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HELIANTHEMUM roseum.
Rose-coloured Sun-Rose.
Sect. IX . Euhelianthemum. Supra f o i l .
** Petalis albis, roseis, rubris vel dilute sulphureis.
H. roseum, caule suffruticoso decumbente, ramis inferioribus glabris
nitidis superioribus tomentoso-incanis, foliis rotundato-ovatis ova-
to-lanceolatis seu lanceolato-oblongis obtusis margine revolutis
subtus tomentoso-incanis suprJt viridibus nitidis subbirsutis, sti-
pnlis lanceolato-linearibus ciliatis apice setosis petiolo duplo lon-
gioribus, calycibus membranaceis glabris aut angulis subpilosis,
petalis basi imbricatis.
Helianthemum roseum. DC. prodr. 1. p. 283. Swt. hort. brit. p. 36.
Cistus roseus. Allion, fl. ped. 2. p. 105. t. 45. f . 4. non Jacquini.
Stem suffruticose, decumbent, spreading in all directions
: branches ascending, smooth and glossy on the
lower part, of a purple colour, the upper part clothed
more or less with a white tomentum. Leaves opposite,
petiolate, variable, obtuse, with re volute margins, underneath
clothed with a dense white tomentum, the upper
side green and glossy, but slightly hairy, the hairs
forked, or two proceeding from one base, pointing in different
directions: lower leaves roundly ovate, others
ovately lanceolate, the upper ones lanceolately oblong.
Petioles about half the length of the stipules, flattened
and furrowed on the upper side, and rounded on the
lower. Stipules larger than usual, lanceolately linear,
fringed, the points setose. Racemes terminal, many flowered,
nodding before expansion, afterwards erect. Brac-
tes lanceolate, ciliate, the points setose. Pedicles clothed
with a short canescent tomentum, nodding before the
flowers expand, ierect when in bloom, afterwards reflexed.
Calyx of 5 sepals; the two outer ones very short, elliptical,
fringed : inner ones membranaceous, smooth,