( 1807 ) 



Sedum oppositifolium. Opposite-leaved 



Sedum. 



Oass flwrf Order. 

 Decandria Pentagynja. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Squamce nectariferae 5, ad 

 basin germinis. Caps. 5. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Sedum oppositifolium; (planifolium) foliis oppositis spathu- 



latis dentatis. 

 Sedum denticulatum. Donn Cat. ed. 8. Pursh p. 149. ? 



Desc. Stem herbaceous, prostrate ; flowering branches 

 erect. Leaves opposite, fleshy, wedge-shaped, very obtuse, 

 toothed towards the end, when viewed through a lens finely 

 ciliated with glandular hairs. Flowers white, in a terminal 

 dichotomous cyme, sessile on the upper side of the branches, 

 which are somewhat recurved ; the solitary flowers in the 

 axils larger than the rest and peduncled. Calyx of five 

 erect leaflets, one of which is often smaller than the rest. 

 Corolla five - petaled : petals lanceolate, acute. Stamens 

 ten, filaments white, shorter than the petals, five of them 

 inserted into the claw of the petal, and the other five into 

 the receptacle opposite the segments of the calyx. Anthers 

 yellow, ovate, erect, affixed by the base. Germens five, 

 white : styles erect : stigmas simple. 



Among the alpine plants in the collection of the Gomtesse 

 de Vandes, at Bay es- Water, we met with this, without being 

 able to learn from whence it came. Our friend, Mr. Robert 

 Brown, soon after met with the same in the little garden of 

 a weaver at Manchester, who had the specific name of den- 

 tation 



