C i s t u s G u t t a t ü s . S p o t t e d -F l o w é r e d C i s t u s .
CISTUS. Limn Gen. PL Pülÿandrià Monogynià:
G°r• 5_Peta^a* - Cal. 5-phylIus : foliolis diiobus minoribus. Capfula.
- Rail Syn. Gen: 24. Herbæ pe&tapetalæ Vàsculiferæ;
CÎSTUS guttatus herbaceus exftipulatus, foliis oppofitis lanceolatis trinerviis, râcemis ebra&eatis;
Limn Syfi: Vegetab.'ed. 14. Miirr. p. 49g; Mant. 403.
CISTUS.annuus, fofiis radicâlibiis oppofitis, Iancedlatis trinerviis, ramiferis ternatis Iinearibus. Sauv
Mon/p. 148.
CISTUS foliis oblongo-acuriiinàtis non ftipulatis cable florali racemofo; Guett Stamp o p- jS v Datib
Pan/. 158. • . . r ‘
CISTUS flore pallido punifcàrite macula infignito. O’. B. Pin. 465.
TUBËRAR1À minor Myconi. Lügd. 1099;
CISTUS annüus II. Cluf. Hiji. 1. p. 77.
CISTUS annuus flore maculatô. Ger. emac. 1281. f 19. Shotted annual Ciftus.
CISTUS annuus flore guttato.. Spotted annual Ciftus. Park. T/j . p. 661.
HELIANTHEMUM flore maculofd. Col. Ecphr. II. 78. /. 77:
W p la n ta gratum-oddrem fpiratj prefertim -flores; 4 -The whole plant diffufes a pleafant odour, efpecially
• . i ' the flowers. ' > a
RADIX annua. f ROOT annual.
CAULIS femipedalis ad pedalem; ereflus, ràmofus uf* 4ue ad bafin, teres, hirfutulus, vifcofusr
\ S T A LK from fix inches to a foot in height, upright#
) branched quite to the bottom, round, flio-htly
) - hairy, and vifcid. °
) LEAVES, op polite, connate# the Ipwermoft lanceolate
• ' an_d fomewhat blunt, the furface rough with
little prominent points, three-ribbed, flightly
FOLIA oppofita, connata; inferiora lanceolata, obtu* (
fiufcula, punftis prdminulis fcabriufcula, tri- l
nervia, hirfutula, fuperiora lanceolato-linearia. \
frr nrMTQ r , • , , . , (i) ^ . hirfute, the uppermoft lanceolato-linean
FLORES racemofi pedunciilati, lutei, caduci, brae-| FLOWERS growing in racemi, Handing on foota
teatl. et ehrarr.eati lnnnp m n r sm o .X ■ A nil.. j - i IS & .
éeati,ebrafteati, idque in eodeni racemo ; q>
PeduncuIL teretes, vifeofi, ante flbrefeerttiam a
butantes, pendente florefeentia erefti, perafta f
florefcentia reflexij feminibiis demiflis iterum §
eriguntur. .\ §
CALYX : pERtANTHiuM pêntaphÿlliim, perfiftens, (
foliolis tribiis majoribus ovatis, acutis, con- (
Cavis, vifeofis; hirfutis, glandulis atro-purpu- *•
reis puhftatisj peraQa florfefcentia convergent j
tibus ; duobus minoribus lanceolatis# ciliatis, )
patentibug; Jig, i. > s
ftalks, yellow, deciduous, with and without
brafteae, and that pn the fame racemus; Pe*
duncles round, vifeous, drooping before the
blolfoms open; upright during their expanfion,
y , turning back again when the flowering is over,
r ■ ■ and again becoming upright on .the flieddino-
) : of the feed. • a j
j CALYX : a Peri anthium of five leaves# Continuing,
[ the three larger leaves ovate, pointed, con-
. - , cave, vifeous# hirfute, dotted with glands of
j a blackilh purple colour# -cldfihg together
j when the flowering is over; the two 'finaller
i leaves lanceolate, edged with hairs, and
P A D A T T A t, . !$:■ . fp r e a d i n g , figt 1.
