418 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Sempervivum—continued. 4 
S. Se (whip-like). fl. about twelve-parted, six to eight 
in a dense head, all sessile or nearly so; corolla bright red, above 
lin. in diameter, densely glandular-pilose outside, June. 
ae l. forty to fifty to a rosette, oblanceolate, obscurely er 
ay minutely downy above, pale green throughout, the edge frin red 
A with short hairs, the outer ones Zin. long. Flowering stem Jin. 
to 4in. long, its imbricated leaves tipped with red-brown, the 
lowest about lin. long. Barren rosettes lin. to 1jin. in diameter, 
with the lax new ones on long, spreading stalks. Native place 
unknown. Well known in cultivation. 
5 S. Funckii (Funck’s).* fl. eleven or twelve-parted, nearly lin. in 
ad diameter ; petals bright red-purple, densely glandular-pubescent ; 
: i te panicle 2in. to 3in. in diameter, the lower flowers distinctly pedi- 
cellate. July. l eighty to a hundred to a rosette, oblanceolate- 
te, cuspidate, green and glabrous at maturity, not tipped 
with red-brown, fringed with dense, marginal cilia, the outer 
ones 4in. to Zin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to Yin. long, densely 
pilose, the lower leaves lin. long. Barren rosettes lin. to 2in. 
in diameter, surrounded by a dense circle of young ones on bright 
i -yed, decumbent footstalks. Tyrol, &c. (B. H. 1873, 15, under 
. name of S. Funckii aqualiense.) 
S. glaucum (glaucous). /l. lin. in diameter; petals bright red, 
more than twice as long as the calyx; filaments deep gy osk 
enone short, 2in. to 3in. in diameter, the branches few- 
lowered, Summer. Z. oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, glabrous, 
ciliated on the margins, having only a faint red-brown spot at 
the tip. Flowering stem 6in. to Qin, long, densely hairy above. 
Barren rosettes 2in. to din. in diameter. Simplon Alps. 
S. globiferum (globe-bearing). A synonym of S. grandiflorum. 
S. glutinosum felony) fl. S at A petals eight to ten ; 
panicle loosely branched. July and August. Zl.- cuneiform, 
viscid, rather scattered, fri with adpressed, cartilaginous 
ciliæ. h. 2ft. Madeira, 1777. Greenhouse, evergreen shrub. 
(B. M. 1963; B. R. 278.) 
S. grandifiorum (large-flowered). fi. few, very large, ten to 
twelve-parted, ver CRR: in a dense head; corolla iin, to lin. 
in diameter ; petals pale yellow, with a flush of purple inside at 
the base; stamens generally bright mauve-purple. Summer. 
l. about forty to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, obscurely cuspidate, 
ubescent, the very tip reddish-brown ; outer ones spreading, jin. 
lin. long. Flowering stem 3in. to 4in. high, densely pubescent, 
its crowded leaves jin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes about lżin. 
in Dimas the new ones on yah ae iy Tee oe to a i 
long. Native country unknown. f ; B. M. 507, under 
name of S. globiferum.) 
S. Greenii (Green’s). £ eleven or twelve-parted, żin. in diameter ; 
petals pale red, densely ciliated ; filaments bs: eH mauve-purple ; 
lin. to 2in. broad, three or four-branched. July. J. forty 
fifty to a rosette, oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, glaucous, 
with a distinct brown-red tip, ciliated on the edges, the outer ones 
-= ğin. to lin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to 12in. long, its hairy, 
_ red-tinted leaves Zin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes about lin. in 
_ diameter. Probably the French Alps. 1877. 
_ §, heterotrichum (variably hairy), A synonym of S. Doellianum. 
S., Heuffelii (Heuffel’s).* jl. six-parted; calyx bright red-brown 
with three small cusps ; panicle dense, many-flowered, 24in. to 
din. in diameter, the lower flowers pedicellate. August. Z. thirty 
to forty to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, distinctly cuspidate, the 
upper third, or even half, tinted with bright red-brown, the 
margins stiffly ciliated ; outer leaves hanes Zin. to lin. long. 
