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green, glabrous. The flowers are sometimes 4-merous and 5-merous 

 in the same raceme, but the latter are much more numerous. 



Common Navel-wort. 



French, Cotyledon Ombilic. 



This curious little plant is applied by the peasantry in Wales to the eyes as a 

 remedy in some diseases ; and by the herb doctors of the West of England it is recom- 

 mended in epilepsy, but with about as much efficacy as most such prescriptions. Its 

 use as a remedy in epilepsy was recently revived in legitimate medicine, but it has 

 obtained no permanent reputation as a remedy. 



EXCLUDED SFECIES. 



SEDUM CEPiEA. Linn. 



Naturalized on a bank near Denham, Bucks, where it was dis- 

 covered by Mrs. James. I have not seen tlie station, nor ascertained 

 whether the plant be still found there. 



SEDUM STELLATUM. Linn. 



Naturalized on a bank by the late Mr. Borrer's garden, near 

 Henfield, Sussex. See Phyt. v. (1854), p. 47. 



SEDUM ANOPETALUM. D. C. 



A Sedum sent to Mr. H. C. Watson by Mr. Borrer as S. elegans 

 from Jersey appears to belong to this species ; but the plant is now 

 dead, and only a dried specimen remains. Possibly there may 

 have been some mistake about the locality of this, as Mr. Borrer 

 mentions (Phyt. v. (1854), p. 47) that he had what he believed 

 to be S. anopetalum from Devonshire, and that the Jersey Sedum 

 was different. 



COTYLEDON LUTEA. Huds. 

 E. B. 1522. 



Said to have been found in the West Biding of Yorkshire by 

 Tofield ; and Hudson says he saw it himself in Mr. Clement's 

 garden, to which it was alleged to have been brought from Somer- 

 setshire. No doubt the first was an error for C. Umbilicus, and the 

 second a mistake as to the place from whence the garden plant had 

 been obtained. Bev. W. W. Newbould informs me that there is 

 no specimen of C. lutea in Tofield' s herbarium. 



