HELIANTHEMUM linear^.
Linear-leaved Sun-Rose.
Sect. IX . E uhelianthemum. Supra fo l. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.
H. lineare, caule suffruticoso, ramis elongatis adscendentibus sub-
tomentoso-incanis, foliis linearibus obtusiusculis subtus canescen-
tibus margine revolutis, stipulis lineari-subulatis petiolo brevio-
ribus, racemis laxis virgatis paucifloris, calycibus striatis glabri-
uscnlis; nervis subviolaceis, sepalis acutis, petalis subdistinctis.
Helianthemum lineare. Per soon, synops. 2. p. 78. n. 4. DC. prodr.
1. p. 282. n. 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 margins
more or less revolute, underneath clothed with a
hoary tomentum, and having a strong prominent midrib,
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