3-nerved. Petals^, broadly obovate,
terminating in a sort of point, very much imbricate at
the margins. Stamens numerous : filaments smooth, yel-
low, unequal in length. Germen pubescent. Style smooth,
longer than the stamens. Stigma small, capitate, papil-

2 c

lose. Capsule large, pubescent, three-celled, and many
seeded.

The present handsome and very distinct species is a
native of Barbary, Arabia, Greece, and the South of
Europe, and is therefore rather tender, requiring the
protection of a frame or Greenhouse in Winter ; or if
grown by the side of a wall, or in rock-work, it will
need some sort of covering in severe frosty weather ;
but it is much better to preserve some plants of it in
pots in the Greenhouse or frames through the Winter,
keeping them in an airy situation, and exposing them
as much as possible in mild weather, that they may not
be drawn up weak ; they can then be turned out in the
Spring, and be planted in rock- work, or in a warm bor-
der, where they will produce their lively flowers in suc-
cession for a considerable time; young cuttings, plant-
ed under hand-glasses in Spring or Summer, will strike
root readily.

24.

HELIANTHEMUM Isevipes.

Cluster-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. VII. FUMANA. Supra, fol. 16.
** Foliis aUernis stipulatis.

H. l&vipes, caule fruticoso ramosissimo adscendente; ramis graci-
libus patentibus, foliis stipulatis setaceis glaueis subglabris, gem-
mis foliaceis axillaribus, stipulis filiformibus longis, pedunculis
longis racemosis secundis, pedicellis glabris basi bracteatis, caly-
cibus hirsutis, petalis obovatis distinctis.

Helianthemum laevipes. DC. prodr. 1. p. 275. Willd. enum. 570.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 76. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 37. Spreng. syst. veg. 2.
p. 591.

Cistus Isevipes. Linn, sp.pl. 739. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 1190. Jacq.
hort. vind. 2. p. 74. t. 158. Botan. magaz. 1782. — Ger. gallo-
prov. p. 394. w. 6. /. 14.

Stem shrubby, very much branched, ascending :
branches very slender, rigid and easily broken. Leaves
alternate, stipulate, bristle-shaped, nearly cylindrical,
obtuse, with a short sharp point, succulent, of a very
blue glaucous colour. Stipules subulate, acute, not half
the length of the leaves : in the axil of each large leaf is a
tuft of smaller ones, which belongs to a young shoot, but
many of which never come to perfection. Peduncles ter-
minal, racemose, often panicled, villosely hairy, at first
nodding, but as the flowers expand, considerably
lengthened and becoming straight. Bractes at the base
of the pedicles, and alternating with them, obtuse,
broadish at the base, the lowermost largest and gradually
decreasing upwards. Pedicles quite smooth, purplish,
all leaning to one side, nodding before the flowers ex-
pand, erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx
of 5 sepals, a little twisted before opening ; 2 outer ones
roundly oblong, blunt, hairy, and fringed : inner ones
ovate, scarcely acute, concave, strongly 4-nerved, with
scariose membranaceous margins, very hairy. Corolla

of 5 petals, distinct or scarcely imbricate, roundly obo-
vate or obcordate, slightly concave, more or less cre-
nulate, of a bright pale yellow. Stamens numerous,
about the length of the style, scarcely half of them bear-
ing anthers : filaments slender, pale yellow, more or
less twisted, about 20 bearing anthers, sterile ones sur-
rounding the fertile ones, slender and more twisted,
having the appearance of fringe : pollen pale yellow.
Germen smooth. Style a little bent at the base, scarcely
thickening upwards. Stigma small, capitate, slightly
3-lobed, fimbriate.

This elegant little plant is a native of the South of
Europe, and requires the protection of a Greenhouse in
Winter ; but the more airy the situation is, in which it is
grown, the better it will thrive, as it is liable to damp
and lose its leaves if grown in too close a situation, or
crowded amongst other plants ; its flowers are produced
from June to August, according to the situation in which
it is kept ; they are of short duration, as the stamens so
soon come in contact with the stigma, which fertilizes
the capsule, and the petals are thrown off immediately ;
but this may be prevented in part, by taking off the an-
thers before they burst, the petals then remain on much
longer ; the same rule is applicable to all other flowers,
many of which may be preserved for days or even weeks
longer, by divesting them of their anthers, and keeping
them in a close house where no insects can bring pollen
to them; we have known this circumstance for years,
but we do not know that it has ever been published ; we
first observed it when we were attaching the pollen of
the different species of Pelargonium to the stigmas, the
petals were almost immediately thrown off, whereas
others of the same sorts remained in flower many days,
in a house that was kept shut up from the insects, and
where the pollen was not applied to the stigmas.

The present little plant succeeds well in a mixture
of sandy loam and peat, and is readily increased by
seeds, which should be sown early in Spring ; or by
cuttings, which strike root freely under hand-glasses.
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, last Summer.

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102

HELIANTHEMUM thymifolinm.

Thyme-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. II. FUMANA. Supra fol. 16.
*** Foliis oppositis alternisque stipulatis.

H. thymifolium, caule suffruticoso procumbente, ramis pubescenti-
bus, foliis sublinearibus brevissimis pubescentibus oppositis summis
alternis, stipulis mucronatis erectis, pedunculis villoso-glutinosis
paucifloris. DC. prodr. 2. p. 276.

Helianthemum thymifolium. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. Spreng. syst. 2.
p. 591.

Cistus thymifolius. Linn. spec. 743. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 1206. Hort.
Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 312. Ffor. #nec. *. 500. — Barrel, ic. t. 444.

A pretty little dwarf suffrutescent plant. Stems nu-
merous, procumbent, the points ascending, densely pu-
bescent, or clothed with short hairs. Leaves crowded,
opposite, linearly oblong, scarcely acute, very short,
thickly clothed with a roughish pubescence ; the young
shoots produced in the axils of the leaves give the ap-
pearance of the leaves being tufted : upper leaves some-
times alternate. Stipules short, erect, mucronate. Ra-
cemes terminal, few-flowered, nodding before the flowers
expansion, becoming erect as they expand. Peduncles
and pedicles villosely hairy, somewhat glutinous. Brae-
tes short, very hairy. Pedicles drooping before the flow-
ers expansion, erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, clothed with a short clammy pubes-
cence; the 2 outer ones very small and narrow, spread-
ing or somewhat reflexed, inner ones broadly ovate,
concave, short and inflated, acute. Petals 5, bright
yellow, obovate, somewhat crumpled, imbricate over

2 D2

each other near the base. Stamens from 20 to 30 : jila-
ments pale yellow. Germen smooth, 3-sided. Style
straight, smooth, a little longer than the stamens. Stig-
ma capitate, slightly 3-lobed, fimbriate.

This neat little species is a native of the South of
Europe and the Levant ; it is an old inhabitant of our
gardens, in which it is sometimes in great abundance ;
but is again frequently lost, as it is very apt to rot off
in Winter with too much moisture, as well as from se-
vere frost ; it is therefore best to keep some plants of it
in pots, to be preserved in frames or in the Greenhouse
in frosty or very wet weather, exposing it as much as
possible when the weather is dry and mild ; although
its flowers are not so showy as some other species, its
very distinct habit and character make it well worth
the notice of cultivators, particularly as it belongs to a
tribe of the genus that produces but few species : the
best soil to grow it in is a sandy peat, mixed with a
little loam, and the pots to be well drained with pot-
sherds, that the wet may pass off freely : young cut-
tings, planted under hand-glasses, in a light sandy soil,
in Spring or Autumn, will soon strike root; it may
also be raised from seeds, which are ripened in abun-
dance ; plants of it make a pretty appearance in Sum-
mer when planted out in rock-work, but they will sel-
dom survive the Winter in such situations, without be-
ing well attended to, and covered up in severe weather,
and to be exposed as much as possible when the weather
is mild.

HELIANTHEMUM glutinosum

Clammy Sun-Rose.

Sect. VII. FUMANA. Supra fol. 16.
*** Foliis oppositis alternisque stipulatis.

'
H. glutinosum, caule suffruticoso adscendente, ramis villoso-gluti-

nosis subcinereis, foliis sublinearibus margine revolutis villoso-

glutinosis subcinereis oppositis; summis alter nis, stipulis inferio-

ribus minutis : ceteris longis laxiusculis, pedunculis calycibusque

villoso-glutinosis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 276.
Helianthemum glutinosum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. Willd. enum. supp.

p. 39. Link enum. h. ber. 2. p. 76. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 591. Swt.

hort. brit. p. 35.
Cistus glutinosus. Linn. sp. pi. 2. p. 1206. Mant. 246. Willden. sp.

pi. 2. p. 1206. Cavan. ic. 2. p. 36. 1. 145. /. 2. U0r*. .fiTeto. edif. 2.

jSfew suffruticose, slender, erect or ascending, clothed
with a brown bark that scales off, much branched :
branches slender, erect or ascending, thickly clothed
with short villous hairs, that are more or less viscous,
giving a grey or hoary appearance. Leaves opposite on
the lower part of the stem, the upper ones alternate,
linear or sometimes lanceolately linear, revolute at the
margins, thickly clothed with short viscous hairs, of a
dark green colour, but they appear rather hoary from
the hairs with which they are covered, upper ones shor-
ter and blunter. Petioles very short. Stipules on the
lower leaves small, subulate, fleshy, pubescent : on the
upper ones longer and larger, spreading, and bluntish,
villous. Flowers axillary, solitary, terminating the bran-
ches in a sort of raceme, that is at first a little nodding,
but as the flowers expand, it becomes upright. Pedicles
villosely viscous. Calyx of 5 sepals, clothed with short

viscous hairs ; the two outer ones very small, oblong,
bluntish: inner ones ovate, concave, strongly veined,
scarcely acute. Petals 5, small, a little longer than the
calyx, obovate, distinctly spreading, pale yellow, some-
times with an orange or golden crescent shaped spot a
little above the base . Stamens several : filaments smooth ,
pale yellow. Germen glossy, 3-sided. Style straight,
smooth. Stigma capitate, fimbriate, slightly 3-lobed.

The present very distinct species is a native of Spain,
and the South of France, and requires a little protection
in Winter, either to be placed in a frame or the Green-
house in frosty weather ; its flowers are very fugacious,
as the petals stay on but a few hours in the morning,
and are always fallen before the middle of the day, but
the flowers are produced in succession nearly all the
Summer and till late in Autumn ; it also ripens abund-
ance of seeds ; the best soil to grow it in is an equal por-
tion of sandy loam and peat ; and if grown in rock- work,
it will require a little covering in Winter. Cuttings of
it, planted in pots, or under hand-glasses, in July or
August, will soon strike root.

Our drawing was made from a plant sent us by
A. B. Lambert, Esq. from his choice collection at
Boyton House, Wilts, where it was raised from seed
received from Spain.

HELIANTHEMUM oelandicum.

Pale green-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. VIII. PSEUDOCISTUS. Supra foL 2.

H. celandicum, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso, foliis lanceo-
lato-ellipticis obtusiusculis utrinque viridibus saepe glabris interddm
ciliatis petiolatis ; summis sessilibus, racemis simplicibus paucifloris,
calycibus subgloboso-ovatis. DC.prodr. 1. p. 276.

Helianthemum oelandicum. DC. flor.fr. 4. p.Qll. Swt.hvrt.brit.p.tt.
*.45.

Cistus oelandicus. Linn.sp. 741.

Chamaecistus 2. Clus. hist. p. 73. ic.

Stem suffrutescent, branching, procumbent, or laying
flat on the ground, the young branches hairy. Leaves
pale green on both sides, lanceolately elliptic, bluntish,
others lanceolate and acute, hairy when young, but
becoming smooth by age, the margins fringed ; lower
ones petiolate, the upper ones near the flowers sessile.
Petioles slender, hairy. Stipules none. Racemes termi-
nal, simple, few-flowered. Bractes small, sessile, hairy
and fringed, acute. Pedicles slender, very hairy, tinged
with purple. Calyx of a roundish oval, consisting of
5 sepals, hairy: 2 outer sepals very small, spreading:
inner ones ovate, concave inwards, scarcely acute.
Petals 5, pale yellow, distinct, spreading, about the
length of, or scarcely longer than the sepals, obovate,
rounded at the points. Stamens numerous, unequal in
length, spreading: Jilaments yellow : pollen orange-co-
loured. Germen hairy. Style short, twisted at the base.
Stigma capitate, slightly 3-lobed, papillose.

Our drawing of this pretty little species was made
from a plant in the Apothecaries' Company's Garden

at Chelsea, several plants of it having been raised by
Mr. W. Anderson, from seeds that he received from
Germany ; it is nearly related to H. alpestre, but is suf-
ficiently distinguished by its weaker growth, much
narrower leaves, and smaller flowers, the petals of
which are distinct, and not imbricate as in H. alpestre.
It is a very pretty plant for the ornamenting of rock-
work, taking up but little room, so that it requires to
be planted in a conspicuous situation; it also does
very well, and makes a pretty appearance, when culti-
vated in small pots, requiring a light sandy soil ;
young cuttings of it, planted under hand-glasses, strike
root readily ; it may also be increased by seeds, which
should be sown the beginning of April, and as soon as
up, be pricked off in small pots, and as they increase
in size to be shifted into larger ones, they will then
make fine plants the first season.

HELIANTHEMUM pulchellum.

Neat Sun-Rose.

Sect. VIII. PSEUDOCISTUS. Supra fol. 2.

H. pulchellum, caule suffruticoso procumbent© ramoso : rain is to-
mentoso-incanis, foliis rotundatis ovatisve obtusis supra viridibus
piloso-hispidis scabris : subtus tomentoso-incanis margine parum,
revolutis, racemis simplicibus, calycibus pilosis canescentibus,
petalis imbricatis.

Helianthemum alpestre. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 590. nee aliorum^

A small trailing suffruticose plant ; branches short,
spreading in all directions, the points ascending*, tinged
with purple, the upper part clothed with a short white
thin tomentum, which wears off as they become older.
Leaves nearly round, or the upper ones ovate, the mar-
gins slightly revolute ; lower ones very small, green,
and dotted with little rough dots on the upper side,
and covered with stiffish white hairs, underneath
clothed with a dense white tomentum. Petioles short
and flat, fringed with long hairs. Racemes terminal,
simple, several-flowered, nodding before the flowers ex-
pansion, afterwards erect. Bractes lanceolate, acute,
broad at the base, very hairy. Pedicles slender, clothed
with a short white thin tomentum, and a few longer
hairs intermixed, nodding before the flowers expand,
and erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx
of 5 sepals, clothed with long bristly hairs, which give
it a white appearance ; 2 outer sepals very small, lance-
olate, bluntish ; inner ones ovate, obtuse, concave,
strongly nerved. Petals 5, broadly obcordate, imbri-
cate, slightly crenulate, of a bright pale yellow. Stamens
from 40 to 50, the filaments and anthers yellow. Ova-

rium pubescent. Style short, twisted. Stigma very
large, capitate, fimbriate.

From Sprengel's description, we believe the present
to be the plant he intends for H. alpestre, but certainly
not the one described by Decandolle, which we have
already published, and the leaves of which are green on
both sides ; the present is a stiffer shorter plant, with
much stiffer and rounder leaves, which are of a snowy
whiteness on the lower side. It is certainly a very
pretty plant when covered with its numerous flowers,
and is a very proper subject for adorning rock-work,
or for growing in a small pot ; it is quite hardy, as we
see several nice plants of it thriving well in Mr. Col-
vill's Nursery at Roehampton, that had stood two years
in the open border without any protection. It succeeds
well in a light sandy soil, or an equal mixture of light
sandy loam and peat will suit it very well ; young cut-
tings, planted under hand-glasses, in Autumn, strike
root readily.

Our drawing was made last Summer, from a plant
in the collection of Mr. Colvill, at his Nursery in the
King's-road, Chelsea.

HELIANTHEMUM alpestre.

Alpine Sun- Rose.

HELIANTHEMUM. Calyx 3-sepalus, sepalis sequalibus, vel
5-sepalus, sepalis duplici serie dispositis, 2 externis saepfc minoribus,
raro majoribus. Petala 5 saep& apice irregulariter denticulata.
Stigma capitatum. Stylus mine subnullus, nunc rectus, nunc
obliquus, nunc basi flexus. Ovarium triquetrum. Capsula 3-valvis,
valvis raedio septi aut seminiferis. Semina angulata, glabra.
Albumen farinosum. Embryo uncinato-inflexus (in Hel. vulgare
Gsertn. 1. p. 371. t. 76. f. 11.) — Herbae, suffrutices, frutices. Folia
opposita alternaque, exstipulata vel stipulata, trinervia velpenninervia.
Pedicelli scepissime basi bracteati, interdum oppositibractei seu
oppositifolii, nunc solitarii, nunc umbellatit nunc racemosi, racemis
secundis, nunc corymbosi, nunc paniculati.
Genus divisum in series tres nempe.

la. Stylo recto erecto subnullo aut staminibus breviore, stigmate
capitato.— Sect. 1-3. HALIMIUM. LECHEOIDES. TUBERARIA.

2a. Stylo recto erecto staminibus aequali aut longiora. Sect. 4-5.
MACULARIA. BRACHYPETALUM.

3». Stylo basi inflexo. Sect. 6-9. ERIOCARPUM. FUMANA.
PSEUDOCISTUS. EUHELIANTHEMUM. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266-267.
Sect. VIII. PSEUDOCISTUS. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis externis
angustis minntis, internis 4-veniis. Petala lutea, parva, calyce vix
dup!6 longiora. Stylus basi contortus retroflexus apice inflexus,
staminibus saep£ brevior, rard longior. Stigma capitatum, trilobum.
Capsu/ce parvae. Semina pauca, subrufescentia. — Herbae perennes
aut suffrutices. Folia petiolata, pcnninervia, opposita, exstipulata,
raw stipulata in summitate ramorum. Flores secundi, racemosi seu
paniculati. Pedicelli basi bracteati, bracteis sessilibus lineari-lan-
ceolatis, ante anthesin recurvi, per anthesin erecti, post a.nthesin
reflexi. DC. p. 276.

H. alpestre, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso : ramis piloso-
hirsutis, foliis utrinqu^ subviridibus oblongo-ellipticis subglabris
vel fasciculatim piloso birsutis petiolatis : summis subsessilibus,
pedicellis calycibusque piloso-hirsutis : pilis albido-cinereis, pe-
talis imbricatis calyce duplo longioribus, staminibus 30-40 pateq-
tibus.

Helianthemum alpestre. DC. prodr. 1. p. 276.

Cistus alpestris. Crantz. aust. p. 103. t. 6. /. 1. Wahlemb. helv.
p. 103. Lodd. bot. cab. 131.

Cistus oelandicus. Jacq. aust. t. 399.

Stem shrubby, procumbent, branching in all direc-
tions : branches thickly clothed with white spreading
unequal hairs. Leaves green on both sides, oblong-
elliptic, with a strong nerve underneath, and furrowed
above, more or less hairy on both sides : lower ones
petiolate ; upper ones sessile, or nearly so, shorter and
rounder. Petioles flat, fringed. Stipules none. Flowers
terminal, in short secund racemes, of a bright yellow.
jBractes at the base of the pedicles, oblong, or lanceo-
late, bluntish, densely hairy. Pedicles slender, thickly
clothed with white unequal hairs ; before flowering, re-
curved, when in flower, erect, after flowering, reflexed.
Calyx of 5 unequal sepals, very hairy : 2 outer ones
very small, lanceolate, scarcely more than half the
length of the others ; inner ones oblongly lanceolate,
concave, bluntish. Petals 5, about double the length
of the calyx ; flat, imbricate nearly all their length,
round or slightly emarginate, scarcely crenulate.
Stamens 30 to 40, unequal in length, spreading.
Germen hairy. Style short, twisted at the base.
Stigma capitate, 3-lobed, bristly.

