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SEMPERVIVUM* villdsum. 



Villous Houseleek. 









DODECANDRIA HEXAGYNIA. 





Nat 



ord. Crassulaceje Be Cand. (Introduction to the natural system 



of Botany, p. 161.) .* • «*•''« 



SEMPERVIVUM L.— Calyx 6-20-partitus. Petala 6-20, oblonga, 



acuta. Stamina petalorum numero dupla. Squama ad basin carpellorum 



apice dentatae aut lacerae. Carpella tot quot petala. Herbae nunc 



acaules, ex axillis propagines apice foliosas edentes, aut caulescentes propa- 

 ginibus destitute ; aut frutices carnosuli. Folia sapiiis revoluta. Cymae 

 rami nunc in corymbum, nunc in paniculam dispositi. Petala flava, albida, 

 aut purpurascentia. — De Cand. prodr. 3.411. 







§ 1 . Chronobium. Propagines nullae. Flores ssepius flavi, rarius albi.— 

 Species omnes Canarienses aut Maderienses. — D. C. 

 S.villosum; caule frutescente suberecto tortuoso, folus obovatis contertis 



subtus gibbis villosis, squamis fimbriatis. — De Cand. I. c. 

 S. villosum. Haworth syn. 166. rev. 65. ' § 



Caulis fruticosus, carnosus, teres, subpubescens . Folia subtHs interrupts 

 vittata, pilosa, ciliata ; suprema magis distantia, glabnora. Cymae ramosce, 

 multifiorce, subracemoscB . Flores lutei. Petala 8-10. Squamae cuneatce, 

 anguhs rotundatis, glabra. K 





A native of the mountainous parts of the Canary Islands, 

 whence it was sent by Mr. Webb to his Garden at Miltord, 

 near Godalming. Our drawing was made from a flowering 

 plant, about 2 feet high, in May last. A Greenhouse plant, 

 easily increased by cuttings. 



If there be any permanence in characters derived from 

 the nature of the hypogynous scales in this genus, this 

 must be a different species from that to which we have 

 referred it : for we and them wedge-shaped, and quite 



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* So called (ever-living), because of the power the species possess of 



wishing 



