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S8S. et Pl Gr. iab. 2. 19. 25. S7. 49. 121. — Bot. Mag. 

 iah. S84. — Boi. Eeg. iab. 1S44. - Guss. Syn. Fl. Sic. 

 1. pag. S79. — Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 248. 



I. C. rubens. — Flores parvi, solitarii, subsessiles, opposi- 

 tifolii, unilaterales, secus ramos in latere superiore nascen- 

 tes; pedicelli brevissirai; calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis trian- 

 gularibus, acutis vel acutiusculis, modo glaber, modo pube- 

 rulus, virens aut purpurascens, exiguus; corolla quinquepe- 

 tala nec plura, petalis calyce quadruplo circiter longioribus, 

 albidis aut roseis, raro albido-flavesceutibus, dorso carina- 

 tis, nervo dorsali purpurascente et saepe glandulifero-pube- 

 scente; stamina quinque, raro sex, in nonnullis decem, peta- 

 lis paulo breviora, filamentis filiformibus, albis, reflexis, pe- 

 talis alternis, antheris purpurascentibus, deinde fuscis; squa- 

 miilae quinque, breves, albidae, subrotundae, inter stamina 

 et petala sitae; ovaria quinque, compressa, approximata, pu- 

 besceutia; ^tijU breves, lineares; stigmata acuta; cqjsnla quin- 

 quecarpellaris, carpellis connato-conniventibus, scabro-pun- 

 ctata aut plerumque glandulifero-pubescens, polysperma; se- 

 mina exigua, ovata, glabra, striata, secus rimam afl&xa; cau- 

 lis 1-4 pollices longus, erectus vel basi flexuoso-decumbens, 

 moxque erectus, saepe rubens et confertim foliatus, inferne 

 glabratus, superne pilis brevibus, glanduliferis, patentibus 

 praeditus, supra basim nunc sparsim ramosus, nunc simplex, 

 raro indivisus: folia sessilia, basi soluta, semiteretia aut te- 

 reti-fusiformia, facie pilosiuscula, a linea ad sex-septem li- 

 neas longa, virentia aut purpureo-maculata, juxta caulem 

 subimbricata, adscendentia aut patula, subindeve curvata, in- 

 fima minora, citius decidua; hracteae foliis conformes sed bre- 

 viores et ad pedicellos oppositae; radix brevis, parce ramo- 

 sa, succosa, flbris capillaribus, unilateralibus. 



Floret Aprili, Junio. 0. 



Aetnae, in muris ac in flssuris saxorum pedemontanae re- 

 gionis : Viagrande, Pedara, Paternd. 



Icon, DC. Pl. Gr. tab. 55. Optima. — Cup. Panph. ed. Bibl. 

 Pan. 2. tab. 44. et ed. Bibl. Cat. 1. tah. 324. sub nomine: 

 Sedum minus, vermiculatuni, furcatum, ad intus stellaium. 



Crassula rubens. Lin. Syst. Veg. paq. 253. — Willd. Sp. 

 Pl. 1. pag. 1559. — DC. Pl. Gr. pag. 55. tab. cit.—Ten. 



