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SEMPERVIVUM* villdsum. 



Villous Houseleek. 



DODECANDRIA HEXAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. CrassulacejE De Cand. (Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 161 .) 



SEMPERVIVUM L.— Calyx 6-20-partitus. Petala 6-20, oblonga, 

 acuta. Stamina petalorum numero dupla. Squamae ad basin carpellorum 



apice dentatse aut lacerse. Carpella tot quot petala. Herbse nunc 



acaules, ex axillis propagines apice foliosas edentes, aut caulescentes propa- 

 ginibus destitutes ; aut frutices carnosuli. Folia saepius revoluta. Cyrnse 

 rami nunc in corymbwn, nunc in paniculam dispositi. Petala flava, albida, 

 aut purpurascentia. — De Cand. prodr. 3. 411. 



§ 1. Chronobium. Propagines nulla?. Flores ssepius flavi, rarius albi. — 

 Species omnes Canarienses aut Maderienses. — D. C. 

 S. villosum ; caule frutescente suberecto tortuoso, foliis obovatis confertis 



subtus gibbis villosis, squamis fimbriatis. — De Cand. I. c. 

 S. villosum. Haworth syn. 166. rev. 65. 



Caulis fruticosus, carnosus, teres, subpubescens. Folia subtus interrujite 

 vittata, pilosa, ciliata; suprema magis distantia, glabriora. Cymse ramosa, 

 midtiflorce, subracemosce. Flores lutei. Petala 8-10. Squama? cuneata;, 

 angulis rotundatis, glabrae. 



A native of the mountainous parts of the Canary Islands, 

 whence it was sent by Mr. Webb to his Garden at Milford, 

 near Godalming. Our drawing was made from a flowering- 

 plant, about 2 feet high, in May last. A Greenhouse plant, 

 easily increased by cuttings. 



If there be any permanence in characters derived from 

 the nature of the hypogynous scales in this genus, this 

 must be a different species from that to which we have 

 referred it ; for we find them wedge-shaped, and quite 



* So called (ever-living), because of the power the species possess of 

 flourishing in the most parched and barren places. 



