140 DECAND. PENTAGYN. 



Lighff. Two m. E. of Dumbavton, under hedges. Dr. Parsons. 

 Hedge-bunks near Rosslyn, MaKgh. Field betweei,! Whitevale and 

 Camlachie, plentiful, Hopk. Near Leslie ; Inverkeithing, Mr. Ar- 

 nott. Trapvair Law, Mr. Walker. Fields on Clyde side, a mile 

 below the Bot. Garden, Glasg., Mr. Miirraij. Fl. July^ 1/ . 

 One to two feet high. Stem spotted. Leaves large. Flowers purple, 

 — \'ery unlike any other British species. 



** Leaves rounded, fxed hy their base. 



2. S. dasijphijllum {thick-leaved Slone-crop), leaves opposite 

 (alternate on the flowering stems) cordato-ovate obtuse fleshy, 

 stem weak, panicle glutinous. E. B. t. 657. 



Hab. Rocks and walls, rare. Collington woods, Mr.Arnott. F/. June. 1/ . 



Stems slender, creeping at the base, subviscid ; those producing flow- 

 ers erect, 2 — 3 inches high. Leaves singularly thick and tieshy, 

 glaucous, with a red tinge and dotted. Flowers white^ tinged with 

 rose colour. iV/rt/i' often 6, and stow. 12. 



3. S. alljum {luldte Stone-crop), leaves scattered oblong cylin- 

 drical obtuse spreading, cyme much branched. E.B.t. 15/8. 



Hab. Walls and rocks, rare. House-tops at Forfar, Glamis, Sec, Mr. 

 Arnott. F/.July. %. 



.Stems creeping below : flowering ones erect, ?, — 4 inches high, red- 

 dish. Leaves pale glaucous green, tinged frecpicntly with red. Cyme 

 crowded. Flowers white or only tinged w ith rose colour. 



4. S. villosum {liairy Slone-cro'p), leaves scattered oblong plane 

 above and as well as the peduncles and stems hairy and viscid. 

 LiglitJ.p.2'31. E.B.i.394. 



Hab. Bogs and moist rocks by the sides of mountains, abundant. 

 Pentlaiid-hills, iJr. Parsons. 'Hills above Castlcmilk and Cathkin, 

 &c., Hopk. F/. June, July. 1/ (Sm.). 

 Stem erect, 3 — 5 inches hig'h, reddish, as are ihe leaves, or purplish 

 red. A few stolons sometimes are thrown out from the base, on 

 which the leaves are cylindrical. Flowers few, alternate, on two 

 or three terminal leafy branches, forming a lax corymb. Cor. whitish 

 rose colour. 

 *■>•* Leaves rounded, produced below the point of insertion into a kind 



of spur, which is pressed to the stem. 

 _5. S, aiiglictim {English Stone-crop), leaves ovate gibbous flesliy 

 produced at tiie base alternate, cyme bifid. Light/, p, 2o5 {S. 

 ruhens). E.B.t.Ml. 

 Hab. Walls and rocks, frequent; especially in dry exposed situations, 



as rock of Dumbarton Castle. F/. June, July. Q. 

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

 glaucous green, often with a reddish tinge. Flowers few, but very 

 conspicuous from their white starlikc appearance, and their purple 

 anthers. Petals externally tinged with rose colour. 

 6, S. acre {biting Slone-crop), leaves ovate gibbous fleshy pro- 

 duced at the base alternate, cyme trifid leafy. LightJ. p. 235. 

 E. B. t. 839. 

 Hab, Rocks, walls and stony places, not uncommon. Fl. June. If . 



