HELIANTHEMUM piles urn.
Hairy Sun-Hose.
Sect. IX. E u he lianthemum. Supra fol. 7.
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubrisvel dilute sulpkureis.
‘H . pilosum, caule subereclo fruticoso ramoso; ramis elongatis gra-
cilibus verrucosis, foliis petiolatis linearibus margine revolutis
subtus tomentoso-incanis : supra cano-virescentibus apice setosis
stipujis 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. hr it. p. 35.
(SVmshrubby, 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,flinear, bluntish, bristle
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 Avith 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 slender,
tomentose, nodding before the flowers expand,
scarcely erect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx
of 5 sepals, more or less hairy, thinly clothed with
a white tomentum : 2 outer sepals very small and narrow,
concave, bluntish; inner ones membranaceous,
ovate, concave, bluntish, 3-nerved, nerves prominent,
violet coloured. Petals 5, much imbricate, nearly orbicular,
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