CISTÜS ladaniferus (3. maculatus.
Spotted-flowered Jlal-leaved Gum Cistus.
CISTÜS. Calyx b- sepalus, sepalis duplici sérié dispositis, 2 extends
inæqualibus, interdum nullis. Petala 5, æqualia, subcuneata,
caduca. Stamina numerosa, sæpè è disco glanduloso exserta.
Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Capsula calyce obtecta,
10-5-locularis, valvis 10-5, medio septiferis. Semina ovato-angu-
lata. Embryo filiformis spiralis.—Folia opposita exstipulata integra
vel detiticulata. Peduncüli axillares, uni aut multiflori. Semina
eat soit) C. monspeliensi descripta. DC. prodr. 1. p; 263.
Sect. IL Ledonia. Sepala 5, 2 externa majora valde acuminata
vel nulla : petala alba aut albida ; stamina numerosa pistillo
longiora; stigma subsessile magnum capitatum; capsulée 5-10-locu-
lkres.—Ffutices aut suffrutices : folia sæpe glutinosa.
§ 2. Pedun&ttlis bracteatis, bracteis caducis decussatis, inferiori-
bus minoribus unijloris, axïllaribus solitariis vel terminalibus umbella-
ti$; calycibus 3-sepalis ; capsulis b-10-locularibus. DC. p. 266.
* Stigmate màgnà séssili.
C. ladanifeius, folds planis sübsessilibus bâsi cônnatis lineari-lan-
ceolatis trinerviis supra glabris nitidis subtus tomentosis reticulato-
vebosis, capsulis 10-locularibus.
Cistus ladaniferus. Link enum. 2. p. 74. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266.
Cistus ladaniferus. (S. planifolius. Dort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p . 305.
a. albiflorus, petalis omnino albis. Ledon. 1. Clus. hist. J. p. 78. ic.
(3. maculatus, petalis albis, basi maculâ atrosanguineà notatis. Supra.
Stem shrubby, erect, branching: branches slender,
thickly clothed with a shining glutinous substance.
Leaves slightly connected at.the base, nearly sessile,
flat, linearly-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved from the base;
upper side smooth and glossy, viscous; underneath
clothed with a dense white tomentum, reticulately
veined. Flowers terminal, solitary. Bractes 6, opposite,
crossing each other: the 4 lower ones leaf-like,
dilated and concave at the base, fringed ; 2 upper ones
membranaceous, obovate, taper-pointed, concave, cili-
ate. Calyx of 3 sepals, which are cordately ovate,
acute, concave, striated, fringed on one side, the other
B