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HELIANTHEMUM barbatum.
Bearded Sun-Rose.
Sect. IX . Euhelianthemum. Supra fo l. 7.
* Petalis luteis.
H. barbatum, caule suffruticoso erecto raraosissimo : ramis fascicu-
lato-pilosis, foliis hirsutis utrinque viridibus : inferioribus subro-
tundo-ovatis; superioribus ellipticis, stipulis oblongis ciliato-hir-
sutis petiolo longioribus, racemis longis hirsuto-barbatis multiflo-
ris, calycibus verrucosis hirsutis, petalis crenulatis basi imbricatis.
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Helianthemum barbatum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 79. Willd. enum. supp.
p. 39. Link enum. 2. p . 76.
Cistus barbatus. Lam. diet. 2. p. 24.
Stem suffruticose, erect or ascending, very much
branched: branches erect, thickly clothed with bunches
of spreading shaggy hairs, as is every other part of the
plant, except the corolla. Leaves opposite, crossing-
each other, rather crowded, underneath strongly nerved,
bluntish: lower ones nearly round or ovate: upper
ones elliptic, all hairy on both sides, the hairs in stellate
bunches ; of a pale green colour on both sides, but
palest underneath. Petioles rather long, a little flattened
on the upper side, and rounded on the lower.
Stipules leaf-like, oblong, bluntish, fringed, a little
longer than the petioles. Racemes terminal, many-
flowered, densely hairy or bearded with long hairs,
much lengthened after flowering, curved inwards before
the flowers expansion, afterwards erect. Bractes
oblong or ovate, obtuse, fringed. Pedicles of a brownish
purple, nodding before flowering, erect when in
flower, afterwards recurved. Calyx of 5 sepals, the 2
outer ones small, ovate or oblong, obtuse, inner ones
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