FLOWERS OF ROCKS, WALLS, ETC. 



Orpine (Sedum Telephium, L.) 



Orpine is known entirely, as far as age and distribution go, from its 

 occurrence to-day in the North Temperate Zone in Europe, Siberia, 

 as far as Kamschatka, W. Asia. It is found throughout the Peninsula 

 province, except in S. Somerset; throughout the Channel and Thames 

 provinces, except Hants and in Anglia; in the Severn province, except 



in E. Gloucs. In Wales 

 it is found in Glamorgan, 

 Carnarvon, Denbigh, 



Hint, and Anglesea. In 

 the Trent province it 

 occurs in Leicester and 

 Derby; not in Mid Lanes 

 in the Mersey province; 

 throughout the H umber, 

 Tyne provinces; in the 

 Lakes district, except in 

 the Isle of Man. In 

 Scotland, in the West 

 Lowlands, except Wig- 

 town; the E. Lowlands, 

 except in Peebles, Sel- 

 kirk, Forfar, Kincardine, 

 and S. Aberdeen. In 

 M'"-*' ^ v fL: 1 <3 '" Yorks it is found at a 



n 



found in Ireland in Derry. 

 Orpine is often a garden 

 escape. 



Orpine has doubtless 



been planted in many districts, but in the western counties is quite 

 native, growing in glens and dales, on rocks and walls, or even in 

 stony hedge-banks and woods. For it is a lover of the shade, and 

 may be found most luxuriantly in the same station as the Navel wort 

 and the Spleenworts. 



I he tufted growth of the erect, unbranched stems of the Orpine, 

 with flat, coarsely-toothed leaves, egg-shaped, oblong, nearly stalkless, 

 give it a characteristic appearance. 



I he second name has reference to the long period during which 



Photo J. J Ward 



OKPINE (Sedum Telephium, L.) 