An elegant little species, well adapted for the orna-
menting of rock-work, or for growing at the front of
flower borders, where its lively blossoms, which con-
tinue in succession for a considerable time, make a
handsome appearance. It is a native of various parts
of Europe, growing in rocky mountainous situations ;
we have compared our plant with a fine specimen in
Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, with which it agrees so
exact, that the drawing might be supposed to have
been made from the very specimen. It succeeds well
in small pots, planted in a mixture of light sandy loam
and peat; and cuttings strike root readily, taken off in
the young wood as soon as ripened, and planted
under hand-glasses, where they will soon strike root;
it may also be raised from seeds, which sometimes
ripen.

Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, last summer.

HELIANTHEMUM vineale.

Slender-trailing Sun- Rose.

Sect. VIII. PSEUDOCISTUS. Supra fol. 2.

H. vineafe, caule suffruticoso procumbente ; ramis adscendentibus
piloso-tomentosis canescentibus, foliis ovato-oblongis suprii viri-
dibus piloso-strigosis; subtus tomentoso-incanis, racemis simpli-
cibus paucifloris calycibusque piloso-tomentosis canescentibus,
petalis distinctis patentibus.

Helianthemum vineale. Pers. syn. 2. p. 77. DC. prodr. 1 . p. 277.
Spreny. syst. 2. p. 590. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35.

Cistus vinealis. Willden. sp. pi 2. p. 1195.

A trailing suffrutescent plant, very much branched :
branches ascending, long and slender, clothed with a
hoary tomentum, and some long hairs intermixed.
Leaves opposite, ovate or oblong, bluntish, the lower
ones broadest and roundest, the upper side green, but
covered with white rigid hairs, underneath clothed
with a dense white tomentum, other leaves on the same
plant are green on both sides ; after flowering, a great
part of them become quite white ; pennately nerved.
Petioles flat, fringed, not so long as the leaves. Ra-
cemes terminal, few-flowered, nodding before the ex-
pansion of the flowers, afterwards erect. Bractes lan-
ceolate, acute, very hairy and fringed, the points re-
flexed. Pedicles slender, very hairy and canescent,
nodding before expansion, erect when in flower, and
continuing so when in fruit. Calyx of 5 sepals, his-
pidly hairy, canescent, 2 outer sepals small, linear,
fringed, 3 inner ones broadly ovate, concave, with red
margins. Petals 5, distinct, spreading, longer than the
sepals, yellow, narrow at the base and broad at the

points. Stamens about 40, spreading. Ovarium trian-
gular, with thick margins, pubescent. Style twisted
round. Stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, with two or
three seeds in each cell.

A pretty trailing dwarf suffrutescent plant, the bran-
ches very slender, and extending to a good distance
round, so that it is very desirable for ornamenting
rock-work, as it is covered with flowers a great part of
the Summer; after flowering, a great part of its leaves
become quite white and silvery on both sides ; and we
are not acquainted with any species that varies so much
in the colour of its leaves at various seasons. Accord-
ing to Decandolle, it is a native of Germany, Switzer-
land, France, and Spain, so that it is quite hardy, or
only wants the least protection in severe frost, thriving
well in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat, or any
other light sandy soil, succeeding best in rock- work,
or to be grown in small pots ; for if planted in the open
ground, it will be liable to suffer with too much mois-
ture in Winter. Cuttings root readily, planted under
hand-glasses, or it may be raised from seeds, which
ripen plentifully.

Our drawing was made from plants, in the Garden
belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea,
where they were raised by Mr. Anderson from seeds
received from Germany.

HELIANTHEMUM canum.

Hoary Sun-Rose.

Sect. VIII. PSEUDOCISTUS. Supra fol.2.

H. canum, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso, ranris adscen-
dentibus piloso-tomentosis incanis, foliis obovatis ovatis ovato-ob-
longis vel ellipticis pilosis supra virescentibus subtus subtomen-
toso-canis, racemis simplicibusdichotomisve, pedicellis calycibus-
que piloso-canescentibus, petalis distinctis patentibus.

Helianthemum canum. Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 277. Spreng. syst. 2.
p. 590. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35.

Cistus canus. Linn. spec. 740. Jacq. aust. t. 277.

Chamsecistus 3. Clus. hist. p. 74. ic.

A pretty little trailing suffruticose plant : branches
numerous, spreading round in ail directions, short and
slender, tinged with red, clothed with a short downy ca-
nescence, and some longish hairs intermixed. Leaves
variable, obovate, ovate, oblongly ovate, elliptic or some-
times lanceolate, blunt, or the upper ones rather acute,
clothed with bristle-like hairs on both sides, green on
the upper side, but having a whitish appearance, from
the hairs with which the leaves are covered, underneath
clothed with a dense hoary tomentum, large ones three-
nerved from the base, or pennately veined. Petioles flat,
fringed, shorter than the leaves. Racemes terminal, sim-
ple or sometimes forked, several flowered, nodding be-
fore the flowers expansion. Bractes lanceolate, acute,
fringed. Pedicles slender, hairy, nodding before the ex-
pansion of the flowers, erect when in bloom, afterwards
reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, densely clothed with white
hairs ; 2 outer sepals small, blunt; 3 inner ones roundly
oval, short, concave, strongly nerved, about half the
length of the petals, densely clothed with spreading
white hairs. Petals 5, distinctly spreading, of a light
'

yellow, obovate, narrow at the base, entire or slightly
notched. Stamens from 40 to 50, spreading. Ovarium
triangular, with thick margins, hairy.

This neat little plant is quite hardy, and is a proper
subject for the ornamenting of rock- work ; it also thrives
and flowers well in a small pot, planted in a mixture of
sandy loam and peat. It is nearly related to H. alpestre,
already published, but nearer to H. vineale, and is some-
times mistaken for H. marifolium, but is very distinct
from that species, which we only know by Barrelier's
figure, and fine specimens preserved in Mr. Lambert's
Herbarium ; and we do not believe that living plants of
it are at present in this country, the present and some
other species being generally mistaken for it. Cuttings
root freely, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn ; it
may also be raised from seeds, which ripen plentifully.

Our drawing was taken from plants at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, last Summer.

HELIANTHEMUM croceum.

Saffron-coloured Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.—*Pctalis luteis.

H. croceum, caule fruticoso subprocumbente ramoso : ramis simpli-
cibus erectiusculis tomentoso-canescentibus, foliis tomentosiuscu-
lis subtus canescentibus suprk glaucis margine revolutis : inferi-
oribus suborbiculatis ; mediis ellipticis o bin sis ; superior! bus lance-
olatis acutiusculis, stipulis bracteisque erectis lineari-oblongis vil-
losis apice setosis subvirescentibus, calycibus glauco-flavescenti-
bus minute pubescentibus, petalis valde imbricatis.

Helianthemum croceum. DC. prodr. I. p. 279. Pcrs. syn. 2. pt 79.
Swt. hort. sub. lond. p. 124. Hort. brit. 35. n. 56.

Cistus croceus. Desf.fi. ail. 1. p. 422. t . 110.

Stems shrubby, procumbent, or sometimes nearly up-
right, very rough and rugged : branches numerous, sim-
ple or rarely branched, erect or nearly so, when culti-
vated in a pot or in poor gravelly soil ; but in richer
soil the branches are very long, procumbent, their points
ascending, and spreading round to a great distance in
all directions, densely clothed with a white woolly pu-
bescence. Leaves of a silky appearance, densely clothed
with a white starry pubescence, of a greyish white un-
derneath and of a glaucous colour on the upper side,
margins slightly revolute ; the small lower leaves nearly
orbicular or rounded, the middle ones elliptic or ob-
long, obtuse ; upper ones nearly lanceolate and more
acute. Petioles short, stellately pubescent, the pubes-
cence close-pressed. Stipules linear, linearly-oblong qr
lanceolate, of a greenish colour, clothed with spreading
villous hairs, the margins more or less fringed, and the
points tipped with bristly hairs, lower ones very small,
upper ones elongated. Racemes terminal, 3 to 7-flower-
ed, curved inwards before flowering, afterwards becom-
ing erect. Bractes linearly oblong, nearly as long as the

pedicles, villous, of a green colour. Pedicles densely ca-
nescent, nodding before flowering, erect when in flower,
and reflexed after flowering. Calyx of a yellow, glaucous
colour, minutely pubescent. Sepals 5, the 2 outer ones
very small, oblong, blunt, of a greener colour : inner ones
ovate, concave, obtuse, membranaceous, strongly 4-ner-
ved, the nerves more or less hairy. Petals 5, large, much
imbricate, more or less crumpled, obcordate, of a bright
saffron-colour at the base, and the upper part of a glossy
yellow. Stamens 40 to 50: filaments long and slender,
straw-coloured : pollen bright yellow. Germen densely
tomentose. Style smooth, slender at the base and thick-
ened upwards, curved round at the bottom. Stigma ca-
pitate, papillose.

Our drawing was made from an unusually strong
plant, growing in the rock- work of the garden belong-
ing to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea, where it
covered more than the space of a yard in diameter, and
made a grand appearance when covered with flowers.
It is a native of Barbary, and the South of Europe,
and is all the better for a slight covering in severe frosty
weather, though it will succeed well through a mild Win-
ter without the least protection . We have seen specimens
of it in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium, that were marked by
Dunal himself, so that we are certain of ours being his
species. It succeeds well in any light sandy soil, and may
be grown in rock- work or in any tolerable dry situation,
where it will flower better than if kept in pots, though
it is well to preserve a few in pots, which can be kept
in frames or some place under cover in severe frosty
weather. Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses,
from July to September, will strike root readily.

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HELIANTHEMUM glaucum

Glaucous-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
*• Petalis luteis.

H. glaucum, caule sufFruticoso ramoso, rarnis adscendentibus tomen-
toso-incanis apice hispidis, foliis margine vix revolutis ciliatis
utrinque tomentosis subtus incanis supra viridi-glaucescentibus ;
inferioribus orbiculatis ; ceteris ellipticis lanceolato-oblongis, sti-
pulis bracteisque pubescentibus viridibus, pedicellis calycibusque
hirsutis, pilis albidis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 279. n. 80.

Helianthemum glaucum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 78. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 592.
n. 78. Swt. hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 42. n. 72.

Cistus glaucus. Cavan. icon. 3. p. 31. t. 261. nee Desf.

Stem suffrutescent, erect or ascending, much branched :
branches spreading, ascendant, clothed with a white
woolly down, hairy upwards. Leaves opposite, petiolate,
slightly revolute at the edges, which are fringed ; densely
clothed on both sides with a short close woolly pubes-
cence, underneath white or hoary, the upper side of a
bluish glaucous colour : lower ones broadest, broadly
oval or nearly round and obtuse : the upper ones nar-
rower and more acute. Petioles hairy and canescent.
Stipules a little longer than the petioles, of a greener co-
lour. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, clothed with
soft wool and spreading hairs amongst the flowers, nod-
ding before expansion, afterwards becoming erect.
Bractes similar to the stipules. Pedicles short, woolly,
and bearing hairs intermixed with the wool, nodding
before expansion, erect when in flower, afterwards re-
flexed. Flowers rather small, pale yellow. Calyx of 5
sepals, densely woolly, and numerous hairs intermixed :

the two outer sepals very small, spreading, and of a
greener colour : inner ones ovate, concave, veined, hoary.
Petals 5, of a pale yellow, obovately ovate, rounded at
the end. Stamens numerous, of various lengths, spread-
ing : Jilaments straw-coloured : pollen golden yellow.
Germen tomentose. Style bent a little at the base, shor-
ter than the stamens. Stigma capitate.

For the opportunity of giving a figure of this pretty
species, we are obliged to Robert Barclay, Esq. from
whose collection, at Bury Hill, fine specimens, in full
flower, were sent us in August last ; this is the only
collection in which we have seen it for some time ; for
being a native of the South of Europe, it is very liable to
be killed in severe Winters, if it be not a little protected ;
a common garden pot, placed over the plant, or the co-
vering of a mat, or a little dry litter, in severe frost, will
protect it very well, giving it free access to the air in
mild weather, that it may not be drawn up tender ; a
mixture of light sandy loam and peat suits it very well ;
and a few plants should be kept in pots, to be preserved
in frames, or in the greenhouse in Winter ; they can
then be turned out, and planted in the borders, or in
rock-work, in Spring ; a few plants of each sort might
also be kept continually in pots, as nothing can make
a more brilliant and neat appearance, than a collection
of the different sorts grown in pots, and standing toge-
ther in a close mass ; the branches, as they spread over
the pots, and are all covered with bloom, make a very
splendid appearance ; and although the flowers drop
every evening, they are succeeded by others for a length
of time ; and if cut off as soon as overblown, the young
shoots that spring forth will be again covered with bloom,
which will continue till late in Autumn ; young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses, in Spring or Autumn, will
soon strike root ; young plants may also be raised from
seeds.

HELIANTHEMUM leptophyllum

Narrow-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELTANTHEMUM. Supra, foL 7.
* Petalis lutcis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 278.

H. Icplophyllum, caule suffruticoso lignoso subprocumbente ramoso :
ramis erectis aut adscendentibus tomentosiusculis snbcinereis,
foliis angustis oblongD-linearibus in petiolum brevem attenuates
margine revolutis subtus breviter tomentoso-cinereis supra gla-
briusculis viridibus, stipulis subulatis pilosis petiolo vix longiori-
bus, racemis longis, calycibus piloso-hirsutis, petalis undulato-
crenatis basi imbricatis.

Helianthemum leptopbyllum. Dunal in DC. prodr. 1. p. 279. n. 82.
Spreng. syst. vey. 2. p. 592. n. 82. Swt . hort. brit. p. 35. n. 69. —
Barrel. «c./.442.

Cistus Barrelieri. Hot. mag. 2371. excl. synon. non DC.

Cistus staechadifolius. Hortulanorum.

Stem shrubby, hard and woody at the base, ascend-
ing or procumbent, clothed with a rugged brown bark,
much branched : branches spreading in various direc-
tions, ascending, slender, clothed with a loose grey
tomentum. Leaves opposite, the upper one often al-
ternate, narrow, oblongly linear, bluntish, attenuated
at the base into a short petiole, the margins much
rolled back, underneath strongly nerved, and clothed
with a short dense grey tomentum ; the upper side
channelled, of a dark glossy green and slightly pubes-
cent, the points tipped with short hairs. Stipules small,
subulate, hairy, scarcely longer than the petioles, and
tipped with a fascicle of short bristle like hairs. Ra-
cemes long and loose, many-flowered, nodding before
expansion, afterwards becoming erect. Sractes small,
linear or lanceolate, hairy and fringed. Peduncles red-
dish brown, woolly, nodding before expansion, erect
when in flower, and reflexed when in fruit. Calyx of

5 sepals, the 2 outer ones very small, lanceolate, con-
cave, ciliate and tipped with bristle like hairs : 3 inner
ones ovate, concave, strongly 4-nerved, with membra-
naceous margins, the nerves warted with brown warts,
and villosely hairy. Petals 5, imbricate, broadly obo-
vate, the edges undulate and slightly crenulate, of a
light yellow, with a saffron coloured crescent shaped
mark near the base. Stamens about 40, rather shorter
than the style ; filaments slender, smooth, pale yellow.
Germen silky. Style twisted at the base, oblique, slen-
der at the base, and thickened upwards. Stigma capi-
tate, papillosely fimbriate.

Our drawing of this plant was taken from one obli-
gingly communicated to us by Mr. Anderson, from the
Chelsea Botanic Garden, last September, when it was
in full bloom for the second time that Summer, the dry
weather setting in at the season that they were in bloom
the first time, which made the blossoms soon drop, and
when the wet set in, they produced fresh blooming-
shoots ; and many of the species were flowering again
in Autumn as fine as in the Spring. Mr. Anderson
had received this species under the name of H. st&cha-
difolium, which, as M. Decandolle remarks, is the gar-
den name for it ; he also had it from Mr. Webb, under
the name of H. BarreUeri, under which name it is
figured in the Botanical Magazine, on Mr. Webb's au-
thority ; but it is very different from H. Barrelieri of
Decandolle and Tenore ; that species belongs to quite
a different section : we showed our drawing to M. La-
gasca, who immediately recognized it as his H. angusti-
folium, which is the synonym given by M. Decandolle.
It is a native of Spain and the South of Europe, and
succeeds well on rock- work, in a sheltered situation ;
or it will thrive well in pots, in an equal mixture of
sandy loam and peat; cuttings root readily planted
under hand-glasses in Autumn ; it may also be raised
from seeds, which are sometimes ripened.

60.

HELIANTHEMUM serpyllifolium.

Serpyllum-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect, IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
* Petalis luteis.

H. serpyllifolium, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramosissimo : ra-
mis adscendentibus basi glabris apice pilosiusculis, foliis oblongo-
ellipticis margine subrevolntis subtus toraentoso-incanis ; supra
intense viridibus nitidis primum pilosiusculis dein glabris, stipulis
bracteisque viridibus ciliatis, calycibus acuminatis hyalinis canes-
centibus pube subinconspicua : nervis parce pilosis, petalis dis-
tinctis patentissimis.

Helianthemum serpyllifolium. MilL diet. n. 8. DC.prodr. 1. p. 280.
Spreng. syst. veg. 2. p. 593. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. w. 60.

Stem suffruticose, procumbent, very much branched :
branches crowded, spreading round in all directions,
the points ascending, smooth and glossy on the lower
part, and warted here and there, the upper part slightly
hairy on the young shoots. Leaves opposite, crowded,
generally distichously spreading and imbricate, flat, or
the margins slightly revolute, underneath clothed with
a dense white tomentum, the upper side smooth, of a
glossy green, hairy while young, the margins more or
less fringed with rather distant hairs, which are some-
times singly, and sometimes in small tufts : lower leaves, •
and those on the small branches, roundly oval, blunt-
ish : upper ones, and those on the long shoots, oblongly
elliptic, or elliptically lanceolate, more acute. Petioles
shorter than the stipules, slightly pubescent. Stipules
green, linear, acute, very much fringed with long bristly
hairs. Racemes terminal, several-flowered, nodding be-
fore the expansion of the flowers, afterwards lengthen-
ing out and erect. Bractes linear, resembling the sti-

pules, also very much fringed. Pedicles downy, nod-
ding before expansion, nearly erect when in bloom,
afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2 outer ones
very small, oblongly linear, bluntish, much fringed
with bristly hairs, the three inner ones slightly pubes-
cent, elliptically lanceolate, concave, acute, transparent
and membranaceous, strongly 4-nerved, the nerves
green, and thinly clothed with hairs, the points also
tipped with hairs. Petals 5, distinct, very much spread-
ing, not at all imbricate, obovate, very narrow at the
base, of a bright yellow colour, with an elegant orange
coloured circle near the base. Stamens about 70 ; fila-
ments long and slender, about the length of the style,
pale yellow. Germen clothed with silky hairs. Style
nearly straight, smooth, thickening upwards. Stigma
capitate, papillose.

