AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 185 
out: hence its name of Touch-me-not. The 
tall weedy plant of this genus in gardens, with 
dull red flowers, is /izpatiens glanduligera. 
A minute plant called Radiola millegrana, 
All-seed, is found in damp sandy places; it is 
only about two inches high, with many forked 
branches, and a minute white flower in the 
forks as well at the ends. It is one of the 
Flax family, Nat. Ord. Liyacea, in which we 
have three species of Lzzum, two blue, and 
one, ZL. Catharticum, Mountain Flax, white- 
flowered. The cultivated Flax is not in- 
digenous. 
The genus Sedum, Stone-crop, Nat. Ord. 
CRASSULACEZ, numbers 12 species; the most 
common are S. acre, Wall Pepper, a very acrid 
plant, yellow flowers, in walls and dry places; 
and SS. alum, with white flowers. In moun- 
tainous districts are found S. Zelephium, Or- 
pine, or Livelong, the name referring to the 
tenacity of life in the plant when gathered, a 
characteristic of the genus; and several hand- 
some kinds, including S. rupestre and S. For- 
stertanumn. 
A wonderful plant of this Order is the 
common Houseleek, Sempervzvum, which seems 
