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Sedum CjEruleum. Blue flowered 

 Stonecrop. 



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Class and Order. 



Decandria Pentagynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petaIa. Squama nectariferae 5, ad 

 basin germinis. Caps. 5. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Sect. Teretifolia. 

 Sedum cceruleum ; foliis oblongis alternis obtusis basi solutis, 



cyma bifida glabra. Vahl. Symb. 2. p. 51. Willd. Sp. 



PL 2. p. 766. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 512. n. 26. Bot. 



Reg 520. 

 Sedum azureum. Desfont. Atl. 1. p. 362. 



Desc. Stem branched, decumbent, smooth, spotted. Leaves 

 alternate, distant, oblong-ovate, fleshy, convex below and flat- 

 tish above, spotted; a very small part of the base not adherent 

 to the stem. Flowers pale blue, growing sometimes in simple 

 racemes, at others in dichotomous panicles, both terminal and 

 axillary. Calyx, in the plant we examined, always seven-cleft, 

 persistent and increasing in the fruit. Petals regularly seven. 

 Stamens fourteen : seven longer, opposed to the petals, and 

 seven shorter, opposed to the segments" of the calyx. Germens 

 seven, white, changing to red, acute, incurved. The taste of 

 the plant watery and free from acrimony. Native of the coast 

 of Barbary. 



Flowers in August and September. Propagated by cut- 

 tings. Communicated by Mr. William Kent, from his ex- 

 tensive collection at Clapton. 



The .st figure on the left hand represents a single flower viewed in front. 

 Ihe 2d a petal with one of the longer stamens. The 3d the receptacle and 

 pistds, with a short stamen between each and glands at the base. The 4th 

 jne calyx. The 5th below the others, two of the pistils with a short stamen 

 between them. All the figures are somewhat magnified. 



