HELIANTHEMUM macranthon J3 multiplex.
Double great-flowered Sun-Rose.
Sect. IX . E tjhelianthemum. S u p r a f o l . l .
** P e ta lis albis, roseis, rubris v e l d ilu te sulphureis.
H . macranthon, caule suffruticoso, ramis procumbentibus tomentosi-
usculis, foliis planis ovato-oblongis acutiusculis supra glabris sub-
tbs levissime tomentosis pallide cinereis, stipulis pilosiusculis pe-
tiolo subaequalibus vel longioribus, calycibusstriatis pilosis, petalis
distinctis. Su p ra f o l. 103.
a simplex, foliis majoribus, floribus simplicibus. S u p ra 1 .103.
multiplex, foliis inferioribus subrotundis, floribus plenis. S u pra.
Stem suffrutescent, much branched: branches procumbent,
clothed with a thin tomentum, which in time
wears off, they then become smooth. Leaves flat; lower
ones nearly round, or of a roundish oval, obtuse; the
upper ones ovately oblong, more acute, the upper side
green and glossy, but hairy; underneath clothed with
a thin white tomentum, besides some bunches of hairs,
which give a greyish appearance; the hairs fixed on
minute tubercles, which occasions a roughness. Petioles
short, hairy, furrowed on the upper side and rounded
on the lower. Stipules linearly lanceolate, acute, fringed
with long hairs, lower ones about the length of the petioles,
upper ones about twice their length. Racemes
terminal, several-flowered, nodding before expansion,
afterwards lengthening out and becoming erect. Brac-
tes lanceolate, somewhat falcate, fringed with long hairs.
Pedicles clothed with a thin tomentum and longer hairs
intermixed, nodding before the flowers expand, nearly
erect when in bloom. Calyx of 5 sepals; the two outer