CISTUS hirsutus.
Hairy Rock-Rose.
Sect. II . Ledonia. Supra,fol. 8.
§. 1. Pedunculis unifioris, aut multifloris cymosis: sepalis 5, extends
scepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibus.
* Pedunculis basi nudis, scepe infrä medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.
C. hirsutus, foliis sessilibus oblongis obtnsis hirsutis basi trinerviis,
pedunculis brevibus unifioris aut cymoso-multifloris,, capsulis
parvis calyce niaximo hirsute et pyramidali tectis, petalis rotun-
dato-obcordatis imbricatis.
Cistus hirsutus. DC. prodr. 1. p . 265. Lam. diet. 2. p. 17. Willden.
enum. 2. p . 568. Link enum. 2. p. 74. Swt. hort. brit. p . 34.
n. 19. Spreng, syst. 2. p. 586.—Clus. hist. Ledon. 4.
Stem shrubby, very much branched: branches spreading,
thickly clothed with unequal spreading hairs.
Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, obtuse, more or less
undulate, 3-nerved at the base, rugose, strongly nerved
underneath, the nerves much branched, hairy on both
sides, the margins fringed : upper ones much broader
than the lower ones, particularly towards their base,
and more hairy, also more strongly 3-nerved. Flowers
terminal, generally cymose, seldom solitary. Pedicles
short, villosely hairy, slightly viscous, cylindrical. Calyx
large, broad at the base, with a taper point, or pyramidal
; sepals 5, villosely hairy, the hairs white and
spreading: outer ones very broadly cordate, acute,
leafy, their margins recurved or revolute: inner ones
smaller, ovate, with taper points, their margins membranaceous.
Petals 5, obovate or obcordate, imbricate,
white, yellow at the base. Stamens about 100, unequal
in length, spreading, far overtopping the stigma: fila ments
smooth, pale yellow : pollen bright yellow. Ger-
men rough, pubescent. Style very short, erect. Stigma
large, capitate.