CISTUS acutifolius.
Acute-leaved Rock-Rose.
C. acutifolius, foliis cordato-ovatis acutis basi trinerviis reticulato-
venosis utrinque pubescentibus, ramis virgatis diffusis subprostra-
tis, pedunculis tomentosis subtrifloris, sepalis cardatis acutis nitidis
subpilosis ciliatis, petalis obcordatis basi inibricatis.
Cistus salvifolius /3 humifusus. DC. prodr. 1 . p . 265 ?
Stem shrubby, branched, spreading : branches long
and slender, scarcely strong enough to support their
own weight, when young clothed with a short tomen-
tum, and stellate bunches of hairs, more or less of a
purple tinge, older ones becoming rough, by the little
tubercles on which the bunches of hairs have been
seated. Leaves ovate, acute, sometimes cordate and
sometimes rounded at the base, spreading flat when
full grown, afterwards becoming undulate and the
sides folded inwards, slightly rugose, 3-nerved at the
base, reticulately veined, clothed on both sides and the
margins with numerous tufts of short hairs, upper side
of a darkish green, paler underneath : young leaves of
a hoary appearance, and undulate. Petioles short, dilated
at the base, channelled on. the upper side, and
convex below, hairy. Peduncles axillary, generally
3-flowered, rough, clothed with a short tomentum and
numerous little tufts of hairs. Bractes ovate, acute,
opposite, besides some small ones at the base of the
pedicles that are deciduous. Pedicles cylindrical, nodding
before the flowers expansion, afterwards erect,
tomentosely hairy. Calyx of 5 sepals, more or less
purple, glossy, a little hairy and fringed, acute, outer
ones broadly cordate, inner ones ovate. Petals 5, ob-
cordate, white, yellow at the bottom, imbricate at the
base, the points distinct. Stamens numerous, spreadx
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