140 DECAND. PENTAGYN. 



Light/. Two m. E. of Dumbarton, under hedges, Dr. Parsons. 

 Hedge-banks near Rosslyn, Maugh. Field between Whitevale and 

 Camlachie, plentiful, Hopk. Near Leslie j Inverkeithing, Mr. Ar- 

 nott. Traprair Law, Mr. Walker. Fields on Clyde side, a mile 

 below the Bot. Garden, Glasg., Mr. Murray. Fl. July*. I/ . 

 One to two feet high. Stem spotted. Leaves large. Flowers purple. 

 Very unlike any other British species. 



** Leaves rounded, fixed by their base. 



2. S. dasyphyllum (thick-leaved Slone-crop), leaves opposite 

 (alternate on the flowering stems) cordato-ovate obtuse fleshy, 

 stem weak, panicle glutinous. R. B. t. 657. 



HAB. Rocks and walls, rare. Collington woods, Mr. Arnott. FZ.June. I/. 



Stems slender, creeping at the base, subviscid j those producing flow- 

 ers erect, 2 3 inches high. Leaves singularly thick and fleshy, 

 glaucous, with a red tinge and dotted. Flowers white, tinged with 

 rose colour. Petals often 6, and stam. 12. 



3. S. album (ivhite Sto?ie-crop), leaves scattered oblong cylin- 

 drical obtuse spreading, cyme much branched. E.B.t. 157S. 



HAB. Walls and rocks, rare. House-tops at Forfar, Glamis, &c., Mr. 

 Arnott. Fl. July. If. . 



Stems creeping below : flowering ones erect, 3 4 inches high, red- 

 dish. Leaves pale glaucous green, tinged frequently with red. Cyme 

 crowded. Flowers white or only tinged with rose colour. 



4. S. villosum (hairy Slime-crop)^ leaves scattered oblong plane 

 above and as well as the peduncles and stems hairy and viscid. 

 Light/, p.237. E.B.t.394. 



HAB. Bogs and moist rocks by the sides of mountains, abundant. 

 Pentland-hills, Dr. Parsons. Hills above Castlemilk and Cathkin, 

 &c.,Hopk. Fl. June, July. I/. (Sm.). 



Stem erect, 3 5 inches high, reddish, as are the leaves, or purplish 

 red. A few stolons sometimes are thrown out from the base, on 

 which the leaves are cylindrical. Flowers few, alternate, on two 

 or three terminal leafy branches,, forming a lax corymb. Cor. whitish 

 rose colour. 



*** 'Leaves rounded, produced below the point of insertion into a kind 

 of spur, which is pressed io the stem. 



5. S. anglicum (English Stone-crop), leaves ovate gibbous fleshy 

 produced at the base alternate, cyme bifid. JLig/itf.p. 235 (S. 

 rubens). E.B.t. 1/1. 



HAB. Walls and rocks, frequent ; especially in dry exposed situations, 

 as rock of Dumbarton Castle. Fl. June, July. . 



Two to three inches high, much branched, procumbent below. Leaves 

 glaucous green, often with a reddish tinge. Flowers few, but very 

 conspicuous from their white starlike appearance, and their purple 

 anthers. Petals externally tinged with rose colour. 



6. S. acre (biting Si one-crop), leaves ovate gibbous fleshy pro- 

 duced at the base alternate, cyme trifid leafy. Lightf. p. 235. 

 E, B> I. 839. 



HAB. Rocks, walls and stony places, not uncommon. Fl. June. If . 



