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V)*^-nt flower', in July, iind the feeds ripen in autuinn. 

 It is propii(^.itt'd by fowing the feeds in borders of 

 lio-ht frefii earth in the fpring, in the places where the 

 plants are to abide, for they fcldoai fucceed well it 

 thev are trani'planted ; they fliouldbe allowed atleall 

 tvv-o feet diilance, becaufe their branches trail upon 

 the ground. When the plants come up, they will 

 require no other care but to thin them where they 

 are too clofe, and keep them clean from weeds. A 

 few of thefe plants may be admitted into every good 

 garden for variety, though there is no great beauty 



in their flowers. 

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Tourn. Infl:. 262. 



tab. 140. Anacampferos. Tourn. Inft. 264. [fo called 

 from fedendo, Lat. fitting, becaufc this plant does, 

 as it were, fit upon the walls where it grows ; or 

 from fedando, appeafing, becaufe it appeafes the pains 

 of infiammations.l Houlelcek',^-in Yx^noh^Joubarbe, 



The Characters are, 



ye empalement of the fio^w 

 d cut: into Jive fegments. 



flower has fi 



fpear-fiaped^ acute-pointed petals wmch fpread ope?2^ and 

 five neofariums^ with fmall ftngle fcales indented at the 

 top^ each being inferted at their hafe to the outjide of the 

 germen\ it has ten awl-fJoaped Jiamina the length of the 

 petals^ terminated by roundjjh fummitSy and five oblong 

 germen ending in fiender ftyles^ crowned by obtufe fiigmas. 

 The germen afterward become five ere£i fpreading capfules 

 which are compreffed^ acute-point ed^ opening from top to 

 ■bottom^ and filled with fmall feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fedion of 

 Linna^us's tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have ten (lamina and five fl:yles ; and 

 . to this he joins the Anacampferos of Tournefort, 

 mciking them but one genus. 

 The Species are, 



1. Sedum {Album) foliis oblongis obtufis teretiufculis 

 feflilibus patentibUs, cyma ramosa. Hort. ClifF. 177.' 

 Houfekek with oblong J obtufe^ taper leaves fitting clofe to 



- theftalksy Jp'reading open^ and a branching JlalL Sedum 



•minus teretifoliuni album. C, B. P. 177. Stone Crop^ 



'"' br fmaller Houfeleek^ with taper leaves and zvhite flowers. 



2. Sedum {Bafyphyllum) foliis oppofitis ovatis obtufis 

 < carnofis, caule infirmo floribus fparfis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 • 43 rv Houfeleek with ovaly flefhy^ blunt leaves which are 



'* plticed bppofite^ <i ^eakfialk^ and flowers growing thinly. 

 Sedum minus, circinato folio. C. B. P. 223. Lefler 

 Houfeleek with a roundifh leaf 



3. Sedum (/'^^^^r^) foliis fubulatis quinquefariam con- 

 fertis bafi folutis floribus cymofis. Hort. ClifF. 176. 

 Houfeleek with awl-fhaped leaves growing in clufters^ 

 whofe bafe has a loofe membrane^ and flowers in bunches. 

 Sedum minus a rupc St. Vincenti. Rail Syn. 2; 155. 

 Leffer Houfeleek^ or Stone Crop of St. Vincent's Rock. 



4. Sedum {Hifpanicum) foliis teretibus acutis, radicali- 

 bus fafciculatis, cyma pubefcente. Amoen. Acad. 4. 

 p. 273. Spanifh Houfeleek with acute taper leaves ^ thofe 

 at the bottom growing in bunc^es^ and the tips are hairy. 

 Sedum Hifpanum, folio glauco acuto, flore albido. 

 Boerh. Ind. alt. i. 287. Spanifh Houfeleek with a gray- 

 coloured acute leaf^ and a white flower. 



5. Sedum {Acre) foliis fubovatjs adnato-feffilibus gib- 

 bis ere^iufculis alternis, cyma trifida. Hort. ClifF. 

 177. Stone Crop with oval^ gibbous^ ere£l^ alternate 



' leaves fitting clofe to each other ^ and a trifidtop. Sedum 

 parvum acre, flore luteo. J. B. 3. 994. The common 

 Stone Crop, or IVall Pepper. 



6. Sedum {Rubens) foliis fuciformibus fubdepreflls, in- 

 fimis quafcernis, cyma fubquadrifida, floribus pentan- 



Sp. Plant. 619. Houfe- 





leek with deprejfed leaves^ thofe at the bottom beii^ 



ed by fours ; thefldwers have but five ftamina which are 



-' reflexed. Sedum arvenfe, flore rubente. C. B. P. 283. 

 ^ Field Houfeleek with a red flower. 



7. Sedum {Amiuum) caule ere6bo folitario annuo, foliis 

 ovatis fefl[ilibus gibbis alternis, cyma recurva. Flor. 

 Suec. 319. Houfeleek with an ere^, annual^ fingleftalk^ 

 oval gibbous leaves which are placed alternate^ and a re- 

 curved top. -^ Sedum minimum non acre flore albo. 



