AN 
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
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Sedum—continued. 
S. m, cordifolium (cordate-leaved). fl. whitish, with red spots, 
4in. across ; petals concave ; inflorescence corymbose. Zl. alternate 
and opposite, spreading horizontally, oblong - ovate, sinuate- 
toothed. Stems purplish. (Ref. B. 54, under name of S. cordi- 
Solium.) 
S. m. corsicum (Corsican). fi. pale yellow, with a pleasant, 
apple-like fragrance ; inflorescence corymbose. Z. alternate and 
opposite, spreading, oblong-ovate, toothed, green. Stems purplish. 
S. m. hzematodes (bloody).* f. whitish, the petals tipped 
with red ; cymes numerous, long-stalked, forming a large, loose, 
inversely pyramidal panicle, with a few scattered leaves. Sep- 
tember. `l. opposite, Sin. by 3in., oblong-ovate, obtuse, sub- 
cordate, coarsely-toothed, purplish. Stems deep purple, erect, 
2ft. to 24ft. high, glabrous. Portugal. A really noble plant, of 
robust habit. i 
S. m, pachyphyllum (thick-leaved). jl. greenish-yellow ; cymes 
globose, long-stalked, forming a loose, terminal panicle. Jl. op- 
posite, spreading, cordate-ovate, serrulated. Stems reddish. 
S. m. przruptorum (overhanging). jl. greenish; cymes globose, 
on long stalks. Zł. recurved, finely toothed. Stems green. 
S. m, recurvum (recurved). fl. greenish-yellow ; cymes in a 
loose, terminal panicle. l. opposite, oblong-ovate, irregularly 
toothed, recurved. Stems green. 
S. m. dum (rigid). /l. greenish ; inflorescence loosely corym- 
bose. l, cauline ones opposite, sessile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
Siy irregularly sinuate-toothed. Stems deep red, 2ft. to 
_ šft. high. JAG cs a 
_S. m. Rodigasi (Rodigas’). A form having purplish leaves, 
™ variegated with yellow. In cultivation, it is more tender than 
_ most of the varieties of S. maximum. (F. d. S. 1669.) : 
S. m. serotinum (late). f. greenish-yellow; inflorescence 
loosely panicled. J. opposite, the upper ones ternate, spreading, 
ovate-oblong, sinuate-toothed, green. Stems green, weak. 
S. m. ternatum (ternate). . yellowish ; inflorescence corym- 
bose. Jl. reddish above, dark green below, in whorls of three. 
Stems red. 
m. triphyllum (three-leaved). fl. 
l. ternately whorled, oblong, serrated. 
S. Middendorffianum (Middendorff’s). `f. yellow, numerous, 
in a flat-topped, umbellate cyme; petals spreading, gin. longer 
than the sepals; primary branches four, with a central flower 
in the forks. Summer. & alternate, rather fleshy, sessile, lin. 
te 2in. long, erecto-pa oblanceolate, toothed towards the 
apex, somewhat concave below. Amur, 1880. The variety minor 
is dwarfer in all its parts. 
S. monregalense (Monregalensis). fl. white, }in. across, five- 
parted ; sepals pink-spotted, one-third the length of the petals ; 
petals pinkish-brown and pubescent beneath ; cyme loose, ter- 
minal, many-flowered, panicled, glandular-pubescent. Summer. 
l. on barren shoots crowded, spreading, thick, Jin. to jin. long ; 
those on fertile shoots scattered, narrower, often spotted with 
pe Barren shoots spreading, erect, or creeping, lin. to 4in. 
ong, rooting at the nodes. North Italy. A pretty, dwarf, 
glabrous (except the inflorescence) evergreen. 
S. montanum (mountain-loving). A mere catalogue name, under 
which no plant has been botanically described. \ 
S. multiceps (many-stemmed). fi. pale yellow, żin. a five- 
parted; sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, half the length of the 
oblong-lanceolate, spreading petals ; cymes sub-scorpioid, many- 
branched, two to six-flowered; flower-stems erect, twice tue 
length of the barren ones. Summer. J. din. to jin. long, glau- 
cous or pruinose, pinkish and papillose, linear and ob late, 
sub-terete, gibbons at base, spreading on the barren, appressed 
on. the fertile, stems. Branches 2in. to 6in. long, flexuous or 
erect, giving off adventitious roots, and bearing at the ends 
dense rosettes of leaves. Algeria. Plant sub-shrubby, much- 
branched, glaucous, evergreen. (G. C. n. s., x. p. 120.) 
S. neglectum (neglected), of gardens. A synonym of S. album. 
S. Nevii (Dr. Nevius’). fl. white, numerous, sin. across; sepals 
half the length of the lanceolate petals; cymes forked, the 
branches 14in. long, recurved, with a few leafy bracts ; flowering 
stems érect, 2in. to gin. high. July. l. on barren shoots crowded 
in terminal rosettes, each jin. by ĝin., obovate-spathulate, taper- 
ing into a short stalk, auricled at base, pink-dotted ; those on 
the fertile stems appressed, scattered, smaller than the others. 
Stems prostrate. North America. Evergreen. 
