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HELIANTHEMUM ellipticum.
Elliptic-leaved Sun-Rose.
Sect. V I . E r io carpum . Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis extüs piloso-
sericeis seu tomentosiusculis intüs nitidis, 2 externis minutis lineari-
bus, 3 internis ovatis 4-5-striatis. Petala calyce pauló longiora.
Stylus subrectus basi flexus. Ovarium pilosum seu villosum. Capsula
pilosa. Semina numerosa, rufescentia, minima.—Suffrutices;
rami teretes, juniores einereo-pubescentes. Folia opposita alternaque,
subtüs cano-cinerea obtusiuscula. Stipulae petiolo breviores lineares.
Racemi secundi parvi oppositifolii, floribus confertis parvulis sessili-
bus seu majoribus breviter pedicellatis. DC. prodr. 1 . p. 273.
H. ellipticum, caule suffruticoso ramoso erecto cinereo, foliis oppo-
sitis ellipticis leproso-tomentosis cinereo-candidis obtusis margine
revolutis, stipulis linearibus parvis, racemis paucifloris, floribus
sessilibus bracteis subalternis. DC. pvodr. v. 1. p . 274.
Helianthemum ellipticum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 78. Spreng, syst. v. 2.
p. 589. Suit. hort. brit. ed. 2 . p. 42. n. 39.
Cistus ellipticus. ~Desf.fi. atl. 1. p. 418. 1.107. Smithfior. greec.
t. 502.
Stem suffrutescent, producing numerous branches
from the base, which at first spread out a little, but
afterwards become erect: branches thickly clothed with
canescent hairs. Leaves opposite, elliptic, obtuse, the
upper ones sometimes alternate, densely clothed with
white woolly hairs, margin slightly revolute, attenuated
a little towards the base, sessile, or on very short footstalks.
Stipules very small, linear, very hairy, spreading.
Racemes several-flowered, secund. Floicers sessile, or
the lower, ones on very short footstalks, all facing one
way, pale yellow or straw-coloured. Peduncles densely
clothed with woolly hairs. Bractes generally alternate
with the flowers, deciduous. Pedicles very short, and
only on the lower flowers, Calyx of 5 sepals, large, in