Flowering stem 6in. to bin. long, densely pubescent, its close, a 
- brown leaves ĝin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes Thin. to 2in. in 
_ diameter. Transylvania and Greece. (R. G. 858, Fig. 2, under 
name of S. patens.) ; 
S. hirtum (hairy). /. usually six-parted ; petals pale yellow, 4in. 
to jin. long, aa „the point trcas bidate Aea by bid or 
many-flowered, 14in. to 4in, in diameter. June. J. about fifty to 
a rosette, obovate-cuneate, finely glandular-pubescent, ciliated 
down the margins; outer ones faintly tinted with red, sin. to fin. 
long. Flowering stem 6in., to 9in. long, densely pilose, the crowded 
leaves pubescent. Barren rosettes lin. to ljin. in diameter, not 
globular. Central Europe, 1804: (A. F. P. 65.) 
S. hirtum (hairy). A synonym of S. soboliferum. 
S. (wholly golden). fi. golden, glabrous ; hypo- 
f agro broad, truncate, very slightly emarginate ; panicle 
a long, very dense, pyramidal. December to February. l. dark 
green, spathulate, obtuse, glabrous, shining, cartilaginously 
ciliated, d-tetrag at basé, red-margined at apex. 
Stem iubir erect. Teneriffe, 1816. Greenhouse. SYN. S. urbi- 
cum (B. R. 1741). 
S. italicum (Italian). A garden synonym of S. calearatum. 
S. juratum (sworn). A garden synonym of S. calearatum. 
parted ; calyx densely 
; cuspidate, glabrous on the faces ; outer ones 14in. to 1}in. 
(ge “Been stiff marginal cilia, and very faintly red-brown timed 
-oA Ap: Flowering stem often above lft. long. Barren 
ee rosettes šin. to 4in. in eter. Central France. 
_ S. Moggridgei (Mogeridge’s).* f, red, cymose, fin. in diameter ; 
when old; petals pale straw-yellow, gin. long, permanently erect, 
Sempervivum—continued. : 
calyx cup-shaped, glandular-pubescent ; petals twice as long as 
the sepals, spreading. September. 1. in. long, elongate-cuneate 
or oblanceolate, green, glabrous, with minutely ciliated margins 
and acute tips; lower cauline ones pale green and reddish, 
Flowering stem Qin. high, stout, leafy. Rosettes 2in, in dia- 
meter, of about a hundred leaves. Alps, 1881. (B. M. 6610.) 
S. monanthes (one-fiowered). jl. purplish, small; petals six to 
nine, scarcely longer than the calyx ; scales obcordate ; peduncles 
naked, generally one, rarely/few, flowered. July to September. 
l. terete, clavate, glabrous, crowded in a rosulate manner. h. lin. 
to 2in. Canary Islands, 1777. A very dwarf, greenhouse, ever- 
green shrub. (B. M. 95.) 
S. montanum (mountain).* fl. twelve to fourteen-parted ; petals 
bright mauve-purple, jin. to gin. long, linear, acuminate ; panicle 
very dense, żin. to 2in. in diameter, the branches very pilose, and 
the lowest flowers nearly sessile. June. l. tightly packed, sixty 
to eighty to a rosette, oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, entirely 
green, slightly pilose on the face, regularly ciliated on the mar- 
gins, the outer ones jin. to lin, long. Flowering stem about 6in. 
long, the densely imbricated leaves tipped with red-brown, the 
lower ones lin. to 1lżin. long. Barren rosettes ljin. to 1ĝin. in 
diameter. Alps and Pyrenees. (J. F. A. v. 41 
S. oligotrichum (few-haired). f. about ten-parted, Zin. in dia- 
meter, in a dense head; petals bright red; filaments bright 
purple. Summer. Z. thirty to forty to a rosette, oblanceolate, 
obscurely cuspidate, minutely pubescent, the edges beget A 
ciliated ; inner ones connected by a few cobwebby threads, whic! 
nearly or quite disappear at flowering time; outer ones about 
jin. long. Flowering stem 2in. to 4in. long, its leaves bright red 
and densely pubescent. Barren rosettes about lin. in diameter. 
Tyrol. 
