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generally spreading. Stamens 10. Nectariferous scales entire, or 
hardly emarginate. Carpels 5.—Herbs or subshrubs. Stems 
usually branched from the base. Sterile stems or surculi usually 
crowded with leaves. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, fleshy, 
terete or flat, quite entire, rarely toothed. Flowers cymose, white, 
purple, or blue, but usually yellow; in some species the flowers 
are 4 or 6-7-petalled, and the stamens always double that number. 
* Leaves flat. 
1 S. Ruopviora (D. C. fl. fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 386. pl. grass. 
t. 143.) leaves oblong, serrated at the apex, glabrous, glaucous ; 
root rather tuberous ; stems simple ; flowers corymbose, usually 
of 4 petals, octandrous, and dioecious from abortion. ghd sf 
Native of middle Europe, on the mountains; of Siberia, and of 
North America, on the Arctic Sea shore, and Islands ; of New- 
foundland and Labrador ; and on the Rocky Mountains, Kot- 
zebue’s Sound, &c. ; in Britain, in the north of England, Scot- 
land, and Wales, on the mountains. Rhodiola rosea, Lin. spec. 
1465. Smith, engl: bot. t. 508. fl. dan. t. 183. Plant glaucous. 
The flowers are yellow, and are said to be sometimes hermaphro- 
dite, but are usually of different sexes on different plants. The 
root is sweetish when dried ; in this state a fragrant water may 
be distilled from it. The inhabitants of the Farro Island use it as 
aremedy for scurvy. In Greenland they eat it as garden stuff. 
A cataplasm of the fresh roots, applied to the forehead, is said 
to relieve the head-ache, and to heal malignant ulcers. The 
specific name is from odor, a rose ; in reference to the fragrance 
of the roots. 
Rhodiola or Common Rose-root. 
$ to 3 foot. 
2 5. Asta’ticum (D.C. prod. 3. p. 401.) leaves linear-lingu- 
late, quite entire, obtuse; umbels few-flowered ; calycine seg- 
ments 4, oblong, obtuse ; flowers 4-petalled, hermaphrodite. 
4. H. Native of Gosainsthan, in Nipaul. Rhodiola Asiática, 
D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 213. Root fleshy ; caudex very thick, 
3-4 inches long, turgid. Stems tufted, ascending. Leaves 1-2 
lines long, glaucous. Flowers corymbose, octandrous, and te- 
tragynous, of a golden yellow colour. 
Asiatic Rose-root. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 S. exonca'rum (Led. fl. atl. 2. p. 193.) leaves scattered, 
oblong, almost quite entire, glabrous, hardly glaucescent ; root 
rather tuberous; stems simple; flowers in cymose corymbs; 
pedicels hardly exceeding the flowers in length ; nectariferous 
scales 3 times longer than broad ; carpels recurved. wH; 
Native of Altaia, in alpine humid places, on the edges of rivu- 
lets. Plant glaucous. Flowers yellow ? hermaphrodite, but 
sometimes dioecious or polygamous from abortion, as in S. Rho- 
diola. Stamens 8 or 10. 
Elongated Rose-root. Fl. May, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
4 S. Atra‘tcum; leaves scattered, obovate-lanceolate, ser- 
rated at the apex, glabrous, glaucous; root rather tuberous ; 
stems simple ; flowers in cymose corymbs ; pedicels shorter than 
the flowers; nectariferous scales about as long as broad ; carpels 
erect. 2. H. Native of Altaia and Siberia. $. Rhodiola, 
Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 194. Rhodiola Sibirica, Hortul. Flowers 
yellow, octandrous, dioecious or polygamous. 
Altaian Rose-root. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1827. Pl. 4 foot. 
5 S. Himare’nsts (D. Don, prod. fl. hep. p. 212.) stem erect ; 
leaves oval-lanceolate, flat, acute, toothed, glaucous, smooth ; 
corymbs almost simple ; root thick. 4%. H. Native of Co 
sainsthan, in the alpine regions of the Himalaya or Emodi. 
Habit of S. Rhodiola. Flowers yellow. 
Himalaya Stonecrop. PI. 4 foot. 
6 S. aizo‘on (Lin. spec. 617.) leaves lanceolate, flat, serrated, 
alternate, glabrous; stems erect 3 cymes terminal, crowded. 
Y. H; Native of Siberia, in woods; on shady rocks, at Lake 
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Flowers yellow. 
Fl. May, July. Brit. Pl. 
CRASSULACEX. XVIII. Sepus. 
