eight; of flowers on the fame ftalk, from one to eight. 
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Clafs and Order. 
DoDECANDRIA DODECAGYNIAs 
Generic Charaéer. 
Calyx 12-partitus. Petalai%. Capfule 12, polyfperme. 
: Specific Charager and Synonyms. ; 
SEMPERVIVUM monantbes foliis teretibus clavatis confertis, 
pedunculis nudis fubunifloris, ne€tariis — 
obcordatis. Aiton. Hort. Kew. ’ 
It appears from the Hortus Kewenfis, the. publication of 
which is daily expefted, that the plant here figured. was firft 
brought to this country from the Canary Iflands, by Mr, — 
Francis Masson, in the-year 1777. ; 
It is highly deferving the notice of the Botanift, not only — 
as being by far the leaft fpecies of the genus, but on account ~ 
of its ‘Neétaria; thefe, though not mentioned by Linn 4£US — 
in his charaéter of the genus, have been defcribed by other — 
authors, particularly Jacguin and Haier; and though ~ 
not prefent in moft, and but faintly vifible in a few {pecies of — 
Sempervivum, in this plant form a principal part of the fruc- — 
tification; they are ufually feven in number but vary from 
fix to eight. ners : 
In the fpecimens we have examined, and which perhaps — 
have been rendered luxuriant by culturé, the number of fta- _ 
mina has been from twelve to fixteen; of ftyles, from fix t0 — 
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-. It flowers during moft of the fummer months, fucceeds very _ 
well with the common treatment of a greenhoufe plant in the — 
fummer, but does beft in a dry flove in the winter. E- 
Is readily increafed by parting its root. © ts 
