Sedum.\ CRASSULACE,£. 61 



Walls at Sunday's Well, near Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. June. 

 %. — Stems slender, procumbent below, slightly viscid. Flowering- 

 stems two to three inches high. Leaves short, singularly thick and 

 fleshy, glaucous, with a reddish tinge and dotted. Flowers tinged with 

 rose-colour. Petals and pistils five to eight. 



3. S. anglicum, Huds. White English Stone-crop. Leaves 

 ovate, gibbous, fleshy, produced at the base, alternate ; cymes 

 few-flowered ; petals very sharp at the point. Br. Fl. p. 209. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 317. E. Bot. t. 171. 



Rocks, frequent ; especially in dry exposed situation?, as Howth, 

 Killiney Hill, and also inland situations. Fl. June, July. 0. — Two 

 to three inches high, much branched, procumbent below. Leaves 

 glaucous-green often tinged with red. Flowers few in each cyme, but 

 very conspicuous from their white, star-like appearance, and their purple 

 anthers. It is a great ornament to the barren rocks on which it 

 grows. 



* * * Leaves terete. Flowers yellow. 



4. S. acre, Linn. Biting Stone-crop or Wall-pepper. Leaves 

 erect, alternate, ovate, gibbous, fleshy, produced at the base ; 

 cymes trifid, glabrous, leafy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 210 E. Fl. v. ii. 

 p. 317. E. Bot. t. 389. 



Walls, rocks, and sandy grounds, frequent. Fl. June. %. — Distin- 

 guished among our yellow-flowering species, by its upright, short, and 

 very succulent leaves, closely imbricated on the barren shoots. Very 

 biting when chewed ; and hence its name of wall-pepper. 



5. S. reflexum, Linn. Crooked yelloio Stone-crop. Leaves 

 awl-shaped, spurred at the base, the lowermost recurved ; flowers 

 cymose ; segments of the calyx ovate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 210. E. 

 Fl. v. ii. p. 320. E. Bot. t. 695. 



Tops of old walls near Finglass and Chapelizod ; many of the old 

 thatched houses in the town of Antrim are covered with it. Plentiful 

 about Carrickfergus ; Mr. F. Whitla. On rocks by the side of the 

 river Roe, above Newtownlimavady ; Mr. D. Moore. On an old 

 castle near Mallow; Rev. Dr. Hincks. Fl. July. %. — Sterile 

 branches with thickly placed leaves, often reflexed. Flowering-stems 

 six to eight inches high. Cyme large, yellow. Flowers numerous, 

 often with six petals and twelve stamens. Very similar to this are the 

 two following species. 



6. S. glaucum, Donn. Glaucous yelloio Stone-crop. Leaves 

 glaucous, awl-shaped, scattered, produced at the base, those of 

 the branches thread-shaped ; flowers cymose ; segments of the 

 calyx lanceolate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 211. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 321. E. 

 Bot. t. 2477. 



By the side of a stream that supplies the basin at Sunday's Well, 

 and on the top of a wall near Glaskeen, County of Cork ; Mr. J. 

 Drummond. Fl. July. ^.—Distinguished from the last by its more 

 glaucous hue, and more slender leaves, especially on the radical 

 shoots. 



