Tas. 5593. 
SEMPERVIVUM Parva. 
Baron Paiva’s House-leek. 
Nat. Ord. Crassutacex.—Dopecanpria DopEcagynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 6-co-fidus v. -partitus. Petala 6-oc, libera v. basi 
connata filamentisque adherentia, oblonga v. lanceolata, acuta v. acumi- 
nata. Stamina numero petalis duplo y. rarius qualia, libera, filamentis 
filiformibus ; anthere didyme v. ovate. Sguamule varie. Ovarii carpella 
tot quot petala, libera v. basi y. ad medium in calycis tubum immersa, in 
stylos filiformes attenuata, stigmatibus capitellatis; ovwla in carpellis oo, 
placentis marginalibus v. intrusis affixa. Folliculi oo-spermi.—Herbe v. 
suffrutices, carnose, acaules v. caulescentes. Folia alterra, sepe revoluta. 
Cyme paniculate. Flores albi rosei virides flavi v. purpurascentes. 
Semrervivum Paive ; “ fruticosum, glaucum, ramis subelongatis debilibus 
declinatis v. decumbentibus subtortuosis nudis, sursum laxe rosulato-. 
foliosis, foliis spathulatis abrupte acutis v. mucronulatis, ramorum 
sterilium distincte serrulatim cartilagineo-ciliolatis, floralium integer- 
rimis, novellis floralibusque minute velutinis, ceteris glaberrimis, pani- 
cula late breviterque thyrsoidea laxa omnino glanduloso-velutina, 
floribus 7-8-meris, petalis (virentibus) ligulato-acuminatis, apicibus 
recurvis unilateraliter contortis filamentisque deorsum incrassatis 
glanduloso-velutinis, antheris cordato-globosis muticis, glandulis hy- 
pogynis glabris transverse quadrato-oblongis rectilineari-truncatis in- 
tegerrimis.”’ Lowe. 
Semprrvivum Paive. Lowe, mss. 
This hitherto undescribed species of House-leek was 
brought to the Royal Gardens by my friend the Rev. R. T. 
Lowe, M.A., F.L.S., who discovered, it in the island of Go- 
mera, one of the Canary group, and whose excellent descrip- 
tion I herewith append :— is : 
“I met with several plants of this Sempervivum (onium, 
Webb) in April, 1861, on walls a mile or two above the 
church in the valley of Hermigua, on the north side of Go- 
mera, on my second few days’ visit to that long-neglected 
island, so interesting in the grandeur of its scenery and rich- 
ness of botanical productions. They were not in flower; but 
perceiving them to differ from other Canarian species, I 
AUGUST Ist, 1866. 
