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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Sempervivnm continued. 



S. flagelliforme (whip-like). /. about twelve-parted, six to eight 

 in a dense head, all sessile or nearly so ; corolla bright red, above 

 lin. in diameter, densely glandular-pilose outside. y, une - 

 /. forty to fifty to a rosette, oblanceolate, obscurely cuspidate, 

 minutely downy above, pale green throughout, the edge fringed 

 with short hairs, the outer ones jin. long. Flowering stem 3m. 

 to 4in. long, its imbricated leaves tipped with red-brown, the 

 lowest about lin. long. Barren rosettes lin. to lim. in diameter 

 with the lax new ones on long, spreading stalks. Native place 

 unknown. Well known in cultivation. 



cellate Julv L eighty to <* -...~ -~ , 



cuneate, cuspidate, green and glabrous at maturity, not tipped 

 with red-brown, fringed with dense, marginal cilia, the outer 

 ones iin. to jin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to 9in. long, densely 

 pilose, the lower leaves lin. long. Barren rosettes lim. to 2m. 

 in diameter, surrounded by a dense circle of young ones on bright 

 red, decumbent footstalks. Tyrol, &c. (B. H. 1873, 13, under 

 name of S. Funckii aqualiewe.) 



B. glauoum (glaucous), fl. lin. in diameter; petals bright red, 

 nfore than twice as long as the calyx; filaments deep purple ; 

 panicle short, 2in. to Sin. in diameter, the branches few- 

 flowered. Summer. I. oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, glabrous, 

 ciliated on the margins, having only a faint red-brown spot at 

 the tip. Flowering stem 6in. to 9in. long, densely hairy above. 

 Barren rosettes 2in. to Sin. in diameter. Simplon Alps. 



S. globiferom (globe-bearing). A synonym of S. grandiflorum. 



B. glutinosum (clammy), fl. golden-yellow ; petals eight to ten ; 

 panicle loosely branched. July and August. I. cuneiform, 

 viscid, rather scattered, fringed with adpressed, cartilaginous 

 cilise. h. 2ft Madeira, 1777. Greenhouse, evergreen shrub. 

 (B. M. 1963; B. R. 278.) 



S. grandiflorum (large-flowered), fl. few, very large, ten to 

 twelve-parted, sub-sessile, in a dense head ; corolla liin. to liin. 

 in diameter ; petals pale yellow, with a flush of purple inside at 

 the base; stamens generally bright mauve-purple. Summer. 

 I. about forty to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, obscurely cuspidate, 

 pubescent, the very tip reddish-brown ; outer ones spreading, jin. 

 to lin. long. Flowering stem Sin. to 4in. high, densely pubescent, 

 its crowded leaves jin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes about liin. 

 in diameter, the new ones on decumbent peduncles lin. to 2in. 

 long. Native country unknown. (B. M. 2115 ; B. M. 507, under 

 name of S. globiferum.) 



B. Greenii (Green's), fl. eleven or twelve-parted, iin. in diameter ; 

 petals pale red, densely ciliated ; filaments bright mauve-purple ; 

 panicle liin. to 2in. broad, three or four-branched. July. I. forty 

 to fifty to a rosette, oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, glaucous, 

 with a distinct brown-red tip, ciliated on the edges, the outer ones 

 jin. to lin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to 12in. long, its hairy, 

 red-tinted leaves jin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes about liin. in 

 diameter. Probably the French Alps. 1877. 



S. heterotriohum (variably hairy). A synonym of S. Doellianum. 



S. Heuffelii (Heuffel's).* fl. six-parted ; calyx bright red-brown 

 when old ; petals pale straw-yellow, |in. long, permanently erect, 

 with three small cusps ; panicle dense, many-flowered, 2J,in. to 

 Sin. in diameter, the lower flowers pedicellate. August. I. thirty 

 to forty to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, distinctly cuspidate, the 

 upper third, or even half, tinted with bright red-brown, the 

 margins stiffly ciliated ; outer leaves spreading, jin. to lin. long. 

 Flowering stem 6in. to 8in. long, densely pubescent, its close, red- 

 brown leaves jin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes liin. to 2in. in 

 diameter. Transylvania and Greece. (R. G. 858, Fig. 2, under 

 name of S. patens.) 



