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CISTUS latifolius.
Broad-leaved Rock-Rose.
Sect. II. Ledonia. Supra, fol. 1.
§ 1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multi/toris cymosis, sepalis 5, extend»
scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.
** Pedunculis bracteatis, basi bracteolis caducis parvulis concavis
coriaceis subluteis decussatis, infra medium 2 oppositis majoribus.
C. latifolius, foliis petiolatis lato cordatis acutis margin© crispato-
undulatis denticulatis ciliatis, pedunculis bracteatis longis subcy-
mosis villoso-pilosis, sepalis lato-cordatis villosis, petalis imbri-
catis.
Cistus latifolius. Swt. hort. brit. p. 34. n, 23. Supra, fol. 8. in obs.
Cistus populifolius, a. major. DC. prodr. 1. p. 266.
A large branching shrub, with brown glossy bark:
branches spreading, crooked, when young, clothed with
long white hairs, which drop off as the shoots advance
in age, they are then smooth and glossy. Leaves opposite,
nearly as broad as long, cordate and overlapping
at the base, acute, the points reflexed, underneath
strongly nerved, the nerves much branched, re-
ticulately veined, more or less hairy on both sides,
margins curled or much undulate, and toothed with
numerous small teeth, also ciliate, of a pale green colour.
Petioles stout, channelled on the upper side
and rounded on the lower, widened and sheathing the
stem at the base, margins purple, fringed. Peduncles
long, axillary, bracteate at the base, subcymose, in
our specimens from 3 to 5-flowered, lower part glossy,
upper part villosely hairy. Bractes decussate, or crossing
each other, falling before the flowers expand;
lower ones small, oblong, concave, keeled, hairy inside,
fringed, hluntish, but terminated with a small
point: upper ones larger and more acute, also keeled,
villous inside and fringed with white hairs. Pedicles