The present species is readily distinguished from all
others by its leaves growing in a distichous form. It is
a native of Somersetshire, we having discovered it there
in the Autumn of 1826, when we visited that part; we
observed it in a bye-lane, leading from Failand-hill to
the Farm of Mr. J. Mattocks, of Honour, near Port-
bury, and no other sort grew there ; we have been since
informed by Mr.T. Harding, Gardener to the Rev. F. Bea-
don, of North Stoneham, Hants, to whom we showed
our figure, that he also observed it near Wells, in Somer-
setshire, where he was immediately struck with it as a
distinct species; it is quite hardy, and is a very pretty
plant for decorating rock-work, thriving well in any
light sandy soil. Cuttings of it root readily, planted un-
der hand-glasses, the latter end of Summer or Autumn.
Our drawing was made at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill,
of the KingVroad, Chelsea.

HELIANTHEMUM vulgare

Common Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra, fol. 7.
* Petalis luteis.

H. vulgare , caule suffruticoso procurabente ramoso ; ramis elonga-
tis, foliis margine vix revolutis subtus incano-cinereis : supra vi-
ridibus pilosis subciliatis : inferioribus suborbiculatis : mediis
ovato-ellipticis superioribus oblongis, stipulis oblongo-linearibus
ciliatis petiolo longioribus, racemis laxis, pedicellis calycibusque
pilosis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 280.

Helianthemum vulgare. Gtzrt. fruct. 1. t. 76. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79.
Swt. hort. sub. lond. p. 124. Hort. brit. p. 35. n. 61.

Cistus Helianthemum. Linn. spec. 1. p. 744. Flor. dan. t. 101.
Sm. eng. bot. 1321.

Stems suffruticose, procumbent, very much branched :
branches spreading in all directions, ascending, elon-
gated, slightly hairy, the upper part clothed with a
hoary tomentum . Leaves very variable, petiolate ; lower
ones nearly round or broadly ovate, and bluntly round-
ed : middle ones ovately elliptic or oblong ; upper ones
elongated, oblong, or lanceolate, acute, slightly revo-
lute at the margins, upper side green and hairy, and
punctated with numerous minute dots, which occa-
sions a roughness, underneath clothed with a close-
pressed dense white tomentum : the margins more or
less ciliate. Petioles slender, clothed with close-pressed
hairs. Stipules leaf-like, linearly lanceolate, acute, hairy
and fringed, sometimes about the length of the petioles
and sometimes double the length, upper ones longest
and broadest. Racemes terminal, loose, many -flowered,
nodding and involute before the expansion of the flow-
ers, afterwards becoming erect. Bractes lanceolate,
shorter than the stipules, hairy and fringed, from half
to one-third the length of the pedicles. Pedicles clothed

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with a short white tomentum and a few hairs inter-
mixed, nodding before the flowers expand, erect when
in bloom, afterwards reflexed . Calyx of 5 sepals ; the
two outer ones small, oblong or ovate, obtuse, very hairy
and fringed ; 3 inner ones ovately lanceolate, acute,
concave inwards, membranaceous, strongly 4-nerved,
the nerves very hairy. Petals 5, variable in breadth,
obovate or broadly wedge-shaped, or sometimes round-
ed at the points, the margins generally a little crenate,
generally more or less imbricate, but sometimes distinct,
of a bright yellow ; in some plants having a bright
orange-coloured lunulate spot near the base, in others
of a plain yellow. Stamens about 70 ; filaments smooth,
scarcely as long as the style. Gennen downy. Style
smooth, nearly straight, or a little bent towards the
point. Stigma capitate, papillose.

Our drawing of this species was taken from plants
growing wild in Croome Hurst Wood, near Croydon,
in which neighbourhood all the banks and sides of the
hedges are covered with it, the soil being of a chalky
nature, in which it delights ; in the same wood we, in
company with Mr. Charlwood, discovered a large patch
of H. surrejanum, most probably the very one from
which the late Mr. Dickson originally procured his
plant, which is somewhat altered by culture, as may be
seen by comparison of our figure of that species, and
the branch given at the bottom of this plate ; a plant of
it which we planted in our garden has already much
broader and flatter leaves, more like Mr. Dickson's
plant ; the present is certainly the plant of Dillenius's
Hortus Elthamensis, as it agrees entirely with his figure
and description : both species may be grown in rock-
work, and if some chalk be added to the soil, so much
the better; they are readily propagated by cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in Autumn.

1. The commonest yellow variety. 2. A scarcer variety, with an orange co-
loured spot at the base of each petal. 3. Helianthemum surrejanum, from a spe-
cimen gathered growing wild in Croome Hurst Wood, Surry, differs from the
cultivated plant already figured, in being weaker, with fewer flowered racemes,
and the leaves being canescent underneath.

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HELIANTHEMUM vulgare p multiplex.
Common Sun-Rose, two double varieties.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.— * Petalis luteis.

H. vulgare, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso ; ramis elon-
gatis, foliis margiue vix revolutis subtus incano-cinereis : supra
viridibus pilosis subciliatis : inferioribus suborbiculatis : in eel i is
ovato-ellipticis superioribus oblongis, stipulis oblongo-linearibus
ciliatis petiolo longioribus, racemis laxis, pedicellis calycibusque
pilosis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 280. Suprafol. 34.

& multiplex, floribus plenis. Supra.

* procumbens, caule procumbente. Supra Jig. 1.

** adscendens, caule suberecto-adscendente. Supra Jig. 2.

Differs from the common single varieties at folio 34,
by the flowers being double ; the largest figure in our
plate, which is the old double variety, differs from the
other in being more procumbent, and the flowers are
fuller ; it varies in strength and in the length of its ra-
cemes, also in the size of its flowers, according to the
strength of the plant ; when grown in small pots it
lays flat on the ground in a close tuft, its leaves are very
small, having quite a different appearance from those
plants that are grown out in the borders, where the
leaves attain four times the size, and the racemes and
flowers are much larger : the other variety, No. 2 of our
plate, which is known by the name of Mr. Lee's new
double yellow, is distinguished by being more erect and
shrubby, and the flowers do not generally expand to the
centre, but are there terminated by a greenish close tuft,
not unlike a calyx, and the plant is altogether of stron-
ger growth than the other ; the same difference in habit
we have observed in the common single varieties, when
growing together wild.

Both the present varieties are very desirable for rock-
work, as they are quite hardy, and need not the least
protection, or they may be grown in small pots, where
they make a handsome appearance when covered with
flowers, and may be turned out of them, and planted
into the ground at any season without injury. Cuttings
of them, planted under hand-glasses, after they have
done flowering, will strike root readily, and will soon
become nice young plants. Our drawing was made at
the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, last Summer.

UV-J .••.•tj.mivi;;ir

HELIANTHEMUM surrejanum.

Doited-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra,fol.l.
* Petalis luteis.

H. surrejanum, caule suffruticoso procumbente, foliis oblongis ova-
tis ellipticis lanceolatisve viridibus margine vix revolutis : supra
hirsutiusculis subtus ramisqne stellate- pubescentibus, racemis
multifloris, petalis lanceolatis subdentato-laciniatis, staminibus
brevissimis.

Heliantbemum surrejanum. Mill. diet. n. 15. Pers. syn. 2. p. 78.
DC. prodr. 1. p. 280. Spreng. syst. veg. 2. p. 592. Swt. hort. sub.
lond. p. 123. Hort. Brit. p. 35. n. 62.

Cistus surrejanas. Linn. spec. 743. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 1202.
Smith Eng. hot. 2207. Compend. flor. brit. ed. 4. p. 95.

suffruticose, procumbent, much branched,
spreading in all directions : branches more or less
warted with brownish purple warts, and clothed with
fascicles of short stellate hairs. Leaves variable, lower
ones nearly round or broadly ovate, others oblong, el-
liptic or broadly lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely acute,
green on both sides, but paler underneath, flat, or the
margins very slightly re volute, dotted with numerous
small dots, thinly clothed with short hairs on the upper
side, and with fascicles of short stellate ones on the
lower. Petioles hairy, shorter than the stipules. Sti-
pules linearly-lanceolate, flat, or their margins slightly
reflexed, ciliate, longer than the petioles. Racemes
terminal, many-flowered, nodding before the flowers
expand, the point involute, but lengthening out and
becoming erect after the expansion of the flowers.
Sractes short and flat, clothed with short hairs, the
margins fringed. Pedicles nodding before the expan-
sion of the flowers, erect when in bloom, afterwards
reflexed, canescently tomentose, and also clothed with

fascicles of short stellate hairs. Calyx of 5 sepals; the
two outer ones very short, oblong, blunt, clothed with
a mealy pubescence ; inner ones ovate, obtuse, con-
cave, membranaceous, yellowish, strongly 4-nerved,
slightly covered with a mealy pubescence, the nerves
clothed with tufts of spreading hairs. Petals 5, very
narrow, lanceolate, acute, generally toothed or lacerate,
seldom entire, quite distinct and spreading, sometimes
scarcely as long, at other times nearly double the length
of the calyx, of a plain yellow colour. Stamens about
50, unequal in length, but very short, scarcely as long
as the germen : filaments smooth, yellow. Germen
downy. Style smooth, slender, and twisted at the base,
and thickened upwards. Stigma capitate, papillose.

Specimens of this rare plant were brought to us last
Summer by Mr. David Don, from the garden of Mrs.
Dickson, of Croydon, in Surrey, where the plant had
been planted by the late Mr. Dickson, who discovered
it growing wild near that place ; but at present, we
believe, no person knows where to find it wild ; or it
has perhaps been sometimes overlooked or confused
with H. vulgar e : we heard of its being found last year
near Dartford, in Kent ; but as we have not seen speci-
mens of it, we are not certain if it really were the same
species; it is certainly a very likely situation for it:
we observed the flowers of it come much larger in
Autumn, than they did in Summer, nearly equal in
size to the Cistus sampsucifolius of the Botanical Ma-
gazine, which will most probably prove to be the same
species, as Dr. Sims was rather inclined to believe
when he published it ; or perhaps that may be a hybrid
production between the present and some other spe-
cies. The present plant is quite hardy, thriving well in
rock- work or by the side of a bank, where it will not
be killed by too much moisture ; it may also be grown
in pots, where it will flower very fine, and will not grow
so luxuriant. Cuttings, planted under hand-glasses,
root readily.

HELIANTHEMUM grandiflorum

Large-flowered Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
* Petalis luteis.

H. grandiflorum, caule sufFruticoso adscendente, ramis piloso-hirsu-
tis, foliis superioribus subplanis oblongis pilosiusculis supra viri-
dibus subtus nunc viridibus nunc dilute cineruis, stipulis ciliatis
petiolo sublongioribus, floribus magnis, calycibus subhirsutis.
DC. prod. 1. p. 280.

Helianthemum grandiflorum. DC. fl.fr. 4. p. 821. Swt. hort. brit.
p. 35. n. 64.

Cistus grandiflorus. Scop. earn. ed. 2. ». 648. t. 25.

Stem suffruticose, much branched, ascending : bran-
ches hairy when young, but becoming at length nearly
smooth, spotted or tinged with light purple. Leaves
opposite, flat, or nearly so, oblong, bluntish, clothed
with short closely-pressed hairs, green on both sides,
or sometimes a little whitish at the back ; young ones
more hairy than the older ones. Petioles short, pubes-
cent. Stipules linearly lanceolate, acute, fringed, longer
than the petioles. Racemes terminal, nodding before
expansion, afterwards becoming erect. Bractes scarcely
so long as the pedicles, resembling the stipules, but
rather shorter. Pedicles downy, nodding before the
expansion of the flowers, then becoming erect, after
flowering reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, a little hairy, the
hairs pressed inwards ; two outer ones very small,
more hairy than the inner ones, fringed : inner ones
ovate, concave, membranaceous between the nerves.
Petals 5, large, broadly obovate or obcordate, very
much imbricate, of a bright straw-colour. Stamens
numerous, unequal in length. Style twisted, about the

length of the stamens, slender at the base, and thick-
ened upwards. Stigma capitate.

According to M. Decandolle, the present species is
a native of the Alps and Pyrenees, also of Tauria; but
we believe the Taurian plant to be a distinct species,
being of quite a different habit, and laying quite flat
on the ground, where its branches spread to a consi-
derable distance ; we saw several plants of it last year
at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne,
at Fulham, who raised it from seeds received under the
name of Cistus tauricus.

Our drawing of the present plant was made at the
Nursery of Mr. Colvill ; we also received specimens
of it from Mr. Mackay, of the Clapton Nursery. It is
nearly related to H. vulgar e, but is of much stronger
growth, and its flowers are of a paler colour, and con-
siderably larger. It makes a pretty plant for the adorn-
ing of rock-work, or it may be grown in a small pot,
and will endure our Winters, except very severe ones,
without protection. Cuttings of it, planted under hand-
glasses, in Autumn, strike root freely.

105

HELIANTHEMUM tauricum.

Taurian Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
* Petalis luteis.

H. tauricum, caule suiFruticoso rainosissimo procumbente ; ramis
procumbentibus piloso-hirsutis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis margine
subrevolutis utrinque pilosis supra viridibus subtus pallidioribus,
stipulis lanceolato-linearibus ciliatis petiolo longioribus, floribus
magnis, calycibus nitidis subhirsutis, petalis imbricatis.

Helianthemum tauricum. Fischer Mss. Swt. hort. brit. edit. 2. p. 42.
n. 79.

Stem suffruticose, very much branched, trailing flat
on the ground : branches lengthening out to a consi-
derable distance, spreading flat on the ground, thickly
clothed with entangled hairs, which gives them a rough
appearance. Leaves opposite, oblong, or oblongly lan-
ceolate, blunt, hairy on both sides, the margins slightly
revolute, of a dark brownish green on the upper side,
and rather paler underneath, but not hoary. Stipules
very long, lanceolately linear, acute, hairy and fringed,
more than twice the length of the petioles. Racemes
terminal, many-flowered, nodding before the flowers
expand, afterwards becoming erect. Peduncles very
hairy, with short tomentum underneath. Bractes simi-
lar to the stipules. Pedicles tomentosely hairy, nodding
before the flowers expansion, erect when in bloom, af-
terwards reflexed. Flowers large, pale yellow. Calyx
of 5 sepals ; the two outer ones small, very hairy, spread-
ing : the three inner ones ovate, strongly veined, hairy,
but glossy, the nerves of a reddish purple. Petals 5,
broad, imbricate, broadly obovate, uneven at the edges,
of a pale yellow. Stamens numerous, spreading :jilaments

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yellow : pollen orange-coloured. Style bent at the base,
smooth. Stigma capitate, papillose.

Our drawing of this pretty species was made from a
plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and
Milne, at Fulham, who raised it from seeds several years
since, that had been given them by A. P. Hove, Esq.
as the H. tauricum of Dr. Fischer ; it has most probably
been confused with H. grandiflorum by many authors, as
that species is said to be a native of Tauria, as well as of
the South of Europe ; but when the plants are seen grow-
ing together, no two species had need appear more dis-
tinct, the present spreading flat on the ground, and ex-
tending its branches round to a great distance, and these
are only slightly suffrutescent at the base, whereas H.
grandiflorum grows upright, or its branches spreading
and ascendent, forming a neat little bushy shrub.

The present plant is well adapted for the ornamenting
of rock- work, as its spreading branches will cover a
good space in a short time, and it is easily kept within
bounds, by cutting in the longest branches occasionally,
the young branches that then shoot out will all be ter-
minated by racemes of flowers, so that by that means a
succession of bloom may be kept up from the latter end
of May till October ; it succeeds well in a light sandy
soil, or a mixture of loam and peat will suit it very
well ; young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses the
latter end of Summer, will strike root in a few days.

HELIANTHEMUM barbatum

Bearded Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.
* Petalis luteis.

H. barbatum, caule sufFruticoso erecto ramosissimo : ramis fascicu-
lato-pilosis, foliis hirsutis utrinque viridibus : iuferioribus subro-
tundo-ovatis ; superioribus ellipticis, stipulis oblongis ciliato-hir-
sutis petiolo longioribus, racemis longis hirsuto-barbatis multiflo-
ris, calycibus verrucosis hirsutis, pstalis cremilalis basi imbrica-
tis.

Helianthemum barbatum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. Willd. enum. supp.
p. 39. Link enum. 2. p. 16.

Cistus barbatus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 24.

Stem suffruticose, erect or ascending, very much
branched : branches erect, thickly clothed with bunches
of spreading shaggy hairs, as is every other part of the
plant, except the corolla. Leaves opposite, crossing
each other, rather crowded, underneath strongly nerved,
bluntish : lower ones nearly round or ovate : upper
ones elliptic, all hairy on both sides, the hairs in stel-
late bunches ; of a pale green colour on both sides, but
palest underneath. Petioles rather long, a little flat-
tened on the upper side, and rounded on the lower.
Stipules leaf-like, oblong, bluntish, fringed, a little
longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, many-
flowered, densely hairy or bearded with long hairs,
much lengthened after flowering, curved inwards be-
fore the flowers expansion, afterwards erect. Bractes
oblong or ovate, obtuse, fringed. Pedicles of a brown-
ish purple, nodding before flowering, erect when in
flower, afterwards recurved. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2
outer ones small, ovate or oblong, obtuse, inner ones

roundly ovate, obtuse, concave, strongly 4-nerved, the
nerves of a brownish purple, much warted, and thickly
clothed with bunches of spreading villous white hairs.
Petals 5, obovateor obcordate, with crenulate margins,
more or less crumpled, of a bright yellow, rather dark-
est at the base. Stamens from 60 to 70, longer than
the style ; filaments smooth, slender, yellow : pollen
bright yellow. Germen sericeous. Style shorter than
the filaments, twisted at the base, thickening upwards.
Stigma capitate, papillose.

The present very distinct species, is a native of the
South of Europe, but succeeds well in the open air of
this country, without any protection ; it is a very de-
sirable plant for the adorning of rock- work, and suc-
ceeds well in any light sandy soil ; it also thrives and
flowers well in small pots, in which manner a collection
of the various species and varieties of this handsome
genus may be grown to great advantage, and will
make a fine show when in bloom ; and those sorts that
are rather tender, may have a mat or two thrown over
them in severe frosty weather, which is all the protec-
tion they require, this will also answer the same pur-
pose as rock- work, where it is inconvenient to erect it ;
and the greater part of them are cheap plants, so that
a collection may be obtained at a small expence ; and
what sorts cannot be bought at one nursery, may be
procured at some of the others. Cuttings of them all
strike root freely, planted under hand-glasses, in August
or September.

Our drawing was made from a plant in the extensive
collection at the Garden belonging to the Apothecaries'
Company at Chelsea, where it was raised from seed
that Mr. Anderson received from France.

HELIANTHEMUM nummularium.

Money -wort-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. Eu HELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol 7. — * Petalis luteis.

H. nummularium, caule suffruticoso : ramis procumbentibus hirsu-
tis, foliis inferioribns orbiculatis ; superioribus oblongo-linearibiis
hirsutis subtus viridi-cinereis, stipulis lineari-oblongis pctiolo
dup!6 longioribus, racemis catycibusque hirsutis, petalis subiin-
bricatis.

Helianthemum nummularium. DC.prodr. 1. p. 280. Milidict. w.ll.
Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 67.

Helianthemum obscurum 0 nummularium. DC.Jl.fr. 6. p. 624.