S. niczense (Nice). fi. greenish-yellow, jin. in diameter, five 
or six-parted; petals boat-shaped, twice the length of the 
sepals; cymes many-flowered, terminal, umbellate; flowering 
stems erect, 10in. to 12in. high. Late summer and autumn. 
l. of the barren shogts in. to Zin. long, less than jin. wide, 
ascending or spreading ; those of the flowering shoots appressed, 
lanceolate, distinctly auricled. Stems 6in. to 8in` long, at first 
prostrate, afterwards a ling ; rootstock thick, woody. Medi- 
terranean region. Evergreen. (A. F. P. iii. 90.) i 
S. obtusatum (obtuse). jl. yellow, in. across, shortly podici 
late; petals lanceolate, more than double the length of the 
_ oblong, acute sepals; cymes terminal, spreading, umbellate, 
ljin. to 2in. in diameter; fiower-stems erect, terete, reddish, 
ultimately leafiess, but scarred. June and July. Z. rosulate, 
in terminal corymbs. 
Sedum—continued. 
lin. by ŝin., spathulate, entire, glaucous, becoming reddish-green. 
Stems prostrate, glaucous, pruinose. California. Evergreen. 
Fig. 465, SEDUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM. 
S. oppositifolium (opposite-leayed). whitish, resemblin; 
those of S. stoloniferum ; fertile Aht ey high, erect. ‘Auras 
l. opposite, decussate, 14in. by ]}in., sub-orbicular or rhomboid, 
tapering to short-channelled stalks, bright green, crenate-ciliate 
at the edges ; younger ones crowded at the ends of the branches. 
Stems rough with minute asperities. Caucasus. Trailing ever- 
green. See Fig. 465. (B. M. 1807.) Lae 
S. populifolium (Poplar-leaved). fl. whitish or pinkish, numerous, 
nearly 4in. across, with the fragrance of Hawthorn ; petals three 
times longer than the sepals ; cymes terminal, much-branched, 
corymbose. August. J. alternate, |jin. by lin., stalked, ovate, 
acute, sub-cordate, coarsely and irregularly toothed. Stems 
erect, 6in. to 10in. high, greenish or purplish, slender, branched. 
Siberia, 1780. Plant glabrous, suffrutescent, evergreen. Though 
quite hardy, it forms a charming greenhouse subject. 
S. pruinatum (pruinose). fi. bright yellow, in. in diameter, 
four to eight-parted ; sepals acute, half as long as the obtuse, 
concave petals ; cyme at first recurved, umbellate, many-branched, 
flat-topped ; flower-stems erect, lft. high. Late summer. Z. in 
many rows, sessile, crowded, s reading, slightly incurved at 
the ends of the sterile shoots, ucous-blue, often tipped with 
rose-pink, about jin. long, linear-oblanceolate, aristate; those 
of the flowering shoots larger and less crowded. Branches 6in. 
to 8in. long, trailing, ascending. Europe (Britain). Plant 
glaucous, pruinose, evergreen. SYN. S. elegans (Sy. En. B. 806). © 
S. p. Forsterianum (Forster’s). l. on the barren shoots many- 
ranked, forming terminal rosettes, spreading, pale green, o 
lanceolate, mucronulate, gibbous at base. Plant glabrous or 
slightly glaucous. SYN. S, rupestre Forsterianum. 
S. p. minus (lesser). /. oblanceolate, mucronate, in rosettes. 
Plant glaucous, smaller in all its parts than the type. SYN. 
S. rupestre minus. ? 
S. pulchellum (pretty).* fl. rosy-purple, jin. across; petals 
lanceolate, aseeni pars tag half as long again as the cieumage' Beas 5 
sepals ; cyme three or four-branched, with erect flowers crowded 
in two rows along the upper surface, and each provided with a 
leafy bract. Branches slender, trailing, or ha ag mag 1 3in. to 6in. | 
long. United States, 1874. A very handsome, but little-known, 
evergreen species. (B. M. 6223; G. C. 1878, 114.) ; eee 
S. quadrifidum (four-cleft). fl. red, in terminal cymes ; sepals — 
oblong; petals linear-oblong, twice as long as the sepals. July. 
-l glabrous or puberulous, approximate, sub-terete, jin. long. 
Stem thick, giving off numerous erect, slender stems, 2in. to 5in, 
high. Arctic Russia, &c., 1809. 
S, reflexum (reflexed).* f. yellow, jin. across, four to eight- 
rted ; sepals half as long as the linear petals ; cymes umbellate, 
Tair, many-flowered, many-branched, with a flower in each fork ; 
flower-stems erect, Sin. to 10in. high. Summer. J/. in six or 
seven rows, crowded on the barren stems into a conical mass, 
żin. to Zin. long, linear-subulate, terete, gibbous at base, spread- 
ing or abruptly decuryed. Stems trailing. Europe (Britain), 
Plant glabrous, scarcely glaucous, evergreen. SYNS. S. collinum 
and S. virens (of gardens), The following varieties are enume- 
rated by Dr. Masters: | ; 
S. r. albescens (whitish). -/l. yellowish-white, jin. across, often 
six- ; sepals acute. l. rarely in rosettes. Plant glaucous. 
S. r. cristatum (crested). This resembles the type; but the | 
stems are fasciated so as to form a crest, as that of the Cocks- 
comb. ers : me 
S. r. minus (lesser). The smallest variety of all. 
S.r. (seven-angled), l. scarcely glaucous, usually _ 
somewhat thicker than in albescens, and arranged in seven 
distinct rows, often spirally wound round the stem. 
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