LUKULLA: Petala quinque, obovata, lutea,.ma- 0 COROLLA: Petals five, obovate, yellow marked
cula,purpurea ad bafin notata, imequaliter § with a yellow fpot at the bafe, the edveirre-J
a \/rTxt<ArGl^n^errata5 f* • ’ - f gularly indented, jig . 2.
oTAMINA : FiLAMMTA plunma; A n th er s ilavcc, | STAMINA : Fieaments numerous; A nther* yel-
PISTILLUMtC-ERMENfLibrotundumi Stylus nullus; | PISTILLUM ^ G e’rmen roundilh- Style' none •
PERirARPTIG7MA mpSnum. 8»™». vdlofum 4 A |§ g - Stigma large, yellow, and villous, 4. ’
ILRICARPIUM: Capsula tnvalvis, valvis ovatis, f SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule of three valves the
concavis rnargimbus ad lentem ciliatis, fg . 5, 0 valves ovate, concave, the edges fringed when
cvAATxt a 1 • . . a magnified, fig. c.
aEMINA plunraa, minima pallida, intemo parieti 2 SEEDS numecous, very fmall, of a pale colour, af-
- ValvammnPrSh.ffi,, ; * ^ ^ fixed by threads to the infide of the valves,
9 (>■ .
Valvarum per fila affixa, jig . 6*
/ t ™ iyJ - JP'-c‘es of Clftus>13 Brft enumerated as a Bnulh plant in R a y 's Symfjis, Where it is deferibed
bfnriher m 7 ^ -S«ERA";D» the Me pf Jerfey, on the weft fide, — 1 and
Hie O?S.n ' ” r e di' 0n n e autho" tl' ° [ f f - B rewer, m Mr. Hudson's Flora A n g lic, as being-found in the
frequently11 * m fandP Paftures ° n Blech ddue, near H o ly h e a d in France, Spain, and Italy, it occurs more
rm» ° i k" n lflus, and thei aJ icif ol™s ,al:e a?n“ a]s- ™ which refpeft they differ from all the other Britilh fpecies;
„ „2 T °r ' r e7i. a-re dli llni .ulDlad feveral charaHers, none of which are more obvious thin the difprol
LIeV?o,e JAI ° f , rhelr refPe“ lve Jeed-veffels. Several peculiarities attend on this fpecies, fome of which
to B B S nhe obfcrvatIOIis of authors i the fpots on the petals have -been generally noticed, they contribute
Mrcelvl ,e fl°Werl ? P,ret;y °/na-raentr; °rn,the lower Part of each of ^ larger’ IBB leaves of the calyx one numerous black glands, interfperfed among the hairs, vifible to the nakld eye, and very conlpicuous
»uen lomewhat magnified; Clusius, who found this plant in-Spain, deferibes it as covered'with a Tort of
i S ? r SirXUaatl0n; wehaver not. percewed much of this, but we have found the whole plant diffufe a mod
“ uVtrasranue, more efpecially the flowers, and flower cups ; , this odoriferous matter, we apprehend
nicrly refides in the black glands we have mentioned. r r >
mi dd,e ° f Summer, the ufual time of its flowering, when the mornings are long, and the folar rays
l,he Petals. of f c fpecies will frequently fall off before, nine o'clock; towards Autumn', we-have
!yed them, con«nue till noon; immediately on their falling, the three larger leaves of the calyx clofe
thf. T <?V5r S S ™.mma- and P'ftillum. a"d fecure then! from any injury they might be liable to M ain from
early lols or their more delicate covering.
T-his plant is propagated without difficulty, it produces abundance of feeds, which readily grow; fow them
andv«0t 0 i arth,-f?rfhe AutulPn \ guard the^feedlings, which will be fmall, againft injuries during the Winter,
a your plants will flower early the enfumg Summer; Ihould your autumnal crop fail, fow again in the Snrino-
/°ur plants will flower in the Summer, but later. . 03
Has been obferveiLby; authors to vary with flowers without fpots.