. 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. VIII. CIST/VCEiF.: Cl'STUS. 30 vessel i on account of the shape of its capsules. In Martyn's Mii/i-r, the name is said to be derived from tliat of the youth Cistus, whose story is to be found in Cassianus TBassus. Others derive it from kis, a worm or weevil. Idi^fitijication. Tourn.» Li
. 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. VIII. CIST/VCEiF.: Cl'STUS. 30 vessel i on account of the shape of its capsules. In Martyn's Mii/i-r, the name is said to be derived from tliat of the youth Cistus, whose story is to be found in Cassianus TBassus. Others derive it from kis, a worm or weevil. Idi^fitijication. Tourn.» Lin., Dec, G. Don. Ssjumipnes. Holly Rose, Gerard; Gum Cistus j Ciste, Fr.; Clsten Rose, Ger.; Cisto Ital. Gen. Char. Cali/x of 5 sepals, 5i?pn/s disposecLin « double serips; 9. outer ones unequal, sometimes wanting. Petals 3, equal, somewhat cuneated, cailucous. Stamens numerous, usually exserted from the glandular disk. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. Capsule covered by the calyx, 3- or 10-valved, with a seminiferous partition in the middle of each valve, therefore 3- or 10-celled. Seeds ovate, angular. Embryo filiform, spiral. Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, sub-evergreen, entire or toothed; the petioles embracing the stem. Floiaers axillary, or many flowered peduncles ; large, beautiful, resembling a rose, red or white. âShrubs or subshrubs, natives of the South of Europe and North of Africa. Only two or three species ,or subspecies, and their varieties, are hardy in the climate of cistus purp â reus. «- 1. Ci'sTCs purpu'reus Lam. The purple-cowered Cistus, or Rock Rose. Identification. Lam. Diet., 2. p. 14.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 264. j Don's Mill., 1. p. 298. Stfitanymes. C. criticus Hort. Kew. ; the purple Gum Cistus. the purple shrubby Cistus; Ciste pourpre, Fr.; purpurrothe Cisten Rose, Ger. Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 408.; Swt. Cist., t. 17. i and oar fig. 77. Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, and more or less rugose ; ret
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