CISTUS psilosepalus.
Smooth Sepaled Rock-Rose.
Sect. I I . L edonia. Supra, fo l. 1.
§1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multijloris cymosis, sepalis5, exte-
rioris scepius cordatis acuminatis; capsulis h-locularibus.
Pedunculis basi nudis, scepè injrd, medium folia opposita geren-
tibus.
C. psilosepalus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis
margine undulatis subdenticulatis ciliatis trinerviis subhirsutis,
floribus subcymosis, pedunculis tomentoso-hirsutis, sepalis longe
acuminatis glabris nitidis margine ciliatis, petalis latis cuneatis
imbricatis.
Cistus psilosepalus. Swt. hort, brit. addenda, p . 468.
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading,
roughish, of rather a rusty appearance, thickly clothed
with tufts of longish rigid hairs. Leaves on the stem
with short footstalks, oblongly lanceolate, acute, three-
nerved underneath, reticulately veined, of rather a
glossy green on the upper side and paler underneath,
hairy on both sides, the hairs underneath in little tufts ;
margin much undulate, rough or a little denticulate,
and fringed with tufts of short hairs, and some longer
ones intermixed : the leaves on the flower-stems sessile,
connected at the base, more prominently three-nerved,
and the points less sharp. Flower-stems axillary and
termipal, also clothed with tufts of short hairs, and
some long ones intermixed. Peduncles clothed with
tufts of short woolly hairs, and some longer ones intermixed.
Calyx of 5 sepals, the 3 outer ones broadly
cordate, with long taper points, striated with numerous
faint lines, which are branched a little, smooth
and glossy, the margins fringed; inner ones ovate,
membranaceous, with long subulate points. Petals 5,
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