CISTUS MARIFOLIUS. HOARY DWARF CISTUS.
CISTUS marifolius; suflruticosus exstipulatus, foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongis plants, sublus to-
mentosis. Sm. . , _ ~
CISTUS marifolius. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 741. With. Bot. A rr. ed 2. 481; Hoffm. Germ,
ed. 2. vol. 1. P. I. p. 243. TVilld. Sp. PI. vol. 2. p. 1193. Smith Fl. B rit. p. 572. JLngl.
Bot. t. 396. Alton Hort. Kern. ed. 2 . vol. 3. p. 309*
CISTUS hirsutus. Huds. Angl. p. 232.
CISTUS anglicus. Linn. Mant. p. 245.
CISTUS canus. Jacq. Austr. t. 277.
CISTUS CElandicus. Jacq. Austr. t. 399. {not o f L in n )
HELIANTHEMUM marifolium. Decand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 817. Fl. Gall. Syn.p. 402.
HELIANTHEMUM alpinum, folio Pilosellae minoris Fuchsii. Hoary Dwarf Mountain Cistus, with
Cat’s-foot Leaves. Rail Syn. p. 342.
- Welsh. Cor-rosyn lledlwyd.
Class and Order. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[N atural Ord er. CISTI, J uss., Decand., Hook. 1
Ch a r. Ord in is . Calyx quinquepartitus. Petala quinque. Stamina indefimta. Pistillum unicum. Stylus
unicorn. Stigma unicum. Capmla polysperma, multivalvis, nunc H B receptaculo centrali; nunc plun-
lncularis disscnimentis e medio valvarum. Semina numerosa, rotundata. Embryo recurvatus vel spiralis.
^Albumen carnosum. (Radicula hilo opposita. B r . Mss.)-F rutic e s vel Suffrutices. Palm opposite, stipulata
vel exstipulata. Flores racemosi vel corymbosi.
Gest. Char. Calyx pentaphyllus, foliolis duobus minutissimus. Petala quinque. Cpsula supera, tnvalvis,
. v polysperma.
Ge k . Ch a r. Calyx of five leaves, two much smaller than the rest. Petals five. Capsule superior, with three
valves and many seeds.
Radix subfusiformis, lignosa, ramosa, fibrosa.
Caules subpalmares; lignosi, valde ramosi, basi de-
cumbentes, nudi, intense fusci, superne erecti,
foliosi. .
Folia opposita, petiolata, exstipulata, horizontaliter
patentia, oblonga, superne intense viridia, sub
lente punctata, parce pilosa, marginibus parum
reflexis, subtus incana, tomentosa.
Racemi terminales, subquadriflori ; pedunculi et pedi-
celli tomentosi.
F lores parvi, flavi. .
Calyx viridi-purpureus, villosus, foliolis tribus majori-
bus trinervibus.
Corolla pentapétala, petalis obovatis, undulatis.
Stamina numerosa: Filamenta gracilia, flexuosa: An-
• theras subquadratfe, flavæ : Pollen flavum, siccitate
oblopgum, linea media quasi notatum ; ma-
dore sphæricum. '
P istillum : Germen rotundatum, flavo-viride, hirtum :
Stylus subæque longus, geniculatus : Stigma capitatum,
glandulosum, flavum.
Root somewhat spindle-shaped, woody, branched,
fibrous.
Stems about a span high, woody, extremely branched,
at the lower part decumbent, naked, of a dark
brown, above erect, leafy.
Leaves opposite, petiolated, without stipules, lying out
horizontally, oblong, their upper surface of a
deep green, dotted under a lens, slightly hairy,
the edges a little reflexed, beneath hoary, downy.
Racemes terminal, about four-flowered; peduncles and
pedicels downy.
Flowers small, yellow.
Calyx reddish green, rough with hairs, its three largest
leaflets three-nerved.
Corolla of five petals, the petals obovate, crumpled.
Stamens numerous: Filaments slender, flexuose: Anthers
subquadrate, yellow: Pollen yellow; when
dry, of an oblong figure, and slightly marked with
a central lin e ; when moist, spherical.
Pis t il : Germen round, yellow-green, hairy: Style
about the same length, geniculated: Stigma capitate,
glandulose, yellow.
Pig. 1. Portion of the stalk with a pair of leaves. Fig. 2 . Back view of a leaf. Fig. 3. Back view of a flower
Front view of the same. Fig. S. Petal. Fig. 6. Stamen. Fig. 7. Pollen, seen when dry. Fig. 8. The
same, as it appears when moist. Fig. 9- P istil:—all magnified.
In the British dominions, Cistus marifolius seems to be confine'd wholly to a few mountains in the North of
England and in Wales, beiig first discovered, as Ray informs us, by Mr. Newton on some rocks near Kendal in
Westmoreland, and afterwards found by Mr. Fitz Roberts at Buck-Barrow-Bank Scaur betwixt Bngsteer and
C o n S and on rocks about Cartmel-wells in Lancashire, plentifully. Many other stations are given for this
plant by the able authors of The Botanist's Guide, to which I must refer, contenting myself here with obserung
that the specimen now drawn and described was gathered by the Rev. James Dalton on the summit of Cronck-
lev Fell Yorkshire, where the plant had before been detected by Mr. Barton and the Rev. Mr. Harriman.
"The smaUer species of or of Helianthemum as the division is now called to which this ind.v,dual belong
are with difficulty distinguished from each other; hence much confusion has arisen among authors. Indeed, it
appears to be the case with this plant, as with the more common C. Helianthemum, that it is liable to vary according
to situation. And, owing to this circumstance, the downy or tomentose state of C. marifolius has been
constituted a distinct species by .facquin, and named C. canus (vide Fl. Austr t. 277); and the same author, in
the same work, has figured the more common appearance of this plant under the appellation of C. (Elandicus of
Linn., a species distinguished from the present by very few characters, it must be acknowledged, the principal of
which is the want of pubescence on the under side of its leaf. o r .,-
Our countryman Hudson described the Hoary Dwarf Cistus as an altogether new p ant, although the specific
character of Linneeus is vcry,correcl; and, what is still more singular, Linmeus himself took up the species of
Hudson, giving it the name of anglicus, in what Sir James E. Smith terms the last and least perfect of his works,
the second edition of the Mantissa. . _ • j >nft« a*
I t flowers in June, and presents a much more elegant appearance when growing in thick and ciowded tufts, as
it does upon its native mountains, than when seen, as here, in single specimens.
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