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Class and Order. 
Dopecanpria DopecacyntA.. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 9—12-partitus. Petala 8—18. Caps. 12, poly- 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sempervivum Smithii ; caule frutescente foliis obovatis 
acuminatis plano-convexis subtus maculatis hispido,.’ 
ramis floriferis confertifloris apice revolutis. 
A small deciduous shrub with very divaricate branches, — 
extremely prolific in blossoms, which are yellow, have usually 
twelve petals, eighteen stamens, and twelve pistils. The 
leaves are spotted on the underside only, and.when these fall 
off, there remains along the lower edge of the cicatrices a 
row of stiff hairs. After the falling of the leaves the hairiness. 
increases and the stem becomes generally hispid. : : 
Semrervivum Smithii was detected at the same time as: 
ciliatum, by Professor Smirn, in the island of Teneriffe, 
and flowered under the care of Mr. Anprrson last September,. 
in the Chelsea garden. a ae Fe 
The Professor did not send any specific name with it, we 
have therefore thought it a duty incumbent on us, to give to 
it that of the discoverer ; believing that no one will, in this 
ease, object to applying the name of a botanist even to a 
species, especially when the generic name of Smrruta is al- 
ready and most worthily preoccupied ; thus leaving no other 
way of giving the “ unicwm botanicorum premum = so 
weil due to this martyr to the science, as Linnaus has styled. 
— as have unfortunately perished in the pursuit of their 
vourite study. 
Requires to be protected from frost and damp by the dry 
stove or a good greenhouse. 
