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with caespitose barren shoots ; flowers white or pink : 

 vS. album, L., White Stonecrop ; flowers white, inflores- 

 cence much branched, leaves alternate, linear; rocks and 

 walls, common. 5. dasyphyllum, L. ; flowers white, leaves 

 short and thick, often opposite and spotted with red ; rocks 

 and walls, frequent. 5. kirsutum, AIL ; petals pink with 

 a darker central line, or white, acuminate, leaves distant, 

 hairy, plant glandular-pubescent ; Pyrenees. ,S. turgi- 

 dum, Ram. (micmntum, G. and G.), (PI. 40) ; flowers light 

 pink or white, leaves numerous on the fertile branches, 

 oval - cylindrical ; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. S. anglictim, 

 Huds. ; flowers white or light pink, petals lanceolate, 

 acuminate, keeled, leaves gibbous at the base ; Pyrenees. 

 5. brevifolium, DC. ; flowers white or light pink, stalked, 

 leaves distant, nearly spherical, plant glabrous ; Pyrenees. 

 F. Leaves cylindrical ; petals 5 ; stamens 10 ; plant 

 with caespitose barren shoots; flowers yellow: 5. al- 

 pestre, Vill. ; flowers few, pale yellow, petals erect, obtuse, 

 leaves obtuse, stem slender; alpine rocks, frequent. 5. 

 acre, L., Yellow Stonecrop, Wall Pepper; flowers bright 

 yellow, calyx-teeth gibbous at the base, petals acuminate, 

 leaves very crowded, ovoid-oblong ; walls and rocks, com- 

 mon. 6". sexangulare, L. (PL 41); flowers less numerous 

 and somewhat smaller, sepals not gibbous at the base, 

 petals acute, leaves densely crowded, spreading; walls 

 and rocks; Switzerland, Pyrenees, local. vS. reflexum, 

 L. (rupestre, L.), (PI. 42) ; flowers bright yellow, usually 

 in large bifurcate cymes, petals lanceolate, spreading, 

 sepals ovate, leaves subulate, acute ; stony places ; Swit- 

 zerland, Pyrenees. 5. anopetalum, DC. (pchroleucum, 

 Chaix); petals erect, pale yellow, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 sepals acuminate, leaves mucronate; Southern Switzer- 



