HELIANTHEMUM leptophyllum.
Narrow-leaved Sun-Rose.
Sect. IX . EuHfeLTANTHÉMUM. S u p ra , f o l . 7.
* P e ta lis luteis. DC. prodr. 1. p. 270.
H. leptophyllum, caule suffruticoso lignoso subprocumbente ramoso:
ramis erectis aut adscendentibus tomentosiusculis subcinereis,
foliis angustis obloogo-linearibus in petiolum brevem attenuates
margine revolutis subtits bf éviter tomentoso-oinereis suprà gla-
briüsculis viridibus, stipulis subulatis pilosis petiolo vix longiori-
bus, racemis longis, calycibus piloso-hirsutis, petalis undulato-
crenatis basi imbricatis.
Helianthemum leptophyllum. D u n a l in D C . p ro d r . 1. p . 279. «. 82.
Sprang, syst. veg. 2. p . 592. n. 82. S lo t, hart. b rit. p . 35. n . 6 9 .--
B a r r e l. ic. f . 442.
Cistus Barrelieri. D o t. mag. 2371. excl. synon. non D C .
Cistus stæchadifoüus. Hortulanorum.
Stem shrubby, bard and woody at the base, ascending
or procumbent, clothed with a rugged brown bark,
much branched : branches spreading in various directions,
ascending, slender, clothed with a loose grey
tomentum. Leaves opposite, the upper one often ah
ternate, narrow, oblongly linear, bluntish, attenuated
at the base into a short petiole, the margins much
rolled back, underneath strongly nerved, and clothed
with a short dense grey tomentum ; the upper side
channelled, of a dark glossy green and slightly pubescent,
the points tipped with short hairs. Stipules small,
subulate, hairy, scarcely longer than the petioles, and
tipped with a fascicle of short bristle like hairs. R a cemes
long and loose, many-flowered, nodding before
expansion, afterwards becoming erect. Brades small,
linear or lanceolate, hairy and fringed. Peduncles reddish
brown, woolly, nodding before expansion, erect
when in flower, and reflexed when in fruit. Calyx of