H E L IA N TH EM UM roseum (3. multiplex.
Double-flowered Rose-coloured Sun-Rose.
Sect. IX . E uhelianthemum. S u p r a fo l. 7.
** P e ta lis albis, roseis, rubris v e l dilu te sulphurets.
H. roseum, caule suffruticoso subprocumbente tomentosiuacu ,
ovato-lanceolatis utrinque tomentosiusculis: subtus pallxde ciner ,
stipulis linearibus, pedicellis calycibusque piloso-subhirsutis. VV.
wrodr. 1. p. 283. ~ r 7 __
Helianthemum roseum. B C .f lo r .f r . 4 p . 822. S u p -a fo l. 55
(g. m u ltiplex, foliis latioribus obtusionbus, flonbus plems. Supra.
Stems suffruticose, branching, more or less procumbent,
ascending, the young branches tomentose. Leaves
opposite or in threes, ovate or ovately lanceolate,
bluntly rounded, the upper ones more acute, clothed
with a short tomentum on both sides, the upper side
of a greyish hoary colour, underneath more canescent,
the margins slightly revolute when young, but becoming
flat by age. Petioles short, tomentosely hairy. Stipules
linear, acute, tomentosely hairy, and terminated
with a tuft of shortish hairs. Racemes terminal, many-
flowered, nodding before expansion, afterwards lengthening
out and becoming erect. Bractes short, lanceolate.
Pedicles clothed with a short canescent tomentum,
nodding. Calyx inflated, roundly ovate, tomentose,
of 5 sepals : 2 outer ones very small, close pressed to
the others: inner ones ovate, bluntish, concave inwards,
strongly 4-nerved. Floioers monstrous, more
or less double, pale rose coloured ; when grown m rich
soil very large, consisting of many petals. Stamens
perfect, and numerous in most flowers. Style and
Stigma sometimes perfect, but often imperfect.