Cistus nummularius. a. Lin. spec. 743. nee Desf. et. Cav.

iSVewssuffruticose, procumbent: branches long, spread-
ing in all directions, thickly clothed with rigid hairs.
Leaves variable, hairy on both sides, rough, flat, or the
upper ones very slightly revolute, of a dull green on the
upper side, and paler underneath : lower ones nearly
orbicular or rounded, others ovate or elliptic, obtuse ;
upper ones oblongly linear, acute, all hairy on both
sides and ciliate. Petioles very short and very hairy.
Stipules linearly oblong, hairy and fringed, double the
length of the footstalks. Racemes several-flowered,
curved inward before the flowers expand, afterwards
lengthening out, and remaining erect. Bractes oblongly
linear, hairy and ciliate. Peduncles brown, thickly clo-
thed with hispid hairs, nodding before the flowers ex-
pansion, nearly erect when expanded, after flowering
reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are hispidly hairy :
2 outer ones small, oblong, bluntish : inner ones con-
cave, membranaceous, bluntish, 4-angled, middle an-
gles of a brownish purple, outer ones green. Petals 5,
slightly imbricate, obcordate, slender and distinct at

the base, of a bright yellow, darkest at the bottom.
Stamens about 80, about the length of the style : jfila-
ments very slender, smooth, pale yellow : anthers
small, attached to the filament by the back : pollen
light orange-coloured. Germen clothed with close-
pressed silky hairs. Style smooth, bent near the base.
Stigma capitate, granular.

The present plant is nearly related to H. vulgare,
but is readily distinguished by its broader flat leaves,
that are green on both sides ; we believe it to be the
H. obscurum of most authors ; but as the present name
has the right of priority, that of obscurum may now be
dropt altogether, as the H. obscurum of Decandolle is
without doubt the H. barbatum of Lamarck, which is
the oldest name ; that is a very distinct species from
the present, always growing erect, whereas the present
is always procumbent, and is much less hairy. It is
quite hardy, being a native of France, Switzerland, and
Italy, succeeding well in the open border, or in rock-
work, thriving best in a light sandy soil : young cut-
tings, planted under hand-glasses, root readily.

Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, who received it from Switzerland.

We have this Summer flowered plants of H. tomen-
tosum (Cistus tomentosus of English Botany), brought
from Scotland last year by Mr. D. Don, and they prove
to be nothing more than H. vulgare., as has been already
stated by Dr. Hooker: plants brought by us from the
neighbourhood of Croydon, flowered by the side of it
in our garden, and we could not perceive the least
difference in them.

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HELIANTHEMUM hirtum.

Bristly-calyxed Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 17.
* Petalis luteis.

H. hirtum, caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis adscendentibus nume-
rosis tomentoso-hirtis cinereis, foliis ovatis seu oblongis margine
revolutis tomentoso-hirtis subtus canescentibus supra viridi-cine-
reis, stipulis angustis petiolo sublongioribus, calycibus hirsutissi-
mis albidis, petalis obcordatis imbricatis.

Helianthemum hirtum. Pers.syn.Z. p. 79. DC. prodr.I. p. 281.
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 593. Sivt. hort. brit. ed. 2. p. 42. n. 85.

Cistus hirtus. Linn. spec. 744. Cavan. icon. 2. p. 37. 1. 146. Smith
flor.gr &c. t. 501.

suffrutescent, producing numerous branches
from the base : branches ascending, clothed with a hoary
canescence, and innumerable spreading hairs. Leaves
opposite, the lower ones ovate, the others oblong, obtuse,
revolute at the margins, thickly covered with spreading
hairs : upper side of a pale green ; underneath clothed
with a close white tomentum. Petioles short, hairy.
Stipules rather small, but longer than the petioles, those
at the upper leaves largest, very hairy. Racemes terminal,
several-flowered, at first nodding, but becoming erect
as the flowers expand. Bractes similar to the stipules,
but rather larger. Pedicles slender, nodding before the
flowers expansion, erect when in bloom, afterwards re-
flexed, densely hairy. Calyx of 5 sepals, densely covered
with spreading white hairs ; the two outer ones narrow,
linear, spreading, of a brightish green : the inner ones
ovate, acute, concave, strongly veined, of a pale whitish
green colour. Petals 5, imbricate, obcordate, veined
from the base, where they terminate in a saffron-coloured
spot. Stamens numerous, of various lengths : jilaments

yellow : pollen golden yellow. Germen woolly. Style a
little bent at the base, about the length of the stamens.
Stigma a sort of club-shaped head.

The present pretty species is a native of the South of
Europe, and the Levant, and therefore requires a little
protection in severe frosty weather; if planted ou-t in
rock-work, the covering of a mat or a little hay or straw,
or any other dry covering, will be sufficient to protect
it in the severe frost, giving it full admission to the air
when the weather is mild ; or if the plants are not too
large, a common garden pot placed close over them in
frosty weather will preserve them very well. It is also
a good plan to have some in small pots, to preserve in
frames all the Winter ; they can then be turned out
wherever they are wanted in Spring, as at that time
they will grow very fast, and will soon make fine plants :
a mixture of sandy loam and peat is a very proper soil
for them; and young cuttings, planted under hand-
glasses, in August or September, will strike root freely.

Our drawing was made from a plant in the rock-work
at the Botanic Garden belonging to the Apothecaries'
Company, at Chelsea, in the Summer of 1828.

HELIANTHEMUM Anderson!

Mr. Andersons Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supmfol.l.

* Petalis luteis.

H. Andersoni, caule suffruticoso procumbente ramoso ; ramis ad-
scendentibus tomentoso-canescentibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis
acutiusculis tomentosiusculis supra cinereis subtus canescentibus
margine parum revolutis, stipulis lineari-subulatis ciliatis petiolis
paulo longioribus, calycibus tomentosis, petalis imbricatis.

Suffruticose, procumbent, very much branched, soon
forming a large spreading dense tuft : branches ascend-
ing, rather slender, densely clothed with a close-pressed
white tomentum, as are the petioles, peduncles, pedi-
cles, and calyx. Leaves opposite, oblongly lanceolate,
bluntish or scarcely acute, the margins slightly rolled
back, the upper side clothed with a thinnish loose
wool, and of a greyish hoary colour, underneath clo-
thed with a dense white tomentum. Stipules linearly
subulate, fringed and terminated with longish hairs,
rather longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, long,
many-flowered, nodding before the flowers expand,
afterwards becoming erect. Bractes linear, acute, flat,
of a green colour, broader than the stipules, their mar-
gins tomentose. Pedicles densely clothed with a close-
pressed white tomentum, nodding before the flowers
expansion, then becoming erect, afterwards becoming
reflexed, and twisted when in fruit. Calyx persistent,
clothed with a white tomentum, also with woolly spread-
ing hairs ; two outer sepals very small, ovately lanceo-
late, bluntish : the three inner ones broadly ovate,
concave inwards, scarcely acute, strongly 3 or4-nerved,

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transparent between the nerves, showing the yellow
petals through before they expand. Petals 5, roundly
obovate, very much imbricate, varying on the same
plant from a bright yellow to a pale straw-colour,
generally marked with a saffron-coloured spot near
the base. Stamens numerous : Jilaments yellow : pollen
orange-coloured. Germen tomentose. Style smooth,
very slender, and twisted near the base, thickening gra-
dually upwards. Stigma capitate, papillose. Capsule
tomentose, large and inflated, triangular, three-celled,
9 to 12-seeded. Seeds brown, angular, rough.

This pretty and curious plant is of hybrid origin,
having been produced from the seed of H. croceum, that
was fertilized by the pollen of H. pulverulentum, in the
rock-work, at the Apothecaries' Company's Garden at
Chelsea, where it sowed itself last year, and this year
produced flowering plants, that grew very fast, and
were covered with flowers from May last, to the end of
November ; the flowers were very variable, some being
of a bright yellow, and others on the same plant, and
sometimes on the same branch, of a pale straw-colour,
so that they made a curious variegated appearance, the
yellow flowers coming nearest to the female parent,
and the straw-coloured ones approaching nearer to the
male, which was a white-flowered species ; the form of
the leaves and habit of the plant is also intermediate
between the two. It is a very desirable plant for orna-
menting rock-work, as it continues in flower for such
a length of time, and is also a fast grower; it also
succeeds well in small pots, planted in a light sandy
soil ; and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
in Autumn, strike root readily.

We have named it in compliment to our respected
friend, Mr. William Anderson, to whom we are obliged
for the opportunity of making drawings of many rare
species, which we have not seen in any other collection.

HELIANTHEMUM eriosepalon.

Woolly -calyxed Sun-Rose.

Sect IX. Eu HELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis aWisy rose is, rubris vel dilute sulphur eis.

H. eriosepalon, caulibus ramosis procumbentibus tomentosiusculis
apice incanis, foliis lanceolatis acutis raargine sub-revolutis utriii-
que viridibus stellato-pilosis, stipulis linearibus acutis ciliatis pe-
tiolo duplo longioribus, racemo terminal! multifloro, calycibus to-
mentoso-pilosis, petalis obovatis crermlatis basi distinctis.

Helianthemum eriosepalon. Swt. hort. brit. p. 469. n. 96.

Stems procumbent, rough and rugged, much branch-
ed : branches spreading in all directions, slightly tomen-
tose, the upper part more densely so and canescent.
Leaves opposite, petioled, lanceolate, acute, the margins
more or less uneven, a little undulate, and slightly re-
volute, green on both sides, and clothed with fascicles
of longish hairs, which are stellately spreading. Pe-
tioles also clothed with fascicles of hairs, channelled on
the upper side and rounded underneath. Stipules linear,
acute, fringed with long hairs, green on both sides, ge-
nerally about double the length of the footstalks. Ra-
cemes long, tomentose, many-flowered, nodding before
the expansion of the flowers, afterwards becoming erect.
Pedicles densely tomentose, drooping before the expan-
sion of the flowers, erect when in bloom, afterwards re-
flexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, densely clothed with woolly
hairs, the two outer ones very small, lanceolate, blunt-
ish, channelled on the upper side, three inner ones ovate,
unequal on one side, membranaceous,strongly4rnerved,
concave on the upper side and convex below. Petals 5,
obovate, crenulate, sometimes emarginate, of a palesul-

phur colour, with a yellow mark near the base. Sta-
mens about 60, about the length of the style : filaments
very slender, smooth, pale yellow ; pollen golden yellow.
Germen downy. Style smooth and bent a little near
the base, thickening upwards. Stigma capitate, slightly
3-lobed, papillose.

The present plant is nearly related to H. sulphur eum,
but differs sufficiently in habit, and in its woolly calyx,
the calyx of H. sulphureum being glossy, and nearly
smooth. The present is a very proper plant for adorn-
ing rock- work, or to grow in small pots, and will stand
the severity of our Winters in the open air without pro-
tection, continuing in bloom the greater part of the Sum-
mer ; it succeeds well in a light sandy soil, or a mix-
ture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very well.
Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, in Autumn,
strike root immediately.

Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, King's-road, Chelsea.

HELIANTHEMTJM stramineum.

Straw-coloured Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. stramineum, caulibus ramosis elongatis procumbentibus apice
tomentosiusculo-pubescentibus, foliis planis aut margine vix re-
curvis supra viridibus pilosis subtus tomentoso-incanis : inferioribus
rotundo-ovatis obtusis: superioribus oblongo-lanceolatis acutius-
culis, stipulis linearibus acutis ciliatis petiolo duplo longioribus,
racemis multifloris, calycibus striatis glabriusculis, petalis obovatis
patentibus distinctis.

Sujfrutescent, procumbent, very much branched : bran-
ches elongated, and spreading round to a considerable
distance, thickly clothed with short hairs when young,
and the upper part with a canescent tomentum. Leaves
opposite, petiolate, flat, or very slightly recurved at the
margins, the upper side of a dark green and very hairy,
underneath clothed with a close white tomentum : lower
ones roundly oval and obtuse ; the upper ones much
longer, oblongly lanceolate, and more acute. Petioles
short, hairy, flat on the upper side, and rounded un-
derneath. Stipules linear, acute, fringed, more than
double the length of the petioles, green on both sides.
Racemes terminal, many-flowered, nodding before the
expansion of the flowers, afterwards becoming erect.
Bractes linear, acute, fringed, and hairy, about the
length of, or nearly as long as the pedicles. Pedicles to-
mentose, and clothed with short hairs, drooping before
the expansion of the flowers, erect when they are ex-
panded, afterwards reflexed, and more or less twisted.
Calyx of 5 sepals ; the two outer ones small, linear, dark

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green, very hairy, and generally reflexed at the points ;
the three inner ones broadly ovate, bluntish, concave
inwards, membranaceous, strongly 3 or 4-nerved, be-
tween the nerves smooth and glossy, the nerves hairy.
Petals 5, obovate, narrow at the base and rounded at
the point, distinctly spreading, not at all imbricate, of
a bright straw-colour. Stamens numerous, scarcely so
long as the style : filaments smooth, yellow : pollen
orange-coloured. Germen triangular, downy. Style
smooth, twisted at the base, where it is very slender,
becoming gradually thickened upwards. Stigma capi-
tate, slightly 3-lobed, papillose.

Our drawing of this pretty plant was made at the
Nursery of Mr. Mackay, at Clapton, last Summer, where
we saw several fine plants of it in full bloom ; we are
not certain whether it is an original species, or a hybrid
production, but most probably the latter; as from its
colour, we should suspect it to be intermediate between
one of the white, and one of the yellow flowered spe-
cies : it is a very free grower, and an abundant bloomer,
and succeeds well in rock-work, or in a dry border; or
it may be grown in small pots, in a mixture of sandy
loam and peat, when of course it will be more dwarf,
and its flowers will not be quite so large, but still will
make a handsome appearance, intermixed with other
species and varieties ; in our opinion nothing can ap-
pear more brilliant and interesting than a good collec-
lection of the dwarf species when in bloom, if grown in
pots and placed together in a group, that their diffe-
rences may be more readily observed ; the present plant
is readily increased by young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses, any time from the beginning of August to
the end of September.

HELIANTHEMUM stramineum j3 multiplex
Full-flowered straw-coloured Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. stramineum, caulibus ramosis elongatis procumbentibus apice
tomentosiusculo-pubescentibus, foliis planis aut margine vix recur-
vis supra viridibus pilosis subtus tomentoso-incanis : inferioribus
rotundo-ovatis obtusis: superioribus oblongo-lanceolatis acutius-
culis, stipulis linearibus acutis ciliatis petiolo duplo longioribus,
racemis multifloris, calycibus striatis glabriusculis, petalis obovatis
patentibus distinctis. Supra fol. 93.

jS multiplex, caulibus apice adscendentibus, foliis minoribus, petalis
multiplicibus. Supra 94.

Suffrutescent, much branched : branches slender, pro-
cumbent, the points ascending*, warted a little, and
thinly clothed with a short woolly pubescence. Leaves
opposite, petiolate, smaller than in the single variety,
flat or slightly recurved at the margins, the upper side
hairy and of a dark green, underneath clothed with a
white tomentum : lower ones nearly round, or roundly
oval, obtuse ; the upper ones oblong or lanceolate, be-
coming gradually narrower upwards, and more acute.
Petioles short, flattened on the upper side, and rounded
below. Stipules linear, acute, fringed, green on both
sides, generally more than twice the length of the peti-
oles. Racemes terminal, several-flowered, nodding be-
fore the flowers expansion, becoming gradually erect as
they expand. Bractes linearly lanceolate, acute, hairy,
about the length of the pedicles, or sometimes not quite
so long. Pedicles clothed with a woolly pubescence,
nodding in the bud state, and becoming erect as the

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flowers expand. Calyx of 5 sepals : the two outer ones
very small, green, and hairy : the three inner ones,
ovate, blunt, concave inwards, membranaceous, strongly
3 or 4-nerved, smooth and glossy, the nerves slightly
hairy. Flowers very double or full of petals, that are un-
equal in size and form, of a pale straw-colour, marked
with orange at the base, and more or less veined with
green.

Our drawing of this pretty double variety was made
from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. Lee, at Hammer-
smith ; it is not so strong a grower as the single variety,
but makes a very pretty plant for a pot, or for the orna-
menting of rock-work, thriving well in a light sandy
soil, mixed with a proportion of peat ; and when covered
with its pretty double flowers, it makes an elegant appear-
ance, particularly when intermixed with some of the
brighter flowered and more brilliant species ; it is not
quite so hardy as some of the sorts, and some pots of it
should be preserved in frames through the Winter ; or
if planted in rock- work, should be covered in severe
frost, by an empty pot being placed over each root, or
a little hay or straw, or some other covering, when it
will succeed very well : young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses in August or September, soon strike root.

HELIANTHEMUM sulphureum

Sulphur-coloured Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilutd sulphureis.

H. sulphurcum, caulibus ramosis procumbentibus scabriusculis to-
ment3osiusculis subincanis, foliis lanceolatis planis supra viridibus
subtus pallidioribus utrinque stellato-pubescentibus, slipulis foli-
aceis aiigusto-lanceolatis acutis ciliaiis petiolo triple longioribus,
racemo terminal! paucifloro, calycibus membranaceis striatis gla-
briusculis nitidis, petalis obovatis crenulatis patentibus distinctis.

Helianthemum sulphureum. Willden. enum. supp. 39. DC.prodr. 1.
p. 283. n. 107. Spreng. syst. vey. 2. p. 593. n. 90. Swt. hort. sub.
lond. p. 124. n. 41. Hort. brit. p. 36. w. 81.

Stems suffruticose, procumbent, branching in all di-
rections : branches rough, occasioned by little tubercles
or warts, on which little fascicles of hairs have been
seated, the upper part clothed with a thin loose tomen-
tum. Leaves ft&t, opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, acute,
or the lower ones obtuse, dark green on the upper side,
and paler underneath, both sides clothed with fascicles
of hairs, which are stellately spreading, margins rough
and uneven. Petioles short, warted, flat on the upper
side, and rounded on the lower. Stipules leaf-like, nar-
rowly lanceolate, acute, ciliate, about 3 times longer
than the footstalk of the leaf, green on both sides.
Racemes terminal, few-flowered, nodding before the
expansion of the flowers, then becoming erect. Bractes
lanceolate, acute, ciliate, rather more than half the
length of the pedicles. Pedicles tomentose, nodding
before expansion, erect when expanded, afterwards re-
flexed. Calyx of 5 sepals; the two outer ones very
small, narrowly lanceolate, oblique, acute, fringed, pur-
ple at the base, the upper part green: inner ones nar-
rowly ovate, acute, concave, membranaceous, strongly

4-nerved, glossy, the nerves slightly hairy. Petals 5,
obovate, crenulate, generally notched at the point,
widely spreading, distinct, or sometimes slightly over-
lapping at the base, of a bright sulphur colour, yellower
towards the base. Stamens above 50, shorter than the
style. Germen globular, downy. Style smooth, bent
about the middle, much thickened below the stigma,
and becoming gradually slenderer downwards. Stigma
capitate, slightly 3-lobed, pustulose.

This pretty little plant is a native of Spain, and is
well adapted for the ornamenting of rock- work, when
mixed with other species ; it will stand our mildest
winters well without the least covering, but in very se-
vere frosts it requires a little protection, either with a
mat or some straw or fern, except there be a sufficient
quantity of snow to protect it ; plants of it may also be
grown in pots in a light sandy soil, where they will
thrive well, and produce an abundance of flowers; they
can then be protected by being placed in a frame in se-
vere weather; like the other species of this section, it
succeeds well by cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
in August or September, when they will soon strike
root.

Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, last Summer.

HELIANTHEMUM cupreum

Copper- coloured Sun- H ose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris veldilutd sulphureis.

H. cupreum, caule suffruticoso procumbente; ramis adscendentibus
tomentosiusculis adultis glabris, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis canali-
culatis : supra viridibus hirsutis; subtus toinentoso-incanis, sti-
pulis lanceolatis acutis ciliatis apice setosis petiolo duplo longi-
oribus, calycibus tomentoso-pilosis, petalis imbricatis.

