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BEDUM. 



fnliis inferioribus Bureolorumque quaternalim ferHiciUalis plaois carnosis obo- 

 valo-spalbulaiis oblusisslmis, caulinJg oppositis ellipticis; racemo paucifloro 

 Lrc\i laxe Bubspicalo; lloribus pedicellq calyce vii loogiore crccio, braelea 

 lineari co brcviorc slipalo suffullis; calycc glabro corolla 2'/j — plo breviorl in 

 sepala ovaia acutiuscula ad basin us(|uc partito; peialis lanceolatia acuiis cari- 

 n.iiis albis glabris; carpellis rcctis oblongo-elliplicis oblusis, mucronc cis sex- 

 luplo breviore terminalis; squamis hypogynis oblongis minimis rciusis. CJ. — 

 Folia 3 lin. longa aul paul|o longiora, apice I'/»-2 lio. lala, caules 2- l-pollicares 

 tenues. — Crescii in Olympi Bithyni regione alpina. 



9. S. LYDIL.M Boiss. I. c. 17. — Pcrcnne caes|)ilosum glaberrimum : caudiculis 

 repenlibus Dbrillosis; surculos brevissimos apice dense foliosos caulesque llori- 

 feros crecios pumilos Eoliosos edenlibus; foliis linearibus semilcretibus obtusis, 

 surculorura brevioribus; cymac radiis palenli- subscorpioidcis brcvibus dcnsi- 

 floris coarclalis, in capilulum corymbosum approximalis; pedicellis calycc bre- 

 vioribus bracleola setacea cos aequantc suffultis; calycc glabro ad basin usquo 

 in scpala oblonga oblusa partito; pelalis roseis aut albidis anguslc lanccolalis 

 acuiis ecarinatis calyce subduplo longioribus; anlheris subexserlis nigris; car- 

 pellis oblongis erectis in mucroncm cis dimidio breviorcm pelalis aequilongum 

 allenuatis. ^ — Caulcs numerosi tripollicares, folia 2-3 lin. longa, semilineam 

 lala. — Crescit in Lydiae el Cariae regionc alpina. 



10. S. CONFERTIFLORUM Boiss. I. c. 15. — Annuum pumilum glabrum: caulibus 

 simplicibus aut parcc ramosis dense foliosis; foliis alternis scmilerclibus elon- 

 galis, c basi latiore paullulum allcnualis oblusis; cymae terminalis ramis brevis— 

 sirais in capitulum unicum aggrcgatis, pedicellis brcvissimis incrassalis; floribus 

 inlcr se contiguis; calycis glabri ad medium usque parliti lobis ovalis obtusissi- 

 mis, margine subincrassalo revolutis, saepc facie tubereulalis; petalis albis lan- 

 ceolalis acutis, calyce paullo longioribus; staminibus denis; carpellis subincurvis 

 olitusis, mucrone eis quadruplo brcviori lerminatis glabris aut sub lenle tuber- 

 culalis; squamis hypogynis oblongis retusis minimis. Q — Plantula bipollicaris, 

 folia circiter semipollicaria, cymae rami conferlissimi pauciflori subscorpioidci 

 in capitulum approximati. — Crcscit in Graecia et prope Smyrnam. 



4022/,. AITHALES B. Webb et Berthelot. 

 (B. Webb et Berthelot, Phytogr. Canar. I. 178.) 

 Calyx quinqucfoliolatus, foliolis herbaceis, corolla multo brevioribus, 

 intcr se connatis pcrsistentibus. Corolla pentapctala, petalis angustis ca- 

 rinatis, apice subulalis erectis conniventibus, receptaculo insertis dcciduis, 

 basi glandula minula (stamine abortivo) auctis. Stamina 4, pctalis alterna 

 libera, receptaculo inserla caduca, filamenta filiformia, anthcrac bilocula- 

 rcs ovalae, utrinque longilrorsum dehiscentes. Squamae pcrigynac nullac. 

 Ovaria 5 compressa erecta sessilia, basi aut fere ad medium (Ai. caespitosa) 

 in capsulam unicam quinquelocularem, marginibus placentiferis in colum- 

 nam aggregatis connata. Ovula plurima horizontalia, funiculis filiformibus 

 placenlae suturali afGxa. Styli subulati, demum recurvi. Carpidia follicularia 

 5, stylis mucronala, slellatim patentia polysperma, angulo interno debis- 

 centia. Semina minuta, longifrotsum lineolata, obliquc ovala aut subpyri- 

 formia, ulrinquc hilo ct chaiaza ct facic intcrna raphc nolata, cmbryo bre- 

 \is rectus, in mcdio perispermii parci carnosi axilis, cotylcdones ovalae cras- 

 sae, radicula brevis. — Herbae parvae annuae crectae: folia sparsa crassa 

 fusiformia aut clavata; flores sessilcs secundi, in cymas di- v. trichotomas 

 brcves terminales aggregali; petala rosea aut albida, carina carnea. 

 1. AI. KUBENS B. Webb et Berthelol I. c. 179. — Foliis subcylindraceis glabris; 



cyma, calycibus carpidiisque glandulis slipilatis pilosis. © — Sedum rubens Linn. 



Spec. planl. 015. — DC. PI. grass. t. 55. — S. rubem /?. pentandrum DC. Prodr. 



111. 405. — Crescit in regionibus omnibus Mediterraneis, in insulis Canariensibus 



ct in Helvetia. 



