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Sempervivum Globiferum. Globular 



HoUSELEEK. 



Clafs and Order. 



DoDECANERIA DoDECAGYNIA. 



Generic Charafler. 

 Cat. 12-partitus. Petal. 12. Cap/. 12. polyfperm. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



SEMPERVIVUM gloliferum, foliis ciliatis, propaginibus glo- 

 bofis. Spec. Plant. 665. Edit. tVilldcnow, 

 952. Jacquin Aujl. 5. p. 50. tab. app. 40. 



SEDUM rofulis ciliatis, .petalis, fubulato-lanceolatis duodenis. 

 Haller Hijl. n. 950. 



SEDUM majus vulgari fimile, globulis decidentibus. Mori/on, 

 3.^.472.7:12. /. 7./. 18. 



This plant being a native of Rula and Germany, is per- 

 fectly hardy, eafily bearing our winters in any dry fituation. 



Like moil fucculent plants, it grows beft in a dry light Toil, 

 fuch as loam mixed with lime rubbifti, <&c. 



We are told by Mr. Ay ton, that it was cultivated by Mr- 

 Philip Miller in 1731, but was probably lolt from out 

 gardens till it was again introduced by the late Mr. Curtis. 



It flowered for the firft time in the Brotnpton Botanic 

 Garden laft fummer. 