Stem suffruticose, procumbent, branching in all di-
rections : branches ascending, purple, when young clo-
thed with a thin tomentum, which wears off by age,
they then become smooth and glossy, but are thinly
warted. Leaves oblongly-lanceolate, scarcely acute,
rather concave and channelled on the upper side, which
is green and hairy ; underneath clothed with a close
dense white tomentum, the margins slightly rolled
back : upper leaves narrowest and more acute. Peti-
oles short, pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, acute, about
twice the length of the petioles, fringed with long hairs,
the ends of which bend inwards, the points setose, or
tipped with little bristle-like hairs. Racemes terminal,
several-flowered, nodding before expansion, afterwards
becoming erect. Bractes lanceolate, fringed, more than
half the length of the pedicles, sometimes full the
length. Pedicles downy, nodding before the expansion
of the flowers, erect when in bloom, afterwards re-
flexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the two outer ones very
small, oblong, obtuse, hairy, the three inner ones ovate,
scarcely acute, concave, strongly 3 or 4-nerved, very
hairy on the nerves, the hairs in bunches, which are

seated on small tubercles or warts, margins and be-
tween the nerves membranaceous and tomentose. Pe-
tals 5, a little longer than the calyx, broader than long,
rounded, very much imbricate, of a dark copper co-
lour, with a darker mark at the base. Stamens from
50 to 60 : filaments smooth, bright yellow, longer than
the style. Germen tomentose. Style smooth, a little
bent, and very slender at the base, thickening upwards.
Stigma capitate, papillose.

Our drawing of this plant was made at the Nursery
of Mr. J. Lee, at Hammersmith, last Summer ; it is-
most probably a hybrid production, as its leaves are
very frequently variegated ; it makes a very pretty
plant for the adorning of rock-work, where it will
flower the greater part of the Summer ; or it will thrive
well in small pots, in a mixture of light sandy loam
and peat, when it will require a little protection in
Winter, either in frames, or to be covered with a mat
in frosty weather. Cuttings root freely, planted under
hand-glasses, in Autumn.

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HELIANTHEMUM Milleri.

Mr. Miller V Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphur eis.

H. Milleri, caule suffruticoso procumbente, ramis hirsuto-tomentosis,
foliis oblongis obtusiusculis plants utrinque viridibus hirsutis, sti-
pulis falcatis petiolo longioribus, calycibus hirsutis, petalis imbri-
catis.

Stem suffrutescent, procumbent : branches also pro-
cumbent, thickly clothed with short soft woolly hairs
and soft down underneath, the points ascending a little.
Leaves opposite, flat, dull green on both sides, thickly
covered on both sides with stiffish hairs which are ge-
nerally in pairs: lower ones of a roundish oval, quite
obtuse : the upper ones longer, oblong, or oblongly
lanceolate, more acute. Petioles thickly clothed with
woolly hairs, scarcely so long as the stipules, flattened
on the upper side, and rounded underneath. Stipules
somewhat falcate, linear or lanceolately linear, hairy
and fringed : lower ones very small, scarcely longer
than the petioles, the upper ones very long, about twice
the length of the petioles. Racemes terminal, many-
flowered, nodding before expansion, and becoming
erect as the flowers expand. Bractes similar to the sti-
pules. Pedicles clothed with a short tomentum, nodding
before the expansion of the flowers, erect when in bloom,
afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals; the two outer
ones small, linear, obtuse : the three inner ones ovate,
concave, acute, strongly 3 or 4-nerved, membranaceous

2 D

between the nerves, which are thickly clothed with
bristle-like hairs. Petals 5, imbricate, obcordate, more
or less crumpled, uneven at the ends, of a saffron co-
lour, with a dark copper-coloured spot at the base of
each, which makes a circle of that colour at the base of
the flower. Stamens numerous, unequal in length : Jila-
ments smooth, pale yellow. Germen densely tomentose.
Style smooth, somewhat bent at the base, where it is
very slender, club-shaped upwards. Stigma capitate,
papillose.

The present plant is nearest related to H. hyssopifo-
lium, from which it differs in its trailing prostrate stems,
dull green and rough, not glossy smooth leaves, which
are also much more hairy, and they have quite a differ-
ent appearance when seen growing together ; it is also
related to H. nummularium; but that is a much more
branching plant, with yellow loose-petaled flowers ; it
may probably be a hybrid production between the two.

The plant from which our drawing was made, was
sent to us by Mr. J. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery,
with several other sorts that are not common in the
neighbourhood of London ; it makes a very desirable
plant for the ornamenting of rock-work, its flowers
being so different in colour from most others, thriving
well in a light sandy soil ; it also makes a handsome
appearance grown in small pots, in a mixture of sandy
loam and peat, and will continue to bloom in succes-
sion all the Summer, and till late in Autumn, the young
shoots as they are produced being generally terminated
by a raceme of flowers; it is quite hardy, having stood
the whole of last Winter in the open border of our gar-
den without the least protection. Cuttings, taken off
in the young wood, and planted under hand-glasses, in
July or August, will strike root in a few days.

92.

HELIANTHEMUM hyssopifolium a crocatum.
Saffron-coloured Hyssop-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. hyssopifolium, caule sufFruticoso adscendente, ramis hirsuto-to-
mentosiusculis, foliis inferioribus ovalibus ; superioribus oblongo-
lanceolatis ; utrinque viridibus planis hirsutis, calycibus hirsutis,
petalis imbricatis. Supra fol. 58. cum synonym.

a, crocatum, floribus ferrugineo-croceis. Supra 92.

|3 cupreum, floribus cupreis. Supra fol. 58.

y multiplex, floribus cupreis plenis. Supra fol. 72.

Stem suffrutescent, much branched : branches ascend-
ing, tomentosely hairy, becoming nearly smooth by age.
Leaves opposite, flat, green on both sides, the upper
side glossy, hairy on both sides, the hairs curved in-
wards, varying in size and shape, according to the
strength of the plant : lower ones nearly round, or of
a roundish oval, others oblong, oblongly ovate, or the
upper ones lanceolate and more acute. Petioles short,
flattened on the upper side, hairy. Stipules lanceolate,
acute, hairy and fringed, bristle-pointed, about twice
the length of the petioles. Racemes terminal, many-
flowered, nodding before expansion, and becoming
erect as the flowers expand. Bractes lanceolate, acute,
hairy, and fringed, shorter than the pedicles. Pedicles
downy, nodding before the flowers expansion, erect
when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,
very hairy, the two outer ones small ; inner ones ovate,
acute, concave inwards, strongly nerved, the nerves
tinged with red or purple. Petals 5, imbricate, very

broad and rounded, or sometimes a little hollow at the
points, or obcordate, of a saffron colour, more or less
tinged with a ferruginous tint. Stamens numerous,
unequal in length : Jilaments smooth, yellow. Germen
silky. Style about the length of the stamens, nearly
straight, or very little bent at the base, slender at the
base, and thickening upwards. Stigma capitate, pa-
pillose.

Our drawing of this handsome variety was taken
from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. J. Mackay, at
Clapton, where it was grown with numerous other
species and varieties, in a border at the front of his
Greenhouses ; in our opinion, it is a more beautiful
variety than the copper-coloured one, and is a delight-
ful plant for ornamenting rock- work, or to be grown
in a dry border, thriving well in a light sandy soil, or
if grown in pots, an equal portion of sandy loam and
peat will suit it well ; it is pretty hardy, but it will be
best to give it a slight covering in severe frost. Young
cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, strike
root readily.

We have this Winter tried a great many species of
Cistus in various situations in the open ground, and
have found them succeed best, and suffer the least
from frost, in a border with a north-west aspect ;
scarcely any of them were injured in the least, though
several were of the tenderer sorts, and they had not the
least covering or protection ; we attribute this to their
being in a more dormant state, and their wood there-
fore more hardened to withstand the frost ; as those in
a southern aspect, though partially covered, were hurt
much worse, which we account for by their being more
in a growing state.

HELIANTHEMUM hyssopifolium p cupreum.
Copper-coloured Hyssop-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. hyssopifolium, caule suffruticoso adscendente, ramis hirsnto-to-
mentosiusculis, foliis inferioribus ovalibus ; superioribus oblongo-
lanceolatis; utrinque viridibus planis hirsutis, catycibus hirsutis,
petalis imbricatis.

Helianthemum hyssopifolium. Ten. synops. flor. neap. p. 48. DC.
prodr. 1.^.284.

a crocalum, floribus ferrugineo-croceis.

/3 cupreum, floribus cupreis. Supra.

y multiplex, floribus cupreis plenis.

Stem suffruticose, much branched : branches ascend-
ing, when young densely tomentosely hairy, becoming
nearly smooth by age, when they are more or less tin-
ged with purple. Leaves flat, green on both sides, the
upper side glossy, hairy on both sides, the hairs curved
inwards, varying in size according to the strength of the
plant : lower ones roundly oval, upper ones narrower,
oblongly lanceolate or linearly lanceolate. Petioles
short, pubescent, slightly furrowed on the upper side,
and rounded on the lower. Stipules lanceolate, acute,
hairy and bristle pointed, about double the length of the
petioles. Racemes terminal, nodding before expansion,
becoming erect when in bloom. Bractes lanceolate,
acute, pubescent, shorter than the stipules. Pedicles
downy, nodding before the flowers expansion, erect
when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,
very hairy, bearded at the base, the two outer ones very
small, lanceolate, acute, erect : inner ones ovate, acute,
concave, strongly nerved. Petals 5, broadly obovate or

obcordate, very much imbricate, of a reddish copper
colour. Stamens about 100, unequal in length : fila-
ments smooth, pale yellow. Germen silky. Style about
the length of the stamens, nearly straight, slender at
the base, and thickening upwards. Stigma capitate.

We believe the present very distinct plant belongs to
H. hyssopifolimn of Tenore, as it agrees precisely with
his description ; we are acquainted with two other very
distinct varieties of it, one with flowers of a lighter
colour, the other with double flowers ; it is one of the
strongest growing species of this section, and is a very
desirable plant for adorning rock- work, where it makes
a grand appearance when covered with its large bright
flowers, succeeding well in a light sandy soil ; and
young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, in August
or September, will strike root readily.

Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham.

HELIANTHEMUM hyssopifolium ^ multiplex.
Double-flowered Hyssop-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.

* Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. hyssopifolium, caule suffruticoso adscendente, ramis hirsuto-to-
mentosiusculis, foliis inferioribus ovalibus; superioribusoblongo-
lanceolatis; utrinque viridibus planis hirsutis, catycibus hirsutis,
petalis imbricatis. Supra fol. 58.

y multiplex, floribus cupreis plenis.

Stem suffruticose, much branched; branches as-
cending, very much knotted or rugged, when young
tomentosely hairy, but this wears off by age. Leaves
flat, very hairy, shorter and smaller than in the single
varieties : lower ones ovate, bluntish ; upper ones nar-
rower, oblongly lanceolate, acute, dark green on the
upper side and paler underneath. Petioles short, pu-
bescent. Stipules about half the length of the leaves,
lanceolate, acute, very hairy, fringed and bristle- pointed .
Racemes terminal, many-flowered, nodding before ex-
pansion, afterwards becoming erect. Uractes lanceo-
late, acute, very hairy, shorter than the stipules. Pe-
dicles downy, nodding before the flowers expansion,
erect or spreading when in bloom, afterwards reflexed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, very hairy, the two outer ones very
small, lanceolate, acute ; inner ones ovate, acute, con-
cave, strongly nerved. Flowers more or less double or
full of petals, copper-coloured, darkest at the base, some-
times making an attempt at another flower in its centre.
Stamens, many perfect, others are changed into petals.
Germen and Style generally monstrous.

Our drawing* of this plant was made at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham. It
makes a pretty plant for the adorning of rock- work,
producing its fine double flowers, the greater part of the
Summer. It may also be grown in small pots, in a
mixture of sandy loam and peat ; the plants can then
be protected by mats, or placed in frames in severe
frost. A collection of the different species and varieties
of this handsome genus, grown in pots, and placed to-
gether, in a clump, make a splendid appearance, when
in flower, in the Slimmer ; we scarcely know any tribe
of plants that make so gay a show when in bloom ; and
though the flowers continue but a short time, still the
succession that follows, makes that of little or no con-
sequence. The present plant is readily increased, by
planting young cuttings under hand-glasses, in August,
but the glasses must be removed from them as soon as
rooted, or they will be liable to damp.

106

HELIANTHEMUM mutabile /3 roseum.
Rose-coloured changeable Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.

** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. mutabile, caule suffruticoso, ramis procumbentibus tomentosius-
culis, foliis planis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis supra glabris subtus
levissime tomentosis pallide cinereis, stipulis pilosiusculis petiolo
subaequalibus vel longioribus, calycibus striatis glabriusculis. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 283.

Helianthemum mutabile. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. Willd. enum. 2. p. 571.
Link. enum. 2. p. 77. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 574. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36.

Cistus mutabilis. Jacq. ic. 1. t. 99. Misc. 2. p. 340.

a album, floribus albis.

0 roseum, floribus roseo-rubris minoribus. Supra.

Stem suffruticose, much branched : branches procum-
bent, spreading round in all directions, clothed with a
thin tomentum. Leaves opposite, flat, ovately oblong,
scarcely acute, the lower ones roundest and bluntest,
the upper side green and glossy, rough, the roughness
occasioned by minute tubercles on which the hairs are
seated : underneath clothed with a thin grey tomentum.
Petioles short, hairy. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, acute,
fringed with longish hairs, lower ones about the length
of the petioles, the upper ones about double the length.
Racemes terminal, several-flowered, nodding before ex-
pansion, afterwards becoming erect. Bractes lanceolate,
fringed with long hairs. Pedicles clothed with a thin
tomentum, nodding before the flowers expansion, erect
when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,
the two outer ones very small, oblong, obtuse, spread-
ing, thickly clothed with long hairs : the three inner

ones ovate, concave, scarcely acute, membranaceous,
glossy, strongly 4 or 5-nerved, the nerves hairy. Pe-
tals 5, broadly obovate, distinct or slightly imbricate,
pale rose-colour, yellow at the base, dying off nearly
white. Stamens numerous, about 80 : Jilaments long,
bright yellow : pollen golden yellow. Germen clothed
with a short dense tomentum. Style smooth, about the
length of the Stamens, nearly straight or slightly bent
at the base, thickening upwards. Stigma capitate, pa-
pillose.

Our drawing of the present pretty plant was taken
at the Nursery of Mr. J. Mackay, at Clapton, where it
was grown with a fine collection of other species, in a
border at the front of the Greenhouses, and made a
splendid appearance, when all were covered with bloom.

The present species is a native of Spain, and endures
our Winters well in the open ground, except when they
are very severe, thriving well in rock- work, or on a dry
bank, and producing its flowers all the Summer and
till late in Autumn ; the flowers are very variable in
colour, at first bright rose, then changing to a dull
lilac or flesh colour, and at length becoming pale blush,
which gives the plant a singular appearance : if the
Winters are at any time unusually severe, it will be
best to protect it a little with some slight covering, or
if some plants are kept in small pots in frames through
the Winter, they will be ready to turn out where they
may be wanted in Spring ; a light sandy soil suits it
best ; and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
the latter end of Summer or Autumn, will root readily.

HELIANTHEMUM roseum,

Rose-coloured Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rulris vel diluti sulphureis.

H. roseum, caule suffruticoso decumbente, ramis inferioribus glabris
nitidis superioribus tomentoso-incanis, foliis rotund ato-ovatis ova-
to-lanceolatis seu lanceolate- oblongis obtusis margine revolutis
subtus tomentoso-incanis supra viridibus nitidis subbirsutis, sti-
pulis lanceolato-linearibus ciliatis apice setosis petiolo duplo lon-
gioribus, calycibus membranaceis glabris aut angulis subpilosis,
petalis basi imbricatis.

Helianthemum roseum. DC.prodr. 1. p. 283. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36.

Cistus roseus. Allion.jl. ped. 2. p. 105. t. 45. /. 4. non Jacquini.

Stem suffruticose, decumbent, spreading in all direc-
tions : branches ascending, smooth and glossy on the
lower part, of a purple colour, the upper part clothed
more or less with a white tomentum. Leaves opposite,
petiolate, variable, obtuse, with revolute margins, un-
derneath clothed with a dense white tomentum, the up-
per side green and glossy, but slightly hairy, the hairs
forked, or two proceeding from one base, pointing in dif-
ferent directions : lower leaves roundly ovate, others
ovately lanceolate, the upper ones lanceolately oblong.
Petioles about half the length of the stipules, flattened
and furrowed on the upper side, and rounded on the
lower. Stipules larger than usual, lanceolately linear,
fringed, the points setose. Racemes terminal, many flow-
ered, nodding before expansion, afterwards erect. Brac-
tes lanceolate, ciliate, the points setose. Pedicles clothed
with a short canescent tomentum, nodding before the
flowers expand, erect when in bloom, afterwards reflex-
ed. Calyx of 5 sepals ; the two outer ones very short, el-
liptical, fringed : inner ones membranaceous, smooth,

ovate, concave, obtuse, with 3 prominent, more or less
purple nerves, which are slightly hairy, with a few hairs
also at the points. Petals 5, roundly obcordate, slightly
crumpled, imbricate, of a pale rose colour, with an
orange-coloured spot at the base. Stamens from 65 to 70,
about the length of the style : filaments smooth, bright
yellow : pollen yellow. Germen sericeous. Style smooth,
slender and bent at the base, and thickening upwards.
Stigma capitate, papillose.

Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham. It
is a native of the South of Europe, and requires a slight
covering in severe frosty weather, but will endure our
mildest Winters in the open air without the least pro-
tection. It thrives well in a light sandy soil, or an equal
mixture of light sandy loam and peat will suit it very
well. It makes a very pretty plant amongst others for
the adorning of rock- work, where it will produce an
abundance of flowers nearly all the Summer; it may
also be grown in small pots, which can be protected from
the severe frost. Young cuttings, planted under hand-
glasses, from July to September, will strike root readily.

HELIANTHEMUM roseum 0. multiplex.
Double-flowered Rose-coloured Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. roseum, caule suffruticoso subprocumbente tomentosiusculo, foliis
ovato-lanceolatis utrinque tomentosiusculis : subtus pallide ciriereis,
stipulis linearibus, pedicellis calycibusque piloso-subhirsutis. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 283.

Helianthemum roseum. DC.flor.fr. 4. p. 822. Supra fol. 55.

#. multiplex, foliis latioribus obtusioribus, floribus plenis. Supra.

Stems suffruticose, branching, more or less procum-
bent, ascending, the young branches tomentose. Leaves
opposite or in threes, ovate or ovately lanceolate,
bluntly rounded, the upper ones more acute, clothed
with a short tomentum on both sides, the upper side
of a greyish hoary colour, underneath more canescent,
the margins slightly revolute when young, but becom-
ing flat by age. Petioles short, tomentosely hairy. Sti-
pules linear, acute, tomentosely hairy, and terminated
with a tuft of shortish hairs. Racemes terminal, many-
flowered, nodding before expansion, afterwards length-
ening out and becoming erect. Bractes short, lanceo-
late. Pedicles clothed with a short canescent tomentum,
nodding. Calyx inflated, roundly ovate, tomentose,
of 5 sepals : 2 outer ones very small, close pressed to
the others: inner ones ovate, bluntish, concave in-
wards, strongly 4-nerved. Flowers monstrous, more
or less double, pale rose coloured ; when grown in rich
soil very large, consisting of many petals. Stamens
perfect, and numerous in most flowers. Style and
Stigma sometimes perfect, but often imperfect.

