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S e dum con tinned. 



S. m. cordifolium (cordate-leaved), fl. whitish, with red spots 

 iin. across ; petals concave ; inflorescence corymbose. I. alternate 

 and opposite, spreading horizontally, oblong - ovate, sinuate- 

 toothed. Stems purplish. (Ref. B. 34, under name of S. eordi. 



S. m. corsicum (Corsican). fl. pale yellow, with a pleasant 

 apple-like fragrance ; inflorescence corymbose. I. alternate and 

 opposite, spreading, oblong-ovate, toothed, green. Stems purplish. 



S. m. haematodes (bloody).' fl. whitish, the petals tipped 

 with red ; cymes numerous, long-stalked, forming a large, loose 

 inversely pyramidal panicle, with a few scattered leaves Sep- 

 tember. I. opposite, 5in. by 3in., oblong-ovate, obtuse, sub- 

 cordate, coarsely-toothed, purplish. Stems deep purple, erect 

 2ft. to 2Jft. high, glabrous. Portugal. A really noble plant, of 

 robust habit. 



S. m. pachyphyllum (thick-leaved), fl. greenish-yellow ; cymes 

 globose, long-stalked, forming a loose, terminal panicle. I. op- 

 posite, spreading, cordate-ovate, serrulated. Stems reddish. 



S. m. prseruptorum (overhanging). /. greenish ; cymes globose, 

 on long stalks. I. recurved, finely toothed. Steins green. 



S. m. recurvnm (recurved), fl. greenish-yellow ; < 

 loose, terminal panicle. I. opposite, oblong-ovate, 



green 



cymes in a 

 toothed, recurve*. Stems greeri. / ' ~ "' **"**** 



S. m. rigidum (rigid), fl. greenish ; inflorescence loosely corym- 

 bose. I., cauline ones opposite, sessile, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 slightly and irregularly sinuate-toothed. Stems deep red, 2ft. to 

 3ft. high. 



S. m. Rodigasi (Rodigas 1 ). A form having purplish leaves, 

 variegated with yellow. In cultivation, it is more tender than 

 most of the varieties of S. maximum, (F. d. S. 1669.) 



S. m. serotinum (late), fl. greenish - yellow ; inflorescence 

 loosely pamcled. I. opposite, the upper ones ternate, spreading, 

 ovate-oblong, sinuate-toothed, green. Stems green, weak. 



S. m. ternatum (ternate). fl. yellowish ; inflorescence corym- 

 bose. I. reddish above, dark green below, in whorls of three. 

 Stems red. 



S. m. triphyllum (three-leaved), fl. in terminal corymbs. 

 I. ternately whorled, oblong, serrated. 



S. Middendorffiannm (MiddendorfFs). fl. yellow, numerous, 

 in a flat-topped, umbellate cyme; petals spreading, |in. longer 

 than the sepals ; primary branches four, with a central flower 

 in the forks. Summer. I. alternate, rather fleshy, sessile, lin. 

 to 2in. long, erecto-patent, oblanceolate, toothed towards the 

 apex, somewhat concave below. Amur, 1880. The variety minor 

 is dwarfer in all its parts. 



S. monregalense (Monregalensis). fl. white, Jin. across, five- 

 parted ; sepals pink-spotted, one-third the length of the petals ; 

 petals pinkish-brown and pubescent beneath ; cyme loose, ter- 

 minal, many-flowered, panicled, glandular-pubescent. Summer. 

 I. on barren shoots crowded, spreading, thick, -in. to Jin. long ; 

 those on fertile shoots scattered, narrower, often spotted with 

 pint Barren shoots spreading, erect, or creeping, lin. to 4in. 

 long, rooting at the nodes. North Italy. A pretty, dwarf, 

 glabrous (except the inflorescence) evergreen. 



S. montannm (mountain-loving). A mere catalogue name, under 

 which no plant has been botanically described. 



S. multiceps (many-stemmed), fl, pale yellow, in. across, five- 

 parted ; sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, half the length of the 

 oblong-lanceolate, spreading petals ; cymes sub-scorpioid, many- 

 branched, two to six-flowered ; flower-stems erect, twice the 

 length of the barren ones. Summer. I. in. to Jin. long, glau- 

 cous or pruinose, pinkish and papillose, linear and oblanceolate, 

 sub-terete, gibbous at base, spreading on the barren, appressed 

 on the fertile, stems. Branches 2in. to 6in. long, flexuous or 

 erect, giving off adventitious roots, and bearing at the ends 

 dense rosettes of leaves. Algeria. Plant sub-shrubby, much- 

 branched, glaucous, evergreen. (G. C. n. s., x. p. 120.) 



S. neglectum (neglected), of gardens. A synonym of S. album. 



S. Nevii (Dr. Nevius'). fl. white, numerous, iin. across ; sepals 

 half the length of the lanceolate petals ; cymes forked, the 

 branches Uin. long, recurved, with a few leafy bracts ; flowering 

 stems erect, 2in. to 3in. high. July. I. on barren shoots crowded 

 in terminal rosettes, each Jin. by |in., obovate-spathulate, taper- 

 ing into a short stalk, auricled at base, pink-dotted ; those on 

 the fertile stems appressed, scattered, smaller than the others. 

 Stems prostrate. North America. , Evergreen. 



S. nicseense (Nice), fl. greenish-yellow, iin. in diameter, five 

 . or six-parted; petals boat-shaped, twice the length of the 

 sepals; cymes many-flowered, terminal, umbellate; flowering 

 stems erect, lOin. to 12in. high. Late summer and autumn. 

