HELIANTHEMUM brasiliense.
Brazilian Sun-Rose.
Sect. II. Lecheoides. Supra f o l .\ 1.
Pedunculis ramealibus unijloris ebracteatis.
H. brasiliense, caule suffruticoso basiramoso; ramis adscendenti-
bus subsimplicibus birsuto-tomentosis, foliis ovato-obloneis acu-
tis sessihbus hirsutis, pedunculis calycibusque hirsuto-canescen-
tibus, pedunculis solitams unifloris aut laxe racemosis folio bre-
vionbus, sepalis internis ovatislonge acuminatis apice subrecurvis.
petalis obcordatis crenulatis.
Hehanthemum 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 alternifolius. Vahl. symb. {. p. 38.
Stems siiffruticose, branched from the base: branchei
slender, at first upright, but at length becoming procumbent,
as they cannot support their weight, the points ascending,
thickly clothed with loose wool and a few hairs
intermixed, the older branches a little warted. Leaves alternate,
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 m H. polygalcefolium. Flowers lateral, solitary, opposite
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
snorter than the leaves, densely covered with white wool.
Bractes none. Calyx of 5 sepals, the points a little re-
™ , d , 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-
aate, notched at the points, at first imbricate, afterwards
becoming distinct, and widely spreading, of a light yellow,
darker at the base. Stamens from 30 to 32, spread-
mg 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.