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This pretty double variety is well worth cultivating,
and thrives well in rock- work, or planted in the bor-
der of the flower-garden, if in a light soil, and not too
moist ; it then grows very strong, and attains a good
size, making a large bushy tuft ; its flowers are also
then very large, much larger than those in our figure,
which was taken from a plant grown in a pot ; it is
quite hardy, and continues to bloom nearly all the
Summer : young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
in August or September, strike root readily.

Our drawing was made from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill ; we also received it from the Nursery
of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham.

HELIANTHEMUM diversifolium

Different-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect: IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol 7.

** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. diversifolium, caule suffruticoso adscendente ramoso : ramis
tomentosiusculis erecto-adscendentibus, foliis petiolatis supra viri-
dibus hirsutis subtus tomentoso-incanis : mferioribus ovalibus ob-
longisve obtusis planis : superioribus lineari-lanceolatis acutis
margine revolutis, stipulis lato-lanceolatis ciliatis petiolo 2-3-plo
longioribus, sepalis pilosis, petalis crenulatis distinctis.

Stem suffruticose, rough and rugged, much branched,
ascending : branches erect or ascending, when young
clothed with a thin close-pressed white tomentum,
which wears off, and they then become smooth and
glossy, and are more or less purple. Leaves opposite,
very variable, petiolate, green on the upper side, and
thickly clothed with short stiff hairs : underneath clo-
thed with a dense white tomentum : lower ones oval,
flat, obtuse, others oblong or oblongly lanceolate, the
upper ones linearly lanceolate, acute, their margins re-
volute. Petioles short. Stipules large, broadly lanceolate,
scarcely acute, ciliated with long hairs, two or three
times longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, very
long, many- flowered, nodding before the expansion of
the flowers, afterwards becoming erect. Bractes lanceo-
late, fringed with long hairs, almost as long as the pe-
dicles. Pedicles densely tomentose, at first nodding,
erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 se-
pals, clothed with long spreading hispid hairs, the two
outer ones very small, ovately oblong, bluntish, fringed,
the inner ones ovate, concave, acute, strongly nerved,

membranaceous between the nerves. Petals 5, distinctly
spreading, obovate, narrow towards the base, the points
notched or crenulate, dark flesh-coloured, with a large
copper coloured mark near the base. Stamens numerous,
about 70 : filaments straw-coloured : anthers and .pollen
golden yellow. Germen tomentose. Style smooth, twist-
ed, and slender near the base, thickening upwards.
Stigma capitate, papillose.

The present is a very handsome and showy plant
when covered with its brilliant flowers ; it belongs to
the same tribe as H.polifolium, to which it is nearly re-
lated, but is readily known at all times by the green
upper side of the leaves ; those are very variable in form
and size, some being nearly round or oval, and obtuse,
varying to lanceolate or linear, and more or less acute ;
the petals are nearly of the same form as H. polifotium,
and are also notched at the points, but they are of a
very different colour : it makes a desirable plant for the
ornamenting of rock-work, or to be grown in small
pots, succeeding best in a light sandy soil, and is co-
vered with bloom the greater part of the Summer and
till late in Autumn; young cuttings, planted under
hand-glasses, the latter end of Summer or Autumn,
strike root freely.

Our drawing was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. Lee, at Hammersmith, from whose collection we
have also obtained a drawing of a double variety of it.

HELIANTHEMUM diversifolium p multiplex.
Double-lowered different -leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. diversifolium, caule suftruticoso adscendente ramoso : ramis to-
mentosiusculis erecto-adscendentibus, foliis petiolatis supra viridi-
bus hirsutis subtus tomentoso incanis : inferioribus ovalibus oblon-
gisve obtusis planis: superioribus lineari-lanceolatis acutis margine
revolutis, stipulis lato lanceolatis ciliatis petiolo 2-3-plo longiori-
bus, sepalis pilosis, petalis crenulatis distinctis. Nobis in supra
fol. 95.

a simpliciflora, foliis minoribus, floribus simplicibus. Supra 95.

£ multiplex, foliis majoribus, petalis multiplicibus. Supra 98.

Lady Gardner's variety. Hortulanorum.

Stem suffruticose, rough, hairy, branched, trailing :
branches ascending or ferect, when young clothed with
a close-pressed white tomentum, and longer hairs in-
termixed. Leaves opposite, variable, petiolate, hairy,
green on the upper side : underneath clothed with a
short white dense tomentum, flat, or the margins slightly
revolute: lower ones oval or nearly round, obtuse,
others oblongly ovate, or oblongly lanceolate, some of
the upper ones being nearly linear, acute. Petioles short,
very hairy. Stipules lanceolate, longer than the petioles,
bluntish or scarcely acute, very hairy and fringed. Ra-
cemes terminal, many-flowered, nodding before the flow-
ers expand, then becoming erect. Bractes lanceolate,
hairy and fringed, acute, at first erect, or the point bent
a little inwards, after the flower is expanded they be-
come reflexed or slightly revolute at the point. Pedicles
densely clothed with a short tomentum, nodding before

2 c 2

the flowers expansion, then becoming erect or nearly
so, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, very hairy;
the two outer ones very small, linear, obtuse : the three
inner ones ovate, concave, scarcely acute, strongly ner-
ved, membranaceous between the nerves. Flowers double,
of a dark purplish red, consisting of many petals: outer
petals 5 or 6, obcordate, surrounding the inner ones,
that are smaller, and of various forms, and of a lighter
purple. Stamens numerous, intermixed with the small
petals. Ovarium and Style generally imperfect, their
place frequently supplied by small sepal-like leafy ap-
pendages.

Our drawing of this handsome double variety was
made from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. J. Lee, at
Hammersmith, where it is cultivated under the name
of Lady Gardner's variety : it is a handsome plant for
the decorating of rock- work, or to be grown in a small
pot, and will continue to flower nearly all the Summer,
growing freely in any light sandy soil ; and young cut-
tings, planted under hand-glasses in August, strike root
readily, and soon make nice young plants; some of
them should be preserved in frames through the Winter,
as they are sometimes injured by severe frost.

HELIANTHEMUM venustum

Charming Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra,foL 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. venustum, caule suffruticoso adscendente ramoso ; ramis glabris
verrucosis apice subtomeritosis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis
planis aut margine vix revolutis denticulato-scabris subtus tomen-
toso-incanis supra viridibus nitidis, stipulis lanceolatis ciliato-hir-
sutis petiolo duplo longioribus, sepalis internis membranaceis :
nervis verrucosis liirsutis, petalis valde imbricatis.

Helianthemum venustum. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36. n. 78.
pleno.

Stem suffruticose, ascending, much branched :
branches spreading in all directions, ascending, gene-
rally purple, smooth and glossy, more or less warted
with small brown warts, upper part slightly tomentose.
Leaves oblongly-lanceolate, acute, some of them flat,
others with the margins slightly revolute, rough, or
toothed with very small teeth, fringed with short hairs,
underneath clothed with a close white tomentum, the
upper side green and glossy, but clothed with fascicles
of short stellate hairs. Petioles short, flattened on the
upper side, and rounded on the lower, about half the
length of the stipules. Stipules lanceolate, fasciculately
hairy and ciliate, the points setose. Racemes terminal,
several flowered, nodding before expansion, afterwards
erect. JBractes lanceolate, fasciculately hairy and
fringed. Pedicles short and slender, slightly tomentose,
nodding before the flowers expand, erect when in
flower, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals : the
2 outer ones small, elliptically lanceolate, bluntish,
keeled, hairy and fringed, the keel warted ; inner ones
ovate, concave, acute, membranaceous, strongly 4-

nerved, the nerves warted with purple warts, and fasci-
culately hairy. Petals 5, nearly orbicular, very broad,
more or less crumpled, very much imbricate, of a
bright crimson inclining to orange, and a yellow spot
at the base. Stamens about 70, half the length of the
style : filaments slender, straw-coloured : pollen yellow.
Germen densely tomentose. Style long, slender, and
crooked at the base, and thickening upwards. Stigma
capitate, papillose.

This very pretty plant is now very common in the
collections about London, but we cannot find any de-
scription agree with it in any of the works that we have
examined ; it is readily distinguished from H. rhodan-
thum by its warted stalks and calyces, and by its
smooth and shining stems ; its habit is also very differ-
ent ; it is one of the most ornamental plants of the
genus for adorning rock- work, as it is quite hardy, and
continues to flower all the summer, and till late in
autumn ; it will also succeed well on a dry bank, or in
any common border of the flower garden where it does
not get too much moisture ; in some of our collections
it is considered as a variety of H. vulgar e, but it has
certainly nothing to do with that species, from which
it differs more than from any other species in the sec-
tion; we believe many species have been confused
together by the short descriptions that have been given
of them, and those chiefly from dry specimens that
have dropt their petals. Specimens of this natural
order of plants should always be gathered in the morn-
ing, as soon as the flowers expand, and before their
anthers are burst, for as soon as that takes place, the
stigma becomes fertilized by the pollen, and the petals
will not remain long after.

Our drawing was taken from a plant, at the Nursery
of Mr. Colvill, where it is cultivated in pots of light
sandy soil, and makes a splendid appearance all the
summer; young cuttings root freely under hand-
glasses in the open ground, if planted in autumn.

HELIANTHEMUM rhodanthum

Dark rose-coloured Sun-rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Calyx ante anthesin apice sub-
tortus, 5-sepalus, sepalis externis saep£ patulis multo minoribus,
internis 2 saepiiis 4-costatis sulcatis margine scariosis intus nitidis,
angulis ssepe pilosis. Petala calycibus 2-3-4-plo longiora. Sta-
mina numerosa. Stylus basi flexus, apice subclavatus. Stigma
simplex. Capsula calyce obtecta trivalvis unilocularis apice dehis-
cens. Semina pauca extiis convexa, intus angulosa. — Suffrutices;
caules basi ramosi, ramis numerosis ercctis vel procumbentibus,
scepius adscendentibus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, inferior a
minora, scepd margine revoluta stipulata, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis.
Racemi terminates secundi simplices, ante anthesin incurvi, post
anthesin erecti elongati. Pedicelli basi lateraliter bracteati, ante
anthesin cernui, per anthesin erecti, post anthesin recurvi reflexi.
DC. prodr. 1. p. 278.

** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. rhodanthum, caule suffruticoso procumbente ; ramis tomentosi-
usculis subincanis adscendentibus, foliis oblongis margine revo-
lutis; subtus tomentoso-incanis ; supra viridi-glaucescentibus,
stipulis subulatis pilosis apice setosis, calycibus breviter tomen-
tosis albidis, petalis imbricatis.

Helianthemum rhodanthum. Dunal. ined. ex DC. prodr. 1. p. 282.
Swt. hort. brit. p. 36. n. 76.

Stems numerous, procumbent, very much branched :
branches ascending, densely clothed with a short white
mealy tomentum, that wears off by age. Leaves oppo-
site, crossing each other, with short footstalks, oblong
or oblongly linear, bluntish, but terminated in a point,
margins revolute, of a glaucous green, and slightly
pubescent on the upper side ; and clothed with a dense
white tomentum on the lower. Petioles short, canes-
cently pubescent. Stipules, one on each side of the
leaf, longer than the petioles, subulate, hairy, with
bristly points. Racemes terminal, several flowered,
before flowering curved inwards, after flowering, elon-
gated and erect. jBractes short, acute, canescent.

Peduncles thickly clothed with a white pubescence,
and some longer hairs intermixed, before flowering
cernuous, when in flower erect, after flowering re-
curved. Sepals 5, clothed with a short white tomen-
tum ; 2 outer ones very small, ovately-lanceolate, hairy ;
inner ones ovate, concave, bluntish, membranaceous,
strongly 4-ribbed, the ribs more or less hairy. Petals 5,
more than double the length of the calyx, very much
imbricate, rounded, more or less crumpled, of a bright
red inclining to crimson, with an orangy tint near the
base. Stamens numerous, scarcely as long as the style,
from 70 to 80 : filaments slender, smooth, bright yel-
low ; pollen yellow. Germen clothed with dense wool.
Style smooth, bent like a bow near the base, the upper
part thicker and erect. Stigma capitate.

This very handsome flowering plant is a native of
Spain, and is one of the most ornamental species for
the adorning of rock- work : it is also quite hardy, our
drawing being taken from a fine plant, growing lux-
uriantly with many other handsome species, in the
rock- work of the garden belonging to the Apotheca-
ries' Company, at Chelsea, in June last; nothing
could make a more brilliant appearance, than the va-
rious species of different habits, with flowers of various
colours with which the plants were decked every day
for about two months ; it also makes a handsome ap-
pearance when grown in pots, in which it will thrive
very well, or on a dry bank in the garden ; nothing is
more injurious to this family of plants, than too moist
a situation in Winter ; like most of the species of this
genus, the present plant grows freely in a mixture of
sandy loam and peat, or any light sandy soil ; and
young cuttings root readily, if planted under hand-
glasses, in a shady situation.

HELIANTHEMUM canescens,

Canescent Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra foL 7.

** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. canescens, eaule suffruticoso ramoso diffuse : ramis adscenden-
tibus tomentosiusculis canescentibus, foliis planis aut margiue vix
revolutis subtus tomentoso-incanis supra viridi-glaucescentibus :
inferioribus ovato-oblongis obtusis : superioribus lanceolatis acu-
tis, stipulis linearibus ciliatis petiolo sublongioribus, caJycibus
glabriusculis nervis pubescentibus, petalis valde imbricatis.

Helianthemum canescens. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36. n. 75.

Stem suffruticose, branching in all directions : bran-
ches procumbent, their points ascending, thickly clothed
with a close pressed canescent tomentum. Leaves op-
posite, variable, flat or sometimes very slightly revolute
at the margins, underneath clothed with a dense white
tomentum, the upper side of a dull glaucous green, oc-
casioned by a short close pressed pubescence, scarcely
perceptible to the naked eye : lower ones ovately oblong^
flat, obtuse or rounded at the points : upper ones lan-
ceolate, acute, when young the margins slightly revo-
lute, channelled on the upper side. Petioles pubescent,
on the lower leaves about the length of the stipules, on
the upper ones shorter. Stipules linear, acute, pubes-
cent and ciliate, greener than the leaves. Racemes ter-
minal, many-flowered. Bractes linear, fringed, about
half the length of the pedicles. Pedicles densely clothed
with a close white tomentum, nodding before the flowers
expand, scarcely erect when expanded, afterwards re-
flexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, smooth, or scarcely pubes-
cent, 2 outer ones very small, oblongly lanceolate, blunt-
ish, of a brownish purple, inner ones ovate, concave,
scarcely acute, membranaceous, strongly four-nerved,

the nerves more or less tinged with purple, and slightly
pubescent. Petals 5, broader than long, rounded, more
or less crumpled, very much imbricate, of a reddish
crimson with a small orange-coloured spot at the base.
Stamens from 60 to 70, about the length of the style :
filaments smooth, very slender, pale yellow : pollen yel-
low. Germen densely tomentose. Style much twisted,
and very slender at the base, thickening upwards.
Stigma capitate, granular.

Our drawing of this handsome plant was made at
the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne,
at Fulham ; it is nearly related to H. rhodanthum, but
is readily distinguished by its canescent leaves and
stronger growth : it is also related to H. roseum of
Jacquin, but we think it can scarcely be the same spe-
cies, and we have not yet had the opportunity of com-
paring them. H. roseum of Allioni and Decandolle is
a very different plant, of which we intend giving a
figure in our next Number ; the present, we believe,
bears the darkest coloured flower, if not the handsomest
of the genus ; it is also very large for the size of the
plant, which is well suited for the ornamenting of rock-
work, but will require a little covering in severe frosty
weather ; it succeeds well in a light sandy soil ; and
young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in Autumn,,
soon strike root.

HELIANTHEMUM virgatum.

Slender-twigged Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel diluti sulp/iureis.

H. virgatum, caule suffruticoso, ramis virgatis incanis adscendenti-
bns seu erectis, foliis linearibus subtus canescentibus, stipulis
lineari-subulatis, calycibus cauo-pulverulentis pubescentibus. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 282. n. 100.

Helianthemum virgatum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. n. 65. Spreng. syst. 2,
p. 594. n. 97. Swt. hort. brit. add. p. 469. n. 94.

Cistus virgatns. Desf.flor. atlant. 1. p. 432.

Stem suffruticose, producing numerous branches,
which are at first erect, but as they lengthen out, they
become more or less decumbent, not being strong
enough to support their weight, their points ascending
or becoming again erect, tinged with purple, and clo-
thed with a short white close tomentum, quite white
and thick on the young branches, but as they become
older it gradually wears off. Leaves opposite, linear,
acute, canescent on both sides, but most so under-
neath, channelled on the upper side and strongly one-
nerved on the lower, the margins slightly revolute,
clothed on both sides with a close-pressed pubescence.
Petioles clothed with a close-pressed canescent pubes-
cence, flattened a little, and furrowed on the upper side
and rounded at the back. Stipules linearly subulate,
sharp-pointed, keeled at the back, longer than the pe-
tioles, thickly clothed with close-pressed white woolly
hairs. Racemes terminal, several-flowered, nodding
before expansion, afterwards ascending, or becoming
erect. Flowers pale rose-colour, leaning forward, or

slightly nodding. Pedicles clothed with a hoary pu-
bescence, nodding before the expansion of the flowers,
becoming more erect as they expand, afterwards re-
flexed. Bractes linear, acute, broader than the sti-
pules, about the length of the pedicles. Calyx of 5
sepals, hoary and pubescent; two outer ones small,
oblong, obtuse, green, with a canescent margin : three
inner ones ovate, obtuse, concave inwards, of a thin
membranaceous texture, transparent, strongly 3-nerved,
the nerves clothed with stiffish hairs. Petals 5, broad
and rounded, imbricate, the points a little uneven, but
scarcely crenulate, pale pink, rather darker at the sides.
Stamens from 50 to 60 : filaments slender, smooth,
bright yellow, scarcely so long as the style : pollen
golden yellow. Capsule densely tomentose, about the
length of the calyx. Style very slender at the base,
where it is more or less bent, thickening a little up-
wards. Stigma capitate, papillose.

Our drawing of this beautiful species was taken from
a fine plant, kindly sent to us from the Nursery of
Messrs. Young, at Epsom, the only collection in which
we have seen it ; it is a native of Barbary, and there-
fore requires a little protection in Winter, either to be
placed in a Frame, or to be covered with mats or straw
in severe frost ; if plan ted in rock- work, a covering of
straw, or a thick mat will be requisite ; but if grown
in pots, they can be protected under a common garden
frame ; a mixture of sandy loam and peat is a proper
soil for it ; and young cuttings, planted under hand-
glasses in August, will strike root readily.

IIELIANTHEMUM variegatum

Variegated-flowered Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel diluti sulphureis.

H. variegatum, caule suffruticoso procumbente : ram is tomcntosis
subincanis diftuso-procumbentibus, foliis lanceolatis acutis plani-
usculis : subtus tomentoso-incanis ; supra viridis subscabris, sti-
pulis linearibus ciliatis petiolo longioribus, calycibus breviter to-
mentosis subviolaceis, petalis undulatis.

Helianthemum variegatum. Swt. hort. brit. add. p. 469. n. 95.