Teletzkoi. D.C. pl. grass. t. 101.—Amm. ruth. no. 96. t. H. 
Perhaps Anacampseros Aizdon, Haw. syn. p. 112.? Flowers 
yellow, varying with from 4-6 petals and 8-12 stamens, Root 
branched, fascicled, thickish. 
Ever-living Stonecrop. Fl. Jul. Sept. Cit. 1757. PLI® 
7 S. HY'BRIDUM (Lin. spec. 617.) leaves cuneiform, rather con- 
cave, bluntly serrated, rather crowded, alternate, glabrous; those 
of the branches crowded ; stems ascending, rooting at the base; 
cymes terminal. %.H. Native of Altaia and Tartary, at the 
bottom of the Ural mountains; on the upper Irtish. Murr. 
nov. comm. goett. 6. p. 35. t.5.—Gmel. fl. sib. 4. p. 171. 
no. 851. t. 62. f.1. Anacampseros hybrida, Haw. 1l. c. Flowers 
sulphur-coloured. This is not a hybrid, but a true species, S, 
Altaica, Bess. enum. sem. crem. 1823. 
Hybrid Stonecrop. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1766. Pl. 1to2 ft. 
8 S. spatutirétium (Hook, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 227.) gla- 
brous; stem erect; leaves obovate-spatulate, flattish, acute: 
upper ones linear ; cyme terminal, leafy, trichotomous ; flowers 
pedicellate, decandrous; petals linear-spatulate, much longer 
than the calyx. 4%. H. Native of the north-west coast of 
America; common on dry rocky places of the Columbia river. 
Flowers yellow, very like those of S. stenopétalum. Lower 
parts of stems decumbent. 
Spatulate-leaved Stonecrop. Pl. 1 to } foot. 
9 S. Doveta'su (Hook, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 228.) stem erect, 
proliferous above from recurved branches ; leaves linear-subu- 
late, very acute, flat on the inside, and a little keeled on the 
back, with dry membranous edges ; cymes dichotomous ; flowers 
sessile, decandrous ; petals narrow-lanceolate, twice the length 
of the calyx. ©.H. Native of North America ; common on 
rocky places on the Columbia to the mountains. Flowers yel- 
low, like those of S. stenopétalum. 
Douglas's Stonecrop. PI. 4 foot. 
10 S. a’terun (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 418.) leaves scattered, 
linear, quite entire, flat, glabrous; root thick, of many necks; 
stems numerous, simple; corymb terminal, simple ; pedicels 
about equal in length to the flowers; breadth of nectariferous 
scales exceeding their length ; petals longer than the stamens 
Y.H. Native of Altaia, on the higher alps, about the fountains 
of the rivers Inja, Uba, and Sentelek, and on the mountains 
Kokorga, at the sides of rivulets. Flowers at first yellow, but 
fading to a dirty red. Allied to S. quadrifidum. 
Algid Stonecrop. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
** Leaves flat. Flowers white. 
11 S. 1nvorucra‘tum (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p- 352.) leaves cunel- 
form, crenated, opposite, pubescent, ciliated ; stems declinate, 
hairy ; corymbs crowded, involucrated ; petals subulate. %. H 
Native of Caucasus, among stones, at the foot of Mount Kais- 
chaur. Flowers white, about the size of those of S. hýjbridum. 
Involucrated Stonecrop. Pl. 1 foot. 
12 S. Latrréxium (Bert. amæn. itin. p. 366.) leaves ovates 
cordate, very blunt, serrated, glabrous, usually opposite; C0- 
tymbs cymose, on long peduncles; stamens longer than the 
corolla. X4. H. Native of Switzerland, on the mountains; 
Germany, Italy, France, &c.—Clus. hist. 2. p 66. f. 1. 
Teléphium, var. maximum, Lin. spec. 616. S. máximum, 
Hoffm. germ. 1. p. 156. Flowers greenish-white. Anacámp- 
seros maxima, and probably A. albicans, Haw. syn. p. 111. 
Broad-leaved Orpine. F]. July, Sept. Clt. 1794. P). 2 feet. 
13 S. oprusiroxium (Meyer. verz. pflanz. p. 150.) plant gle 
brous, green; stems erect; leaves orbicularly-obovate, obtuse, 
nearly quite entire, with scabrous margins : lower ones opp? 
site; rays of cyme elongated, spreading, and leafy; flowers 
nearly sessile; petals acute, longer than the calyx. Y. ¥* 
Native of Caucasus, on the Talusch mountains, towards Perim- 