B. hirtum (hairy), fl. usually six-parted ; petals pale yellow, iin. 

 to jin. long, lanceolate, the point tricuspidate ; panicle few or 

 many-flowered, liin. to 4in. in diameter. June. I. about fifty to 



down the margins ; outer ones faintly tinted with red, iin. to 

 long. Flowering stem 6in. to 9in. long, densely pilose, the crov ^^ 

 leaves pubescent. Barren rosettes lin. to liin. in diameter, not 

 globular. Central Europe, 1804. (A. F. P. 65.) 



S. hirtum (hairy). A synonym of S. soboliferum. 



B. holochrysum (wholly golden), fl. golden, glabrous ; hypo- 

 gynous scales broad, truncate, very slightly emarginate ; panicle 

 9in. long, very dense, pyramidal. December to February. I. dark 

 green, spathulate, obtuse, glabrous, shining, cartilaginously 

 ciliated, attenuated-tetragonal at base, red-margined at apex. 

 Stem shrubby, erect. Teneriffe, 1816. Greenhouse. SYN. S. urbi- 

 cum (B. R, 1741). 



S. italioum (Italian). A garden synonym of S. calcaratum. 



B. juratum (sworn). A garden synonym of S. calcaratum. 



B. Lamottei (Lamotte's).* fl. lin. in diameter, twelve to sixteen- 

 parted ; calyx densely pilose ; petals pale pink ; filaments bright 

 purple ; panicle like that of S. tectorum. Summer. I. obovate- 

 cuneate, cuspidate, glabrous on the faces ; outer ones liin. to IJin. 

 long, with stiff marginal cilia, and very faintly red-brown tinted 

 at the tip. Flowering stem often above 1ft long. Barren 

 rosettes Sin. to lin. in diameter. Central France. 



8. Moggridgei (Moggridge's).* fl. red, cymose, jin. in diameter ; 



a rosette, obovate-cuneate, finely glandular-pubescent, ciliated 

 down the margins ; outer ones faintly tinted with red, iin. to jin. 

 long. Flowering stem 6in. to 9in. long, densely pilose, the crowded 



Sempervivum continued. 



calyx cup-shaped, glandular-pubescent; petals twice as long as 

 the sepals, spreading. September. I. jin. long, elongate-cuneate 

 or oblanceolate, green, glabrous, with minutely ciliated margins 

 and acute tips ; lower cauline ones pale green and reddish. 

 Flowering stem 9in. high, stout, leafy. Rosettes 2in. in dia- 

 meter, of about a hundred leaves. Alps, 1881. (B. M. 6610.) 



S. monanthes (one-flowered). //. purplish, small ; petals six to 

 nine, scarcely longer than the calyx ; scales obcordate ; peduncles 

 naked, generally one, rarely few, flowered. July to September. 

 I. terete, clavate, glabrous, crowded in a rosulate manner, h. lin. 

 to 2in. Canary Islands, 1777. A very dwarf, greenhouse, ever- 

 green shrub. (B. M. 93.) 



S. montanum (mountain).* fl. twelve to fourteen-parted ; petals 

 bright mauve-purple, Jin. to |in. long, linear, acuminate ; panicle 

 very dense, iin. to 2in. in diameter, the branches very pilose, and 

 the lowest flowers nearly sessile. June. I. tightly packed, sixty 

 to eighty to a rosette, oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, entirely 

 green, slightly pilose on the face, regularly ciliated on the mar- 

 gins, the outer ones jin. to lin. long. Flowering stem about 6in. 

 long, the densely imbricated leaves tipped with red-brown, the 

 lower ones lin. to liin. long. Barren rosettes liin. to Ijin. in 

 diameter. Alps and Pyrenees. (J. F. A. v. 41.) 



S. oligotrichum (few-haired), fl. about ten-parted, jin. in dia- 

 meter, in a dense head ; petals bright red ; filaments bright 

 purple. Summer. I. thirty to forty to a rosette, oblanceolate, 

 obscurely cuspidate, minutely pubescent, the edges minutely 

 ciliated ; inner ones connected by a few cobwebby threads, which 

 nearly or quite disappear at flowering time ; outer ones about 

 Jin. long. Flowering stem 2in. to 4in. long, its leaves bright red 

 and densely pubescent. Barren rosettes auout lin. in diameter. 