Stem suffruticose, much branched : branches procum-
bent, spreading in all directions, their points ascend-
ing, densely clothed with short white wool. Leaves
opposite, lanceolate, acute, flat, or the margins some-
times very slightly revolute ; underneath clothed with
a dense white tomentum, the upper side channelled, of
a glossy green, but clothed with a few close pressed
procumbent hairs, which gives them a slightly fringed
appearance, a little roughened, occasioned by the innu-
merable small punctures with which the leaf is covered.
Stipules linear, bluntish, or sometimes acute, fringed
with small hairs, a little longer than the petiole. Ra-
cemes terminal, many-flowered. Bractes linear, acute,
fringed. Pedicles densely tomentose, nodding before
the flowers expand, erect or a little declining when in
flower, after flowering reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,
clothed with a short thin tomentum: 2 outer sepals
small, oblong, bluntish, hairy : inner ones ovate, ob-
tuse, concave, membranaceous, of a violet colour,
strongly 4-nervt,d, the nerves slightly hairy. Petals 5,
rounded, imbricate, more or less crumpled and undu-
late, the sides more or less bent inwards, beautifully
variegated with white and rose-colour. Stamens about

L 2

the length of the style, the stigma overtopping them,
from 60 to 80 in number : filaments smooth, of a bright
yellow. Pollen yellow. Germen densely tomentose.
Style smooth, a little bent at the base, thickened up-
wards. Stigma capitate, papillose.

Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Apothe-
caries' Company's Garden at Chelsea, where it is grow-
ing in the rock-work in company with many other spe-
cies; we believe it to be of hybrid origin, and most pro-
bably between H. rhodanthum and H. lineare, which
grow in company with it : when in full bloom it makes
a very pleasing appearance, from the diversity of colours
in its flowers, some being nearly all red, others varie-
gated with dark and light red and white, and some alto-
gether white; it also continues to bloom, if the weather
prove favourable, from May till October ; this year we
observed several flowers on it, the beginning of No-
vember. It is quite hardy, having survived several Win-
ters in the rock- work at Chelsea garden, without the
least protection. Cuttings of it root freely, planted un-
der hand-glasses in September, the glasses to have a
little air at times, to keep them from damping, and the
sooner they are potted off after being rooted the better,
as they then establish themselves before Winter.

HELIANTHEMUM versicolor.

Various coloured Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra,fol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. versicolor, caule fmticoso erecto ramoso : ratnis adscendcntibns
steliato-pubescentibus subincanis, foliis oblongis planis aut supra
concavis subtus tomentoso-incanis supra viridis glabris, stipulis
oblongo-linearibus ciliato-pilosis apice setosis petiolo sublongio-
ribus, calycibus breviter tomentosis, petalis imbricatis.

Helianthemum versicolor. Swt. Hort. brit. p. 36. w. 77.

Chamaecistus luteus imis Serpylli foliis. Barrel, ic. 440.

Stems shrubby, erect, from a foot to 18 inches high,
much branched : branches spreading, ascendant, clothed
with a canescent starry pubescence. Leaves oblong, or
oblongly lanceolate, flat, or the upper side concave,
upper side roughish, of a glossy green, underneath
clothed with a close white tomentum : lower ones oval
or rounded, upper ones narrower and more acute,
margins in some of the young leaves a little revolute.
Petioles short, pubescent. Stipules small, oblongly
linear, a little longer than the petioles, hairy, ciliate,
and terminated with short bristles. Racemes terminal,
several-flowered, curved inwards before flowering, after-
wards becoming erect. Bractes oblong, bluntish, hairy
and ciliate. Pedicles clothed with a loose white pubes-
cence, nodding before the expansion of the flowers,
generally erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, clothed with a short canescent pu-
bescence, 2 outer ones very small, spatulate, obtuse ;
inner ones ovate, concave, membranaceous, strongly
4-nerved, the nerves more or less hairy. Petals 4,
rounded, much imbricate, more or less crumpled, va-
riable in colour, red, copper-coloured or light flesh-

coloured, with a dark orange-coloured spot at the base.
Stamens 50 to 60 : filaments slender, smooth, bright
yellow: pollen yellow. Germen densely woolly. Style
smooth, curved round at the base, thickening upwards.
Stigma capitate, papillose.

A very fine specimen of this handsome plant was
growing last Summer in the rock-work of the Garden
belonging to the Apothecaries' Company, at Chelsea,
where our drawing was made; it is readily distin-
guished from all others to which it is related, by its
stiff upright growth ; a good representation of it is
given in Barretter's I cones, 440 ; but we cannot find it
noticed by any modern author, nor do we see any re-
ference to the figure in any work that we have exa-
mined ; the flowers in our plant were very variable in
colour, scarcely ever two on the plant were alike, some
being of a bright red, others nearly yellow, some cop-
per-coloured, others with a mixture of all those co-
lours, and different shades between them, so that the
plant when in flower had a curious variegated appear-
ance.

As the present subject is a native of the South of
Europe, it cannot bear the severity of our sharpest
Winters without protection: if grown in rock-work,
it will require to be covered with mats or dry litter in
severe weather, but in mild weather will be best un-
covered ; it may also be grown in pots, where the
plants will bloom well, and can be placed with the
other species in frames or pits in severe frosty weather ;
like the rest of the tribe, the present plant will succeed
well in a light sandy soil, or a mixture of turfy loam,
peat, and sand, will suit it very well. Cuttings strike
root freely, if planted under hand-glasses, the latter
end of Summer, or Autumn.

62-

HELIANTHEMUM racemosum.

Long racemed Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albu, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. racemosum, caule fruticoso ramoso, rainis erectis teretibus to-
mentoso-incanis, foliis petiolatis linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis
margine revolutis supra nitidis subtus incanis, stipulis subulatis
in ramis floriferis petiolo longioribus, pedicellis iacanis, calycibus
n ervoso-sulcatis violaceo-rufescentibus.

Heliantbemum racemosum. Dunalin DC. prodr. 1. p. 281. Spreng.
syst. 2. p. 593.

Cistus racemosus. Linn. mant. 76? Lam. diet. 2. p. 25. Vahlsymb. 1 .
p. 39. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 1208. exclus. syn. Cavan. et Barrel.

Stem frutescent, much branched, clothed with a
brown roughish bark, and marked with rings, where the
leaves have fallen : branches erect, cylindrical, clothed
with a close-pressed hoary woolliness. Leaves opposite,
petiolate, linear, oblongly or lanceolately linear, acute,
channelled on the upper side, the margins revolute:
upper side of a bright shining green, quite smooth on
the old leaves, but slightly pubescent when young;
underneath pennately veined, and clothed with a short
thinnish grey woolliness. Petioles clothed with a short
dense tomentum, flattened a little on the upper side
and rounded below, longest on the young Autumn
shoots. Stipules attached to the base of the petioles,
subulate, ciliate, the hairs pointing upwards : those on
the flowering shoots longer than the petioles ; but on
the young Autumn shoots considerably shorter than the
petioles. Racemes terminal, very long, clothed with a
short dense woolliness, drooping or involute before the
expansion of the flowers, afterwards lengthening out

and becoming erect. Bractes fringed, similar to the up-
per stipules. Pedicles longer than the bractes, densely
clothed with a short grey tomentum. Calyx of 5 sepals ;
the two outer ones small, bluntish, hairy, dark green ;
the three inner ones ovate, acute, concave, membranace-
ous between the angles, the angles marked with red or
violet colour, smooth and glossy, slightly hairy. Pe-
tals 5, imbricate, white, more or less uneven or crenulate
at the edges, roundly obovate. Stamens numerous : fila-
ments smooth, yellow: pollen orange-coloured. Style
twisted at the base. Stigma large, capitate, papillose.

We also received the present handsome species from
Mr. Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, at the same time as
the subject of the last plate ; it is a scarce plant in our
collections, we having never seen it in any of the Nur-
series about London ; it is readily distinguished from
all others to which it is related, by its upright growth
and glossy leaves, and the red veins of the calyx ; it
must not be confounded with Cistus racemosus of
Cavanilles, which is a variety of H. lavandul&folium, ac-
cording to Dunal in Decandolle's Prodromus, and is a
yellow-flowered species.

The present species is a native of Spain, JBarbary, and
the Canary Islands, and will stand our Winters, if not
very severe, in the open ground; it is well adapted
for ornamenting rock- work, from its handsome glossy
foliage ; its flowers are also produced in succession near-
ly all the Summer and till late in Autumn, thriving best
in a light sandy soil ; it is also best to have some plants
of it in pots, as those can be preserved in frames through
the Winter, and can be planted out in Spring, to supply
the places of any that may have been killed by frost :
young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, any time
from July to September, will strike root readily.

HELIANTJHEMUM pilosum.

Hairy Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra fol. 7.

** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulpkureis.

H. pilosum, caule suberecto fruticoso ramoso ; ramis elongatis gra-
cilibus verrucosis, foliis petiolatis linearibus margine revolutis
subtus tomentoso-incanis : supra cano-virescentibus apice setosis,
stipulis lineari-subulatis petiolo longioribus, racemis laxis pauci-
floris, calycibus striatis pilosiusculis, nervis subviolaceis, petalis
imbricatis.

Helianthemum pilosum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. DC. prodr. 1. p. 282.
Swt.hort.brit.p.35.

Stem shrubby, nearly erect, or ascending, branched :
branches long* and slender, erect or ascending, smooth
and glossy, or slightly hairy, of a purple colour, more
or less warted. Leaves petiolate, linear, bluntish, bris-
tle-pointed, more or less hairy, margins much revolute,
deeply channelled on the upper side, of a whitish green,
occasioned by a dense minute pubescence, underneath
clothed with a dense white tomentum. Petioles short,
pubescent. Stipules linear, bluntish, fringed with short
hairs, longer than the petioles. Racemes lax, 3 to 8-
flowered, clothed with a short white tomentum. Bractes
linear, fringed, similar to the stipules. Peduncles slen-
der, tomentose, nodding before the flowers expand,
scarcely erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Ca-
lyx of 5 sepals, more or less hairy, thinly clothed with
a white tomentum : 2 outer sepals very small and nar-
row, concave, bluntish ; inner ones membranaceous,
ovate, concave, bluntish, 3-nerved, nerves prominent,
violet coloured. Petals 5, much imbricate, nearly or-
bicular, more or less crumpled, of a paper white, stained
with yellow at the base. Stamens from 60 to 70, scarcely
as long as the style : filaments slender, smooth, pale

yellow: anthers attached by their back to the fila-
ments: pollen bright yellow. Germen densely tomen-
tose. Style smooth, twisted at the base, a little longer
than the stamens. Stigma capitate, granularly fim-
briate.

The present plant is nearly related to H. lineare, and
also to H. apenninum ; from the former it differs in its
much whiter leaves, and in being more hairy ; and
from both by its imbricate paper-white petals ; it is a
very pretty plant for the adorning of rock- work, and
continues in flower a great part of the Summer ; it is
also pretty hardy, standing our milder Winters in the
open air without protection ; but it is sometimes in-
jured in the more severe ones ; so that it is the safest
way to have a few plants in pots, to be protected in
frames, or to be covered with mats in sharp frosty
weather. It succeeds well in any light sandy soil, or a
mixture of sandy loam and peat will suit it very well ;
and young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in
Autumn, strike root readily. Our drawing was made
from a plant at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley , Brames,
and Milne, last Summer.

HELIANTHEMUM lineare.

Linear-leaved Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.T.

** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. lineare, caule suffruticoso, ramis elongatis adscendentibus sub-
to mentoso-incanis, foliis linearibus obtusiusculis subtus canesceu-
tibus margine revolutis, stipulis lineari-subulatis petiolo brevio-
ribus, racemis laxis virgatis paucifloris, calycibus striatis glabri-
usculis ; nervis subviolaceis, sepalis acutis, petalis subdistinctis.

Helianthemum lineare. Persoon. synops. 2. p. 78. n. 4. DC. prodr.
1. p.282. ».99. Swt. hort. brit. add. p. 469. n. 93. Spreng. syst.
v. 2. p. 593. n. 95.

Cistus linearis. Cavan. ic. 3. p. 8. 1. 16.

Stem shrubby, much branched, clothed with a brown
glossy bark: branches ascending, crooked, very long
and slender, the young ones clothed with a hoary to-
mentum, which wears off by age. Leaves linear, blunt-
ish, opposite, with a longish slender petiole, the mar-
gins more or less revolute, underneath clothed with a
hoary tomentum, and having a strong prominent mid-
rib, the upper side when young clothed with short
close-pressed hairs, which gives them at that time a
hoary appearance ; this wears off when older, and they
are then green and a little glossy. Petioles pubescent.
Stipules small, linearly subulate, more or less hairy,
shorter than the petioles. Racemes terminal, loose,
few-flowered, clothed with a hoary tomentum, before
flowering curved inward, but as the flowers expand
becoming erect. Bractes short, lanceolate or linear,
clothed with short hairs. Pedicles clothed with a short
hoary tomentum, nodding before flowering, erect when
in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,
smoothish or slightly hairy, the two outer ones very
small; inner ones ovate, acute, concave, striate, the

nerves prominent, more or less tinged with red. Pe-
tals 5, white, obovate or obcordate, slightly imbricate
at the base, but distinct upwards. Stamens from 30
to 40. Style curved. Stigma capitate. Capsule rough-
ish. Seed brown, margined with a white membrana-
ceous wing.

This pretty little shrub is a native of the South of
Europe, and is well adapted for rock- work, but it
requires a little covering in Winter, and it is best to
have some plants of it in pots, and those preserved in
frames in severe weather, to supply the places of any
that may be killed by the severity of the weather ; they
succeed well in a light sandy soil, or a mixture of sandy
loam and peat will suit them very well. Cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in Autumn, will soon strike
root ; they may also be raised from seeds, which ripen
occasionally.

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HELIANTHEMUM apenninum

Apennine Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.

** Petalis albist roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphur eis.

H. apenninum, caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis patulis cano-tomen-
tosiusculis, foliis petiolatis oblongo-linearibus margine vix revo-
lutis subtus tomentosis : supr& glaucescentibus demum glabris,
stipulis subulatis petiolo longioribus, calycibus brevissime villosis
striatis glauco-cinereis obtusiusculis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 282.

Helianthemum apenninum. DC.fi.fr. 4.p. 824. Swt. hort.brit.p. 35.

Stem suffruticose, very much branched, the branches
spreading or ascending, clothed with a short white to-
mentum. Leaves petioled, oblongly linear, scarcely
acute, slightly glaucous on the upper side, becoming
smooth and glossy by age, clothed underneath with a
short dense white tomentum, the margins very slightly
revolute. Petioles short, tomentose. Stipules subulate,
longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, several-
flowered, nodding before expansion, erect when in
bloom. Flowers of a paper white. Pedicles slender,
clothed with a white tomentum. Calyx of 5 sepals,
which are clothed with very short woolly hairs ; the two
outer sepals very small, linear, obtuse, 3 inner ones
ovate, obtuse, concave, striate, more or less tinged with
purple. Petals 5, distinctly spreading, of a very thin
texture, paper-white, with a small yellow spot at the
base, more or less crumpled. Stamens from 40 to 50,
spreading, shorter than the style: filaments smooth,
yellow. Germen densely tomentose. Style bent near the
base, thickening upwards. Stigma large, capitate, pa-
pillose.

Our drawing of this plant was made last Summer at
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, where it was raised from
seed received from the late Mr. Schleicher, of Bex, in
Switzerland ; we also received plants of it from Mr. W.
Anderson, at the Apothecaries' Company's Garden, at
Chelsea; it makes a pretty plant for the adorning of
rock-work, where it will succeed well without the least
protection ; young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
in Autumn, will strike root readily, or it may be in-
creased by seeds.

HELIANTHEMUM polifolium.

White Mountain Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. polifolium, caule suffruticoso ramoso ; ramis procumbentibus dense
tomentosis, foliis oblongo-linearibus margine revolutis utrinque to-
mentoso-incanis, stipulis angusto-linearibus obtusis petiolo longi-
oribus bracteisque tomentosis ciliatis, calycibus tomentosis, petalis
distinctis subcrenulatis.

Helianthemum polifolium. Pers. syn. 2. p. 80. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36.
n. 79.

Cistus polifolius. Linn. spec. 745. Smith Flor. brit. 576. Eng. bot. 1 322.
Comp.flor. brit. edit. 2. p. 95. Hudson. 234. Withering 492. Hull
118. Dill.elth. 175. M45./.172.

Stem suffrutescent, much branched ; branches pro-
cumbent, the points more or less ascending, thickly
clothed with a dense white tomentum. Leaves opposite,
oblongly linear, bluntish, or scarcely acute, the mar-
gins revolute, thickly clothed on both sides with a
hoary white tomentum, so that they are of a greyish
white on both sides, but whitest underneath. Petioles
short, also densely woolly. Stipules narrowly linear,
blunt, a little longer than the petioles, woolly and
fringed. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, nodding,
and the points incurved before expansion, afterwards
becoming erect. Flowers white, nodding before expan-
sion, erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Bractes
similar to the stipules, shorter than the pedicles, densely
woolly. Pedicles slender, woolly. Calyx of 5 sepals,
densely clothed with a short tomentum, the two outer
ones very small, narrowly linear, bluntish ; inner ones
broadly ovate, obtuse, concave inwards. Corolla of 5

petals, distinctly spreading, obovate, generally crenu-
late at the margins. Stamens numerous, unequal in
length : filaments smooth, yellow : pollen orange-co-
loured. Germen clothed with a dense tomentum. Style
smooth, slender, and bent near the bottom, thickening
upwards. Stigma capitate, papillose.

The present pretty species is a native of various parts
of Devonshire and Somersetshire, but it is certainly
not the H. polifolium of the continental Botanists, as
they describe its leaves with a green and glossy upper
side, and the calyx as smooth and glossy ; our plant is
altogether hoary all over, and the calyx densely clo-
thed with a short, close, white tomentum ; that it is the
original plant of Dillenius, there can be no doubt, as
we have specimens from the same place as he obtained
those from which his figure was made ; we received
our's from Mr. W. Christy, Junior, of Clapham-road,
who gathered them himself on Brent-down, in Somer-
setshire, and kindly sent them to us ; we are also much
obliged to Mr. Thomas Clark, Junior, of Bridgewater,
who was so kind as to send us seeds from the same
place, which were raised at Mr. Colvill's Nursery, but
by some means got lost, before they flowered.

Our drawing was made from a plant in the garden
of Mr. Capper, at Clapton, that had been received
from Babbicombe, near Newton Abbott; we have
compared the specimens with the Brent-down ones,
and there is not the slightest difference in them. It is
also abundant on Tor Hill, near Torquay, as we have
been informed by Miss Southcote, an intelligent bo-
tanical lady of that place.

The plant that we believe to be H. polifolium of the
continental Botanists, we possess a drawing of; it
agrees precisely with their descriptions, and we intend
to publish it in our next Number.

The present species is quite hardy, and well adapted
for rock- work ; it thrives well in a light sandy soil;
and cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, root readily.
The figure in English Botany is not good, nor well
coloured ; the leaves are much too green.

HELIANTHEMUM pulvcrulentum

Powdered Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Supra, fol.1.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel diluti sulphureis.

H. pulverulentum, caule suffruticoso ramosissimo prostrato : ramis
incano-tomentosiusculis, foliis oblongo-linearibus margine revo-
lutis obtusis subtus incanis supra glaucis, stipulis subulatis ciliatis
apice setosis petiolo longioribus, calycibus canescentibus minute
tomentoso-pubescentibus, petalis valde imbricatis.

Helianthemum pulverulenlum. DC. fl. fr. 4. p. 823. Prodr. I.
p. 282. Pers. syn. 2. p. 80. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36. n. 74.

Cistus pulverulentus. Pourr. act. toul. 3. p. 311.

