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sedum populifoliitm. poplar-leaved 

 Stonecrop. 



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Gfa/} #7zi Order. 

 Decandria Pentagynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Squama necYariferse 5 ad bafin 

 germinis. Cap/. 5. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



SEDUM populi/olium foliis planis cordatis dentatis petiolatis, 

 corymbis terminalibus. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 109. 



SEDUM populi/olium foliis petiolatis cordatis dentatis, floribus 

 paniculatis. Linn, fil./uppl. p. 242. 



SEDUM popul/folium. Pallas, it. 3. p. 730. /. 0. fig- 2. 



Profeflbr Pallas, the celebrated Ruffian naturalift, dis- 

 covered this fpecies of Sedum in Siberia, and in the year 

 1780, introduced it to the roy'ajl garden at Kew ; the younger 

 Linnjeus defcribes it minutely in his Suppl. Plantarum, and 

 obferves, that in its general form it much refembles the 

 Saxifragd rotundifolia. 



Its leaves are flat as in many of the other fpecies, and 

 when the plant grows in an open fituation, expofed to the 

 fun, they become as well as the (talks of a bright red colour, 

 which adds much to its beauty. 



It is the only hardy Sedum cultivated in our gardens with a 

 fhrubby ftalk, its leaves however are deciduous, fo that in the 

 winter it lofes its verdure, it flowers in July and Auguft, and 

 is readily increafed by cuttings. 



As mod of this tribe grow readily, and many of them 

 naturally on rocks and walls, they may be in general. re- 

 garded as proper rock plants, fome of them however are apt 

 by the quicknefs of their growth to extend over and deftroy 

 plants of more value ; this fault, if fuch it may be deemed, 

 is not imputable to the populi/olius. m . 



Some not knowing its native place of growth, keep it in 

 the green-houfe. 