S. Paivee (Baron Paiva’s). fi. green, scentless, fin. broad ; petals 
— acuminated, with recurved and spirally twisted 
tips. August. l. highly glaucous, lin. to 24in. long, 4in. to lin. 
broad, those of the flowering branches thick and fleshy, of the 
barren ones thinner, and finely serrulate-ciliated. Canary 
Islands, 1866. A low, straggling, greenhouse, evergreen shrub. 
(B. M. 5593.) 
S. parvulum (rather small). jl. Zin. in diameter ; petals pale 
red; panicle short, corymbose, about 2in. in diameter. July. 
l. oblanceolate-cuneate, ven ory with a distinct, red-brown tip, 
minutely but stiffly cilia on the edges, the outer ones about 
lin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to n. long, very pilose, its 
leaves red-brown, the lowest jin. to lin, long. Barren rosettes 
lin. to 1sin. in diameter. Alps of Dauphiné, 1878. A rare form 
in cultivation. 
S. Pittoni (Pitton’s). fi. nine to twelve-parted, ten to twenty in 
a dense head, lżin. to 2in. in diameter, densely pilose ; petals 
rimrose-yellow, whitish inside towards the base, Zin. long, 
anceolate ; filaments pale. July. J sixty to hs, to a fully- 
developed barren rosette, oblanceolate, tipped wit a ti, 
densely and persistently pubescent, the tip deltoid-cuspidate ; 
outer ones about jin. long. Flowering stem 4in. to 6in. long, 
densely pilose, its leaves tipped with claret-purple. Barren 
ro in. to lżin. in diameter, the young ones sessile. Alps of 
yria. 
S. Pomelii (Pomel’s).* fl. ten to twara paaa ; corolla bright 
rose-red, about lin. in diameter ; petals widely spreading ; panicle 
Jin. to 4in. in diameter, its simple branches bearing six to twelve 
flowers. July. Z. fifty to sixty to a rosette, oblanceolate, distinctly 
cup date, with a few hairs on both surfaces, the outer ones tinged 
+ with red, Zin. to lin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to Yin. long, 
densely pilose, its hairy leaves much imbricated, the lower ones 
lin. to Ijin. long. Barren rosettes 14in. to lłin. in diameter. 
Auvergne. 
S. Reginz-Amaliz (Queen Amalia’s of Greece). f. six or 
seven-parted ; petals pale yellow, ligulate, obtuse ; panicle dense, 
many-flowered, capitate, the lowest flowers shortly pedicellate. 
Summer. 1. a_ hundred or more to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, 
distinctly cuspidate, bright purplish-brown in the upper half, the 
edges ciliated ; outer ones spreading, lin. to llin. long. Flower- 
ing stem bin. high, densely pubescent, the crowded leaves brown 
Barren rosettes about Zin. in diameter. Greece. 
S. Royeni (Royen’s). A garden synonym of S. calearatum. 
S. rusticanum (rustic). A garden synonym of S. calearatwin. 
S. ruthenicum (Russian). f. about twelve-parted ; petals e 
yellow, linear, not more than Zin. long; tilaments finally Ace 
mauve-purple; panicle short and compact, densely pubescent. 
Summer, /. forty to fifty to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, cuspidate, 
slightly glandular-pubescent, ciliated at edges with short, de- 
curved hairs; outer ones tinted at back, jin. to lin. long. 
Flowering stem 6in. to 12in, long, shortly pubescent upwards. 
Barren rosettes l4in. in diameter. South-east Russia, &c. 
S. Schottii (Schott’s). l. twelve to fourteen-parted ; lower ones 
densely sessile ; petals pale red, with a deeper keel, twice as long 
as the calyx ; filaments deep purple ; panicle short and compact, 
2in. to in. in diameter. Summer. l. oblanceolate-cuneate, cus- 
pidate, glabrous, ciliated on the margins, scarcely tipped with 
red-brown, the outer ones lin. to ljin. long. Flowering stem 
nearly lft. long, its oblong-lanceolate, red-tinted leaves lin, to 
lżin. long. Barren rosettes 2in. to 3in. in diameter. Tyrol, 1874. 
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