HELIANTHEMUM Fumana.
Heath-like Sun-Rose.
Sect. V II. F umana. Calyx ante anthesin apice tortus 5-sepalus,
sepalis externis angustis parvulis, internis 3 ovato-acuminatus
4-5-venosis margine scariosis. Petala lutea parva calyce subdupl6
longiora. Stamina pauca. Stylus rectus staminibus sublongior,
per anthesin obliquus, post anthesin suberectus. Stigma capita-
turn, fimbriatum, sub 3-lobum. Capsula 3-valvis, aperta patula;
semina nigrescentia vel rufescentia angulosa pauca.—Caules suffru-
ticosi. Folia linearia sessilia aut subsessilia, angusta. Pedicelli
unifiori, ante anthesin cernui, per anthesin erecti, post anthesin re-
jlexi.
* Foliis alternis exstipulatis.
H. Fumana, caule suffruticoso ramoso tortuoso subdiffuso erecti-
usculo; ramis inferioribus procumbentibus, foliis alternis linear-
ibus margine pilosis scabriusculis subinvolutis : inferioribus bre-
vibus confertis; superioribus sparsis longioribus, pedunculis
solitariis unifloris rard ramealibus seepibs suboppositifoliis termi-
nalibusve folio longioribus, capsulis apertis nudis. DC. prodr. 1.
p. 274.
Helianthemum Fumana. Mill. diet. n. 6. Swt. hort. brit. p. 35. n. 35.
Cistus Fumana. Linn. spec. 740. Desf.fi. atl. 1. p.414. t. 105.
Stem suffruticose, much branched, more or less twisted,
spreading or nearly erect: lower branches procumbent,
or horizontally spreading: upper ones erect or
ascending, thickly clothed with short downy hairs.
Leaves alternate, linear, fleshy, bluntish, the margins
roughish, thinly hairy, slightly curved inwards : lower
ones very short and crowded ; upper ones much longer
and more scattered. Stipules and Bractes none. P e duncle
solitary, 1-flowered, either terminal, or opposite
to a leaf by the side of the branch, longer than the leaf,
densely clothed with short woolly hairs, and a few
longer ones intermixed, erect before flowering and
when in bloom, afterwards reflexed. Calyx of 5 sepals,