ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. l8l 



leaves and strong large-leaved flowering shoots, it differs much from 

 the type. I have seen it only at Edinburgh Botanic Garden, where 

 it bore the name dasyphyllum. Origin unknown. 



Observation.— Var. Potlsii of gardens. The so-called var. Poitsii 

 was brought by the late Mr. Potts of Edinburgh from the Jardin des 

 Plantes in Paris about 1875 ; it is stated (see Gard. Chronicle, 1907, ii. 

 275) to be smaller in all its parts than the type. The plant as I have 

 seen it in several gardens is not distinct, and Sir Isaac Bayley 

 Balfour, who is well versed in its history, confirms the opinion that 

 it is only type. 



A var. majus has been mentioned in gardening papers, but I know 

 nothing of it. 



S. hrevifolium needs perfect drainage for its successful cultivation. 

 Save for the Kew plant, all the half-dozen specimens which I have 



Fig. ioi. — 5. anqlicum Hudson. 



seen were labelled with the erroneous names of farinosum or Pitloni. 

 The specific name is descriptive of the very short leaves. 



78. Sedum anglicum Hudson (fig. loi). 



S, anglicum Hudson, " Flora AngUca " (ed. 2).. 196, 1778. Masters 

 in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 716. 



Illustrations. — Sowerby, " Engl. Bot." (ed. 3), pi. 531. Cusin and Ansberque, 

 " Herb. Flor. Franfaise, Crassul.," tab. 22. 



A pretty Httle plant, brightening rocky ground in our islands with 

 its pinkish starry flowers, and later its red fruit. When out of 