Stems suffruticose, prostrate, very much branched,
and spreading in all directions : branches opposite,
densely clothed with a close-pressed white tomentum.
Leaves opposite, oblongly linear, obtuse, margins revo-
lute, underneath clothed with a close white tomentum,
the upper side of a glaucous powdery appearance, ori-
ginating from small close-pressed white hairs, with
which the upper surface is covered, and is more con-
spicuous on the young leaves. Petioles short, tomen-
tose and hairy. Stipules subulately linear, longer than
the petioles, hairy and ciliate, bristly at the point. Ra-
cemes terminal, several flowered. Bractes linear, blunt-
ish, hairy and ciliate, more than half the length of the
peduncles. Peduncles clothed with a dense white pu-
bescence and hairs intermixed, nodding before the
flowers expand, and often when in flower, afterwards
reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2 outer ones small,
oblong, bluntish, very hairy : inner ones ovate, con-
cave, bluntish, strongly 4-nerved, the nerves clothed
with short rigid hairs, and between them with a short
white close pubescence. Petals 5, much imbricate and

crumpled, roundly obcordate, white with a small yel-
low spot at the base, and tinged round with a sulphur
colour. Stamens from 60 to 70, about the length of the
style ; filaments slender, yellow : pollen yellow. Ger-
men clothed with a close-pressed pubescence. Style
curved, smooth, thickening upwards. Stigma capi-
tate, tuberculate.

Our drawing of this species was taken from a fine
strong plant growing in the rock- work of the Garden
belonging to the Apothecaries' Company at Chelsea, in
June last : it is very hardy, as it stood the last Winter
quite well, without the least protection ; it is readily
distinguished from all those to which it is nearest re-
lated, by its white blunt leaves, and its very much im-
bricated thin flaccid petals; we do not know any one
with which it can be confounded, but is nearer related
to H. apenninum than any other. Its flowers are not
so showy as some of the other species ; but they never-
theless make a pleasing variety ; and in a large piece
of rock- work, where a great many species are planted,
we think the beauty depends very much on the different
sorts of colours being properly mixed ; and we often
see too many plants of a fine thing grown together,
which very much diminishes both its beauty and rarity,
particularly when there are not some less beautiful to
compare with it.

The present plant will grow freely in any common
garden soil, and will thrive in any situation that is
not too moist ; it may also be grown in a pot, in a light
sandy soil, and will need no protection in Winter.
Cuttings planted underhand-glasses in Autumn, strike
root readily.

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HELIANTHEMUM confusum,

Confused Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. confusum, caule suffruticoso, ramis procumbentibus glabriusculis
apice subtomentosis, foliis oblongis ovatis obtusiusculis subplanis
subtus tomentoso-incanis supra glabris viridibus, stipulis bracteis-
que linearibus viridibus ciliatis, calycibus striatis glabriusculis
subnitidis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 283. sub H. polifolio.

Stem suffrutescent, procumbent, extending to a con-
siderable distance, branched : branches procumbent, the
points ascending, smooth when old, but clothed with a
white tomentum while young, so that the lower part is
smooth, and the upper part tomentose. Leaves ovate
or oblong, bluntish, the lower ones shorter and rounder,
flat or nearly so, underneath clothed with a short
white tomentum, the upper side green, and somewhat
glossy, but more or less clothed with shortish hairs ;
these are most conspicuous on the young leaves, as they
wear off as the leaves become older. Petioles short,
flattened a little on the upper side, pubescent on the
young leaves. Stipules linear, acute, longer than the
petioles, somewhat hairy and fringed, of a bright green
colour. Racemes terminal, elongated, several-flowered,
nodding before expansion, but becoming erect as the
flowers expand. Bractes green, fringed, similar to the
stipules, shorter than the pedicles. Pedicles tomentose,
drooping before expansion, erect when in bloom, after-
wards reflexed. Flowers white and delicate. Calyx of
5 sepals ; the two outer ones small, bluntish, dark
green, hairy and fringed ; the three inner ones ovate,

concave inwards, bluntish, with membranaceous inner
margins, striated with dark green veins, somewhat
hairy but glossy. Petals 5, more or less imbricate, or
somewhat distinct, rounded but uneven at the margins.
Stamens numerous, spreading, unequal in length : jila-
ments pale yellow : pollen golden yellow. Style about
the length of the stamens, curled round at the base,
slender below and thickening upwards. Stigma capi-
tate, papillose.

The present plant is the one generally cultivated in
the Nurseries as H. polifolium, and we believe the
plant intended by most of the continental botanists,
judging from their descriptions ; but it has certainly
nothing to do with the the English plant, though it is
not very unlike the figure in English Botany, the leaves
of which are coloured much too green, if it really was
taken from a native specimen, as there asserted ; the
present is a common plant in the Nurseries about Lon-
don, and is well suited for the ornamenting of rock-
work, as it is quite hardy, thriving well in a light
sandy soil ; and young cuttings, planted under hand-
glasses in Spring and Autumn, strike root readily.

Our drawing was made, several years ago, at the
Nursery of Mr. Colvill ; but we deferred publishing it,
till we should have an opportunity of comparing it with
the wild English species. We showed our drawing to
Mr. Lagasca some time since, who immediately pro-
nounced it to be the Spanish H. polifolium.

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HELIANTHEMUM lanceolatum.

Spear-leaved Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. SuprafoLl.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. lanceolatum, caule suffruticoso ramosissimo procumbente; ramis
adscendentibus glabriusculis apice tomentoso-incanis, foliis lanceo-
latis acutis margine subrevolutis supra viridis glabriusculis subtus
tomentoso-incanis, stipulis subulato-linearibus petiolo longioribus,
sepalis glabriusculis subpilosis, petalis imbricatis.

Stem suffrutescent, procumbent, very much branch-
ing : branches ascending or erect, clothed when young
with a close white down, this wears off by age, and
they then become smooth. Leaves opposite, petiolate,
lanceolate, acute, slightly revolute at the margins, green
and rather glossy on the upper side, but clothed with
short hairs, most abundant on the young leaves, under-
neath clothed with a short white tomentum. Petioles
short, flattened a little on the upper side, hairy. Stipules
about twice the length of the petioles, linearly subulate,
hairy and fringed. Racemes terminal, many-flowered,
nodding and involute before the flowers expand, but
becoming erect as they come into bloom ; the flower-
stem thickly clothed with white down. Brae tes linearly
lanceolate, acute, hairy and fringed, nearly as long as
the pedicles, and sometimes exceeding some of them in
length. Pedicles densely tomentose, drooping before the
flowrers expand, erect when in bloom, afterwards reflex-
ed. Calyx inflated, of 5 sepals, the two outer ones very
small, bluntish, of a dark green : inner ones short, ovate,
concave, blunt, 3 to 5-veined or striate, somewhat glossy

but clothed with shortish hairs. Petals 5, white, imbri-
cate at the margins, broadly rounded, somewhat crum-
pled, narrowing to the base, a little uneven at the mar-
gins, marked with yellow at the base. Stamens nume-
rous: filaments smooth, slender, pale yellow: pollen
orange-coloured. Style very slender, and curled round
at the base, thickening upwards, where it becomes club-
shaped. Stigma capitate, papillose.

We believe the present plant to be one of those that
has been confused with tl.polifolium by some Botanists,
as we have seen it by that name in several collections ;
but it is a very different plant, readily distinguished by
its sharp pointed leaves, which are of a glossy green on
the upper side, and by its broad imbricated petals.

Our drawing was made from a plant growing in the
rock- work, in the garden belonging to the Apothecaries'
Company, at Chelsea, where it was raised by Mr. W.
Anderson, from seeds that he received from the Conti-
nent, under the name of H. polifolmm; it is quite hardy,
remaining all the Winter uninjured without any pro-
tection, succeeding well in a light sandy soil ; and young
cuttings, planted under hand-glasses, the latter end of
Summer or Autumn, strike root freely.

203.

103

HELIANTHEMUM macranthori.

Great-lowered Sun-Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseiss rubris vel dilute sulphureis.

H. macranthan, caule suffruticoso, ramis procumbentibus tomentosi-
usculis, foliis planis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis supr& glabris sub-
tils levissime tomentosis pallide cinereis, stipulis pilosiusculis pe-
tiolo subaequalibus vel longioribus, calycibus striatis pilosis, petalis
distinctis.

Stem suffruticose, much branched : branches procum-
bent, clothed with a thin tomentum, the upper part
tinged with purple. Leaves large and flat, ovately ob-
long, obtuse, or scarcely acute, the upper side green,
smooth, and glossy, or very thinly clothed with hairs,
which are mostly in pairs, underneath clothed with a
short thin tomentum, besides numerous little bunches
of hairs which give a greyish appearance, the hairs are
fixed on minute tubercles which occasions a roughness.
Petioles hairy, furrowed on the upper side and rounded
on the lower. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, acute, frin-
ged with long hairs : lower ones about the length of the
petioles : upper ones double the length. Racemes ter-
minal, nodding before expansion, afterwards becoming-
erect and lengthening out. Bractes lanceolate, slightly
falcate, fringed with long hairs. Pedicles clothed with
a thin tomentum and some longer hairs intermixed,
tinged with purple, nodding before the flowers expand,
erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5
sepals; the two outer ones small, oblongly lanceolate,
spreading, and fringed with long hairs ; the three inner

ones ovate, membranaceous, concave, acute, strongly
3-nerved, the nerves very prominent, and clothed with
bunches of long hairs which are seated on little tuber-
cles ; between the nerves smooth and glossy. Petals 5,
distinctly spreading, of a cream-coloured white, pale
yellow near the base, obovately wedge-shaped, .very
slender at the base, slightly crenulate at the ends. Sta-
mens about 80 : filaments long, smooth, bright yellow :
pollen yellow. Germen densely tomentose. Style smooth,
a little bent and slender at the base, thickening up-
wards, about the length of the stamens. Stigma large,
capitate, papillose.

Our drawing of the present strong growing and large
flowered species, was taken from a plant at the Nursery
of Mr. J. Lee, at Hammersmith, where it was culti-
vated in pots, and also in the open ground ; it is of
rather a loose straggling growth, producing long shoots
that spread out on the ground, but its flowers are very
large and showy ; it is also quite hardy ; and the best
situation for it is rock- work, where it will grow more
compact, by being in a dry exposed situation, than it
will if planted in rich soil in the flower-borders : young
cuttings of it strike root readily if planted under hand-
glasses, anytime from July to the end of September;
it is nearer related to H. mutabile than to any other
species.

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104

HELIANTHEMUM macranthon 0 multiplex
Double great-flowered Sun- Rose.

Sect. IX. EUHELIANTHEMUM. Suprafol.l.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulpkureis.

H. macranthon, caule suffruticoso, ramis procumbentibus tomentosi-
usculis, foliis planis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis supra glabris sub-
tus levissime tomentosis pallide cinereis, stipulis pilosiusculis pe-
tiolo subaequalibus vel longioribus, calycibus striatis pilosis, petalis
distinctis. Supra fol. 103.

a simplex, foliis majoribus, floribus simplicibus. Supra 1. 103.

@ multiplex, foliis inferioribus subrotundis, floribus plenis. Supra.

Stem suffrutescent, much branched : branches pro-
cumbent, clothed with a thin tomentum, which in time
wears off, they then become smooth. Leaves flat ; lower
ones nearly round, or of a roundish oval, obtuse; the
upper ones ovately oblong, more acute, the upper side
green and glossy, but hairy ; underneath clothed with
a thin white tomentum, besides some bunches of hairs,
which give a greyish appearance; the hairs fixed on
minute tubercles, which occasions a roughness. Petioles
short, hairy, furrowed on the upper side and rounded
on the lower. Stipules linearly lanceolate, acute, fringed
with long hairs, lower ones about the length of the pe-
tioles, upper ones about twice their length. Racemes
terminal, several-flowered, nodding before expansion,
afterwards lengthening out and becoming erect. Brac-
tes lanceolate, somewhat falcate, fringed with long hairs.
Pedicles clothed with a thin tomentum and longer hairs
intermixed, nodding before the flowers expand, nearly
erect when in bloom. Calyx of 5 sepals ; the two outer

ones small, oblongly lanceolate, spreading, and fringed :
the three inner ones ovate, concave, membranaceous,
acute, strongly 3-nerved, the nerves very prominent,
and clothed with bunches of hairs, that are seated on
little tubercles. Flowers white, very double, a great
number of the stamens being turned into petals.

Our drawing of this pretty double variety, was taken
from a plant at the Nursery of Mr. J. Lee, at Ham-
mersmith ; it is quite as hardy as the single variety, and
is well adapted for growing in rock-work, or in small
pots, mixed with the other species ; by cutting off the
flower-stems as soon as the flowers are dropped, will in-
crease the strength of the young shoots, and occasion
them to push out other racemes of flowers in succes-
sion ; so as to continue in bloom the greater part of the
Summer: young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses
in Spring or Autumn, will strike root readily.

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HUDSONIA ericoides,

Heath-like Hudsonia.

HUDSONIA. Calyx tubulosus 5-partitus : segmentis 2 externis
minutis. Petala 5. Stamina 9-30 : filamenta filiformia ; antberae
parvulae, bilobae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus suberectus
simplex staminibus requalis. Stigma simplex. Capsula 1-locularis,
3-valvis, 1-3 sperma, oblonga vel obovata, coriacea, laevis vel pubes-
cens. Semina granulata. Embryo in albumine corneo immersus. —
Suffrutices parvi, scepitis ctespitosi. Folia alterna, parvula, subulata,
acerosa, imbricata, exstipulata. Flores subsessiles vel pedunculati ;
pedunculi uniflori, solitarii terminalesque vel lateraliter aggregati.
DC. prodr. 1. p. 284. nonnullis mutatis.

H. ericoides, pubescens, caule suffruticoso suberecto : ramis elon-
gatis, foliis filiformibus subulatis subimbricatis, pedunculis late-
raliter e gemmis foliaceis solitariis, calycibus cylindricis obtusis,
capsulis pubescentibus semper monospermis, valvulis oblongis.
DC. prodr. l./>.285.

Hudsonia ericoides. Linn. mant. 74. Lam. ill. t. 407. Willd. sp.
pi. 2. p. 858. Hort. berol. 1. 15. Pers. syn. 2. p. 6. Purshfl. amer.
sept. 2. p. 364. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 146, 147. Nuttallgen.
amer. 2. p. 4?

A short densely branched suffruticose plant, from a
span to near a foot in height; branches erect, elongated,
thickly clothed with leaves, and densely crowded to-
gether. Leaves, like some species of Heaths, subulately
linear, more or less imbricate, becoming more patent
as they advance in age, and remaining persistent for 2
or 3 years ; thickly clothed with spreading white hairs,
as is every other part of the plant, except the corolla;
this gives the whole plant a sort of hoary appearance.
Peduncles solitary, one-flowered, each proceeding from
the side of one of the gemmae, or little tufts of leaves,
with which the branches are crowded, and some of
which afterwards lengthen out into shoots; when the
flowers first expand, the peduncles are very short, but

they continue to lengthen as the capsule is coming to
perfection, until they are from 5 to 8 lines in length ;
more or less tinged with brown, as is the calyx. Calyx
tubular, 5-parted: segments very unequal, the three in-
ner ones more than double the size of the other two, and
obtuse, the two outer ones very narrow, and acute. Pe-
tals 5, distinctly spreading, of a bright but pale yellow,
obovately ovate. Stamens from 9 to 15, spreading when
the flower first expands, afterwards closing round the
style : filaments unequal in length, smooth, pale yellow,
about the length of the style : anthers small, 2-lobed,
the lobes distant and distinct, opening longitudinally :
pollen golden yellow. Germen downy. Style erect, or
slightly bent, smooth. Stigma simple, very small.

This elegant little plant is at present very scarce in
our collections, owing to its being supposed to be very
difficult of cultivation ; but our present subject thrives
very well, and grows quite luxuriant in a pot of sandy
peat soil ; and would, we expect, still grow more lux-
uriant, if planted out in a bed of sandy peat, in rather
a shady situation, as it is said to cover large tracts of
ground in America, in the sandy Pine woods, in the same
manner as the common heath in England.

H. ericoides of Nuttall, is, as M. Decandolle ob-
serves, most probably quite a different species from the
present plant, as he describes the flowers as growing in
fascicles, and the present only produces them singly.
Young cuttings, planted under hand-glasses in sandy
peat soil in the open air, in August or September, will
strike root, if the glasses are occasionally taken off to
dry them, that they may not damp.

Our drawing was taken from a plant, procured for us
in flower by Mr. G. Charlwood, in July last.

HUDSONIA tomentosa.

Tomentose Hudsonia.

H. tomentosa, caespitosa et incano-toraentosa, caulibus intricatis den-
sis, foliis minutis dense imbricatis ovato-acutis, floribus aggrega-
tis subsessilibus, calycibns subcylindricis partitionibus obtusis,
capsulis monospermis, valvis ovatis laevibus. DC. prodr. 1. p. 285.

Hudsonia tomentosa. Nutt. gen. 2. p. 5. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 452. Swt.
hort. brit. add. p. 469.

A short, densely tufted suffmticose plant, about a span
high : branches short, crowded, ascending, densely to-
mentose, and thickly clothed with leaves, which are per-
sistent, and remain on long after they are turned brown,
so that the branches are always crowded with them.
Leaves crowded, minute, scarcely a line in length, close-
ly imbricated, oblong or ovate, acute, densely clothed
with a white silky tomentum, which gives the plant a
sort of silvery appearance. Flowers small, of a pale
bright yellow, sessile or on very short footstalks, each
seated on one of the little gemmae, or small tufts of
leaves with which the branches are crowded, so that
when they are expanded they appear in clusters. Calyx
cylindrical, 5-cleft, clothed with a silky tomentum, the
segments obtuse, two of them much smaller than the
others. Petals 5, distinctly spreading, obovate, concave,
longitudinally lined. Stamens from 10 to 18; filaments
slender, smooth, longer than the style, but scarcely so
long as the petals. Ovarium 3 -sided, smooth, and glossy.
Style smooth, erect. Stigma simple.

Our drawing of this rare plant was made in July
last, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, where several plants
of it have been lately received from North America ; it
was first discovered by Mr. Nuttall, and described by
him in his Genera of North American Plants, in 1818,
where he notices it as a very distinct species, " growing

on the drift sands of the o0ean, in New Jersey, Dela-
ware, Maryland, &c." Tlie soil in which the plants
came home was chiefly fin£ white sand, with a small
admixture of decayed vegetable soil, so that to grow
them in perfection in this country, it will be requisite to
plant them in the same sort of soil, or in a mixture of
light turfy peat and sandJto be composed chiefly of the
latter; sea-sand, where it/can be procured, is to be pre-
ferred : it will also be mire likely to succeed well in a
situation near the sea, man in an inland part of the
country. It is also a very proper plant for rock- work,
if planted in the same sort of sandy soil, where its little
bushy canescent tufts yill make a handsome appear-
ance : young cuttings, ^lantod in the same sort of soil,
under hand-glasses or bell-glasses, will strike root rea-
dily, so that a little air be given them that they may
not damp off; as soon as rooted, they should be potted
off in small pots ; for if left under the glasses, they will
certainly damp, being so densely clothed with pubes-
cence ; or if not convenient to pot them offimmediately,
a great deal of air must be admitted to them; and as
soon as they are properly hardened, the glasses should
be taken quite away/; when hardened in that manner,
they may be taken u^ with little balls attached to them ;
and when potted, if placed in a shady situation, they
will need no other protection ; but if potted off as soon
as rooted, they will require to be placed in a close frame
for a few days, to make fresh roots, and must be har-
dened to the air by degrees.

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