 I. of the barren shoots iin. to jin. long, less than iin. wide, 

 ascending or spreading ; those of the flowering shoots appressed, 

 lanceolate, distinctly auricled. Stems 6in. to Bin. long, at first 

 prostrate, afterwards ascending ; rootstock thick, woody. Medi- 

 terranean region. Evergreen. (A. F. P. iii. 90.) 



S. obtusatum (obtuse), fl. yellow, iin. across, shortly pedicel- 

 late ; petals lanceolate, more than double the length of the 

 oblong, acute sepals ; cymes terminal, spreading, umbellate, 

 Uin. to 2in. in diameter; flower-stems erect, terete, reddish, 

 ultimately leafless, but scarred. June and Jily. L rosulate, 



Sedum continued. 



lin. by lin., spathulate, entire, glaucous, becoming reddish-green. 

 Stems prostrate, glaucous, pruinose. California. Evergreen. 



FIG. 465. SEDUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM. 



S. oppositifolinm (opposite-leaved), fl, whitish, resembling 

 those of S. utoloiiiferum ; fertile stems 6in. high, erect. August. 

 J. opposite, decussate, lin. by IJin., sub-orbicular or rhomboid, 

 tapering to short-channelled stalks, bright green, crenate-ciliate 

 at the edges ; younger ones crowded at the ends of the branches. 

 Stems rough with minute asperities. Caucasus. Trailing ever- 

 green. See Fig. 465. (B. M. 1807.) 



S. populifolium (Poplar-leaved). /. whitish or pinkish, numerous, 

 nearly iin. across, with the fragrance of Hawthorn ; petals three 

 times longer than the sepals ; cymes terminal, much-branched, 

 corymbose. August 1. alternate, Jiin. by lin., stalked, ovate, 

 acute, sub-cordate, coarsely and irregularly toothed. Stems 

 erect, 6in. to lOin. high, greenish or purplish, slender, branched. 

 Siberia, 1780. Plant glabrous, suffrutescent, evergreen. Though 

 quite hardy, it forms a charming greenhouse subject. 



S. prninatum (pruinose). fl. bright yellow, iin. in diameter, 

 four to eight-parted ; sepals acute, half as long as the obtuse, 

 concave petals ; cyme at first recurved, umbellate, m;iny-l>rancJ:ed, 

 flat-topped ; flower-stems erect, 1ft. high. Late summer. I. in 

 many rows, sessile, crowded, spreading, slightly incurved at 

 the ends of the sterile shoots, glaucous-blue, often tipped with 

 rose-pink, about iin. long, linear-oblanceolate, aristate ; those 

 of the flowering shoots larger and less crowded. Branches 6in. 

 to Sin. long, trailing, ascending. Europe (Britain). Plant 

 glaucous, pruinose, evergreen. SYN. S. eleyans (Sy. En. B. 806). 



S. p. Forsterianum (Forster's). /. on the barren shoots many- 

 ranked, forming terminal rosettes, spreading, pale green, ob- 

 lanceolate, mucronulate, gibbous at base. Plant glabrous or 

 slightly glaucous. SYN. S. rupestre Forsterianum. 



S. p. minus (lesser). /. oblanceolate, mucronate, in rosettes. 

 Plant glaucous, smaller in all its parts than the type. SYN. 

 S. rupestre minus. 



S. pulchellum (pretty).* fl. rosy-purple, iin. across ; petals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, half as long again as the linear-oblong 

 sepals ; cyme three or four-branched, with erect Bowers crowded 

 in two rows along the upper surface, and each provided with a 

 leafy bract. Branches slender, trailing, or ascending, Sin. to 6in. 

 long. United States, 1874. A very handsome, but little-known, 

 evergreen species. (B. M. 6223 ; G. C. 1878, 114.) 



S. quadrifidum (four-cleft), fl. red, in terminal cymes ; sepals 

 oblong ; petals linear-oblong, twice as long as the sepals. July. 

 1. glabrous or puberulous, approximate, sub-terete, Jin. long. 

 Stem thick, giving off numerous erect, slender stems, 2in. to 5in. 

 high. Arctic Russia, &c., 1809. 



S. reflexum (reflexed).* Stone Orpine, fl. yellow, jin. across, 

 four to eight-parted ; sepals half as long as the linear petals ; 

 cymes umbellate, leafy, many-flowered, many-branched, with a 

 flower in each fork ; flower-stems erect, Sin. to lOin. high. Summer. 

 I. in six or seven rows, crowded on the barren stems into a 

 conical mass, iin. to Jin. long, linear-subulate, terete, gibbous 

 at base, spreading or abruptly decurved. Steins trailing. Europe 

 (Britain). Plant glabrous, scarcely glaucous, evergreen. SYXS. 

 S. eollinum and S. virens (of gardens). The following varieties 

 are enumerated by Dr. Masters : 



S. r. albescens (whitish), fl. yellowish-white, iin. across, often 

 six-parted ; sepals acute. I. rarely in rosettes. Plant glaucous. 



S. r. cristatum (crested). This resembles the type ; but the 

 stems are fasciated so as to form a crest, as that of the Cocks- 

 comb. 



S. r. minus (lesser). The smallest variety of all. 



S. r. septangulare (seven-angled). I. scarcely glaucous, usually 

 somewhat thicker than in albesceng, and arranged in seven 

 distinct rows, often spirally wound round the stem. 