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Raii Syn. 2. p. 11^-. The leafi Stone Crop, not bttiyr 

 with a white flower. '^ 



S. Sedum {Reficmni) foliis fubulatis fparfis bafi foluti^ 

 intcnonbus recurvatis. Flor. Suec. 2. p. 1296 Stone 

 Crop%mth awl-fl^apedf par fed leaves, whofe under ones art 

 turned back. Sedum minus luteum, ramulis reflexis 



C, B. P. 283. Smaller yellow Houfeleek with reflexed 

 branches. •^ 



9. Sedum {Sexangulari) foliis fubovatis adnato-fcfTilibus 

 gibbis erediufculis fexfariam imbricatis. Flor. Suec 

 390. St07ie Crop with almofi oval, gibbous, ereB lec-^es 

 growing clofe to each other, and imbricated f.x wavs 

 Sempervivum minus vermiculatum. C. B. P. 204* 

 Inflpid Stone Crop. 



10. Sedum {Villofum) caule ereclo, foliis planiufculifque 

 fubpilofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 423. Houfeleek with an erect 

 fialk, plain leaves, and footflalks which are fomewhat 

 hairy. Sedum paluftre fubhirfutum purpureum. C. B. 

 P. 285. Hairy Mar fl:) Houfeleek with purple flowers. 



ir. Sedum {Stellatuni) foliis planiufculis angulatis, flo- 

 ribus lateralibus fubfeflifibus folitariis. Hort. Cliff' 176. 

 Houfeleek with plain angular leaves^ and ftngle flowers 

 fitting clofe to the fides of theftalk. Sedum echinatum, 

 vel ftellatum, flore albo. J. B. 3. 680. Prickly orftarry 

 Houfeleek with a white flower. 



12. Sedum {Cep^a) foliis planis, caule ramofa, floribus 

 paniculatis. Hort. ClifF. 176. Houfeleek with plain 

 leaves, a branching fialk, and fiowers growing in pani- 

 cles. Sedum Cep:ca didum. H. L. B. Houfeleek called 

 Cep.-ca. 



13. Sedum [Aizoon) foliis lanceolatis ferratis planis, 

 caule erefto, cyma fefTili terminali. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 430. Houfeleek with plain, fp ear -fo aped, flawed leaves^ 

 and an ere 51 fialk terminated by a head of fiowers fitting 

 clofe to it. Anacampferos flore flavo. Amman. Ruth. 

 f^6. tab. II. Orpine with a yellow fiower. 



14. Sedum (7l?/^^i?i^;w) foliis planiufculis ferrads, co- 



flawed leaves, a leafy 



Houfeleek 



ftalk. Telephium vulgare. C. B. P. 287. Common Or- 

 pine, or Live-long. 



15. Sedum ( nematodes) foliis ovatis integerrimis, fum- 

 - mis amplexicaulibus, corymbo terminali. Houfeleek 



■^ with oval entire leaves which at the top embrace theftalk, 

 and a corymbus of flowers terminating the branches. Te- 

 lephium Lufitanicum ha;matodes maximum. H. R. 

 Par. The great eft Portugal bloody Orpi'ae. 



16. Sedum {Anacampferos) foliis cuneiformibus inte- 

 gerrimis, caulibus decumbentibus, floribus corym- 

 bofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 430. Houfeleek with wedge-fbapei 

 entire leaves, trailing^ ftalks, and flowers growing in a 

 corymbus. Anacampferos minor, rotundiore folio, feni- 



pervirens. J, B. 3. 682. Smaller and roundo'-leaved 

 evergreen Orpine. 



The firfl: fort grows naturally upon old walls in many 

 parts of England, fo is feldom planted in gardens •, 

 but as it is a medicinal plant, I have placed it here; 

 this hath flender trailing branches, which are garnifhed' 

 with taper fucculent leaves about half an inch long, 

 {landing alternately round the branches. The fiower- 

 fl:alks rife four or five inches high ; their lower part is 

 garniflied with leaves which fpread out horizontally ; 

 the upper part of the ftalk divides into fmall foot- 

 ftalks, fupporting many white fl:ar-pointed flowers, 



gathered into a fort of umbel. 



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and are fucceeded by five-cornered capfules filled with 

 fmall feeds which ripen in autumn. 

 The fecond fort alfo grows upon old walls in many 

 parts of England. The flialks of this are very flender 

 and infirm 5 the leaves are very fhort, oval, and of a 

 gray colour -, they are placed by pairs oppofite. The 

 flowers are fet thinly at the top of the ftalks ; they are 

 fmall, white, and their petals are obtufe ; the lum- 

 mits upon the fl:amina are pretty large, and of a bright 

 purple colour. It flowers about the fame time as the 

 former. 



The third fort grows naturally upon St. Vincent's 

 Rock near Briftol, and in feveral parts of Wales •, 



this has flender purple ftalks which trail upon the 



ground, ' 



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