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Iwofeet lii<>h and upwards, upiif^lil, .siinj)lc or unhranched, leafy, 

 round, suioolli, solid, reddisli and ol'teu dolled wilii rod: the leaves 

 aJuiost eoveiing llie stem, sessile, ovale, Hesliy, loolh-serrale, smooth 

 and even, oC a blueish-green colour: the corynd)s terniinatini;, 

 many-flowered, close or heaped together: the flowers deep |)urple, 

 very rarely while in this climate, ihough that seems lo he the most 

 common colour in some foreign countries. Jl is a native of 

 Portuiial. • . 



There are several varieties, as witli purj)li; flowers, with while 

 flow«Ms, with broad leaves, and tiie Clrealer Orpine. 



'J'he second species has flbrous perennial roots: the stems Irailino-; 

 the leaves standing alternate round the stems, almost an inch lonf, 

 and half an inch broad: the flowers in a compact corvm, sitlino- 

 close on the top of the stem: they i\m star-shaj)ed, of a purple 

 .colour, and appear in July. It is an evergreen ; and a naliv(> of 

 Germany. 



'I'he third has a perennial root, composed of many thick fleshy 

 fibres, from which come out several stalks rising near a foot hi oh: 

 the leaves are alternate on every side, thick, two inches and a half 

 long, and three (juarters of an inch broad, and slightly serrate: the 

 flowers bright yellow, it is a native of Siberia, flowering from Julv 

 to September. 



The fourth species has ihe leaves cordate, thick and flesh v: tlic 

 stem herbaceous, branched, erect, patulous, even, a fool hi<ih: the 

 leaves aUernale, remote, only at the ramifications, blunt, fleshv', 

 smooth. When it grows in an open situation, exposed to the sun, 

 the leaves and stalks become of a bright vcd colour. It is a native 

 of Siberia, and the only hardy Sedum cultivated with us that has a 

 shrubby stalk: the leaves are deciduous. It flowers in July and 

 August, and is proper for a rock plant. 



The fifth is a low annual plant: the stalks rise three inches hiiili, 

 dividing at lop into two or three parts: the flowers come out sinojy 

 from the side of the stalk; are white, star-pointed, and succeeded bv 

 star-pointed rough ca|)sules. it is a native of Germany, &c. 

 , The si.\lh species has also an annual root: the slalks six or seven 



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