. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 5ft ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus II. HELIA'NTHEMUM, a^ _a=^ *^ The Hblianthemdm, or Suit Rose. Lin. Syst. Polydndria Monogynia. Jdentificatim. Tourn. Inst., 248. ; Deo. Prod., 1. p. 266. -, Don's Mill., 1. p. 301. Synanymes. CIsti species of Lin.; Heliantheme Sonnen G
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 5ft ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus II. HELIA'NTHEMUM, a^ _a=^ *^ The Hblianthemdm, or Suit Rose. Lin. Syst. Polydndria Monogynia. Jdentificatim. Tourn. Inst., 248. ; Deo. Prod., 1. p. 266. -, Don's Mill., 1. p. 301. Synanymes. CIsti species of Lin.; Heliantheme Sonnen Gurtel, Ger.; Eliantemo, Ital. Derivation, From fielios, the sun, and ant/temon, a flower ; because the flowers open with the rising of the sun in the morning, and the petals fall off with the setting of the sun in the evening. The flowers of Helianthemum, as well as of CIstus, only last for a few hours when the sun shines ; and if the weather is dull, and the sun does not make its appearance, the flowers do not open, but remain unexpanded. Should this continue for several days together, they will decay in the bud. Gen. Char. Calyx of 3â5 sepals;.the two outer usually smaller than the inner ones, rarely larger. Petals 5, usually regularly denticulated at the top. Stigma capitate. Style sometimes almost wanting, sometimes straight, sometimes oblique, and sometimes bent at the base. Ovary triquetrous. Capsule S-valved. Seeds angular, smooth. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate, stipulate or exstipulate, sub-ever- green ; 3-nerved or feather-nerved. Flowers axillary or terminal. Pedicels usually furnished vpith bracteas at the base. â Shrubs or subshrubs, low, prostrate, resembling herbaceous plants ; natives of Europe; and of the easiest culture in any common soil. *~ 1. H. vuLGA^RE Gcert. The common Helianthemum, or San Rose. Identificatiim. Gffirt Fruct., 1. p. 371. t. 76.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 311. Sffnonyme. Cistus Heli&nthemum Lin. Sp. 1. p. 744., Sm. Engl. Bot. 1321., C
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