 Tyrol. 



S. Paivse (Baron Paiva's). fl. green, scentless, jin. broad ; petals 

 erecto-patent, acuminated, with recurved and spirally twisted 

 tips. August. I. highly glaucous, lin. to 2iin. long, iin. to lin. 

 broad, those of the flowering branches thick and fleshy, of the 

 barren ones thinner, and finely serrulate-ciliated. Canary 

 Islands, 1866. A low, straggling, greenhouse, evergreen shrub. 

 (B. M. 5593.) 



S. parvulum (rather small), fl. jin. in diameter ; petals pale 

 red; panicle short, corymbose, about 2in. in diameter. July. 

 I. oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, with a distinct, red-brown tip, 

 minutely but stiffly ciliated on the edges, the outer ones about 

 lin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to 12in. long, very pilose, its 

 leaves red-brown, the lowest jin. to lin. long. Barren rosettes 

 lin. to liin. in diameter. Alps of Dauphin^, 1878. A rare form 

 in cultivation. 



S. Pittoni (Pitton's). fl. nine to twelve-parted, ten to twenty in 

 a dense bead, liin. to_ 2in. in diameter, densely pilose ; petals 



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primrose-yellow, whitish inside towards the base, in. long, 

 lanceolate ; filaments pale. July. I. sixty to eighty to a fully- 

 developed barren rosette, oblanceolate, tipped with claret-purple, 



densely and persistently pubescent, the tip deltoid-cuspidate ; 

 outer ones about jin. long. Flowering stem 4in. to 6in. long, 

 densely pilose, its leaves tipped with claret - purple. Barren 

 rosettes lin. to liin. in diameter, the young ones sessile. Alps of 

 Styria. 



S. Pomelii (Pomel's).* fl. ten to twelve-parted ; corolla bright 

 rose-red, about lin. in diameter ; petals widely spreading ; panicle 

 3in. to 4in. in diameter, its simple branches bearing six to twelve 

 flowers. July. I. fifty to sixty to a rosette, oblanceolate, distinctly 

 cuspidate, with a few hairs on both surfaces, the outer ones tinged 

 with red, jin. to lin. long. Flowering stem 6in. to 9in. long, 

 densely pilose, its hairy leaves much imbricated, the lower ones 

 lin. to liin. long. Barren rosettes liin. to Ijin. in diameter. 

 Auvergne. 



S. Reginse-Amaliae (Queen Amalia's of Greece). /. six or 

 seven-parted ; petals pale yellow, ligulate, obtuse ; panicle dense, 

 many-flowered, capitate, the lowest flowers shortly pedicellate. 

 Summer. I. a hundred or more to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, 

 distinctly cuspidate, bright purplish-brown in the \ipper half, the 

 edges ciliated ; outer ones spreading, lin. to 1 Jin. long. Flower- 

 ing stem 6in. high, densely pubescent, the crowded leaves brown. 

 Barren rosettes about Sin. in diameter. Greece. 



S. Royenl (Royen's). A garden synonym of S. calcaratum. 



S. rusticanum (rustic). A garden synonym of S. calcaratum. 



S. ruthenicum (Russian). /. about twelve-parted ; petals pale 

 yellow, linear, not more than fin. long ; filaments finally bright 

 mauve-purple; panicle short and compact, densely pubescent. 

 Summer. I. forty to fifty to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, cuspidate, 

 slightly glandular-pubescent, ciliated at edges with short, de- 

 curved hairs ; outer ones tinted at back, jin. to lin. long. 

 Flowering stem 6in. to 12in. long, shortly pubescent upwards. 

 Barren rosettes liin. in diameter. South-east Russia, &c. 



S. Schottii (Schott's). I. twelve to fourteen-parted ; lower ones 

 densely sessile : petals pale red, with a deeper keel, twice as long 

 as the calyx ; filaments deep purple ; panicle short and compact, 

 2in. to Sin. in diameter. Summer, I. oblanceolate-cuneate, cus- 

 pidate, glabrous, ciliated on the margins, scarcely tipped with 

 red-brown, the outer ones lin. to liin. long. Flowering stem 

 nearly 1ft. long, its oblong-lanceolate, red-tinted leaves lin. to 

 liin. long. Barren rosettes 2in. to Sin. in diameter. Tyrol, 1874 



