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148. Sedum rubens Linn. (fig. 181). 

 S. rubens Linn., "Species Plantarum," 432, 1753. 



Synonyms. — Crassula rubens L. Procrassula pallidifiora' ]ord. and Fourr. 

 Aithales rubens Webb and Berth. 



Illustrations. — De Candolle, " Plantes Grasses," tab. 55. " Flora Danica," 

 1, tab. 82. Sturm, " Deutschlands Flora," 6, tab. 22. Rochel, " Plantae Banatus 



Fig. 181. — S. rubens Linn. 



Rar.," tab. 15. Cusin and Ansberque, " Herb. Flor. Fran^aise, Crassul.," tab. 11. 

 " Refug. Botan.," tab. 242. Jord. and Fourr., " Icones Plant. Eur.," tab. 80. 



A rather dull little annual, a few inches high, with semi-cyUndrical 

 leaves and reddish flowers, which differs from most Sedums in having 

 only five stamens. In general appearance it comes near S. Mspanicum. 



Description. — Annual, sometimes biennial, glandular-hairy and sticky. 

 Stem erect, 2 to 4 inches high, simple or branched, hairy above. Leaves oblong- 

 linear, sessile, very fleshy, flat on face, rounded on back, glabrous, blunt, f inch 

 long, turning red. Inflorescence of 2 to 4 leafy ziscending branches i to 2 inches 

 long. Buds ovate-lanceolate, acute, strongly ribbed, hairy, ribs red. Flowers 

 sessile f^or nearly so, J inch across. Sepals green or reddish, hairy, fleshy, 

 triangiilar, acute, tube short. Petals white or reddish, with a red, depressed nerve. 



