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CRASSULACEjE. XVIII. SEDUM. 



stems simple ; leaves flat, nearly linear, entire, sessile ; cymes 

 leafy. $ . H. Native of Eastern Siberia. Flowers blue. 

 .C/Me-flowered Stonecrop. PL 4 foot. 



29 S. DELTOI'DEUM (Ten. cat. 1819. p. 43.) stems erect! sh ; 

 leaves alternate, flat, deltoidly-cuneiform, unequal, crenated, 

 and toothed ; cymes lateral. Q. H. Native of the kingdom 

 of Naples, on Monte Novo and Goat's Island. Flowers purple. 

 The rest unknown. 



Deltoid-leaved Stonecrop. PL 4 foot. 



30 S. SEMPERVI'VUM (Led. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 434.) leaves 

 spatulate-ovate, acute, flat, quite entire, pubescent : lower ones 

 collected into a circle : cauline ones half stem-clasping ; stems 

 simple ; corymb rather panicled ; petals lanceolate-subulate. If. . 

 H. Native of Iberia. S. sempervivoides, Fisch. mss. Bieb.suppl. 

 p. 313. Sims, bot. mag. t. 3474. Habit of a species of Sem- 

 pervivum. Flowers deep purple, showy, size of those of S. 

 spurium. 



Houseleek-like Stonecrop. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. PL ft. 



31 S. H^MATO'DES (Mill. diet. no. 15.) stems erect, fleshy; 

 leaves ovate, quite entire : upper ones stem-clasping ; corymbs 

 terminal. If. . H. Native of Louisiana. There are two va- 

 rieties of this plant, one with white and another with purple 

 flowers. Said to be allied to S, Telephium and S. Anacampseros. 



Bloody Orpine. FL July, Sept. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



32 S. ANACA'MPSEROS (Lin. spec. 616.) leaves cuneiform, 

 obtuse, quite entire, almost sessile, alternate, flat, glabrous ; 

 stems decumbent ; flowers corymbose. "H. . Native of Pro- 

 vence, Piedmont, Savoy, Switzerland, &c. on rocks among 

 the mountains. D. C. pi. grass, t. 33. Curt. bot. mag. t. 118. 

 Lob. icon. 1. t. 390. f. 2. S. rotundifolium, Lam. diet. fl. fr. 

 3. p. 82. Anacampseros sempervirens, Haw. syn. p. 112. 

 Flowers purple. 



Anacampseros or Evergreen Orpine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1596. PL trailing. 



33 S. PU'LCHRUM (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 277.) stems 

 assurgent, glabrous ; leaves scattered, linear, obtuse ; cymes of 

 many spikes ; flowers sessile, of 4 petals and 8 stamens. If. . H. 

 Native of the mountains of Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia, on 

 the banks of the river Ohio. Flowers purple. Allied to S. re- 



Jtexum, according to Pursh, but according to Nutt. to S. terndtum. 

 Fair Stonecrop. PL trailing. 



34 S. DENTA'TUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 403.) leaves alternate, 

 glabrous, cuneate-obovate ; upper ones pinnatifidly toothed 

 downwards, and more petiolate ; cyme sessile, terminal. li.H. 

 Native country unknown. Anac&mpseros dentata, Haw. rev. p. 

 26. Allied to S. spurium and S. opposilifolium. Perhaps the 

 same as S. dentatum, Donn, hort. cant. Flowers purple. 



2oo</ierf-leaved Stonecrop. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1810. PL ft. 



35 S. IBE'RICUM (Stev. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 312.) leaves 

 cuneiformly obovate, repandly crenated, petiolate, with scabrous 

 margins : cauline leaves opposite ; cymes leafy, dichotomous ; 

 flowers nearly sessile ; petals subulate. I/ . H. Native of the 

 north of Iberia, in subalpine places. Flowers reddish. Habit 

 of S. spurium. 



Iberian Stonecrop. PL -j foot. 



36 S. ROSEUM (Stev. mem. soc. nat. cur. mosq. 3. p. 263.) 

 leaves spatulately obovate, opposite, quite entire, fleshy, gla- 

 brous, imbricated at the tops of the surculi ; stems much 

 branched, loose, creeping ; cymes terminal ; petals lanceolate- 

 subulate. 2{.. H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, among stones. 

 Bieb. suppl. 314. Flowers almost like those of S. spurium, of 

 an elegant rose-colour. 



./Jose-coloured-flowered Stonecrop. PL % to % foot. 



37 S. SPU'RIUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 852.) leaves cuneiformly- 

 obovate, crenately toothed in front, pubescent beneath, some- 

 what ciliated ; cauline leaves opposite ; radical ones in fascicles 



usually alternate ; corymbs terminal, compound ; petals lanceo- 

 late. %. H. Native of Caucasus, among rocks. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 2370. Buxb. cent. 5. p. 33. t. 61. f. 2. Anacampseros 

 spuria, Haw. rev. p. 25. Flowers purple. 



Spurious Stonecrop. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1816. PL \ foot. 



38 S. EWE'RSII (Led. fl. alt. ill. t. 58. fl. alt. 2. p. 191.) leaves 

 opposite, obsoletely denticulated, adnate : inferior ones broad- 

 elliptic : superior ones sessile, cordate ; corymbs terminal, com- 

 pound ; petals lanceolate, acute, a little longer than the stamens. 

 11 . H. Native of Altaia, at the rivers Uba, Buchtorm, and 

 Kokoryo ; and at the Golden Lake Teletz-koe Osero. Flowers 

 purple. Stem rooting at the base. 



Ewers' s Stonecrop. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1829. PL i foot. 



39 S. TELEPHIOIDES (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 324.) leaves 

 ovate, flat, acutish at both ends, toothed ; corymb compound, in 

 fascicles. If. . H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, on rocks 

 among the mountains. Anacampseros telephioides, Haw. syn. 

 114. Flowers pale purple. Hardly distinct from S. Telephium 

 according to Nuttall. 



Orpine-like Stone-crop. FL July, Sept. Clt. 1810. PL 1 

 to 2 feet. 



40 S. TELE'PHIUM (Lin. spec. 616. a, /3, et /,) leaves oblong 

 or oval, attenuated at the base, flat, toothed, glabrous ; stems 

 erect ; cymes corymbose, terminal ; stamens not exceeding the 

 corolla. 11 . H. Native of Europe, in exposed places ; in 

 Britain on the borders of fields, or in hedges or bushy places, on 

 a gravelly or chalky soil. Smith, eng. bot. 1319. Curt. lond. 3. 

 t. 25. 210. Oed. fl. dan. 686. Blackw. 191. There are several 

 varieties of this plant : 1, leaves opposite (Anacampseros albida, 

 Haw. syn. p. 111.) 2, leaves 3 in a whorl (Anacampseros tri- 

 phylla, Haw. syn. p. 111. Sedum triphyllum, Haw.) 3, leaves 

 alternate ; flowers purple (D. C. pi. grass, t. 92. Anacampseros 

 purpurea, Haw. syn. p. 111. Fuschs, hist. 801. with a figure), 

 and white (Fuschs. hist. 1. c. t. 800. Anacampseros vulgaris, 

 Haw. syn. p. 111.) 4, leaves oblong-lanceolate, sharply toothed 

 (Anacampseros arguta, Haw. Sedum argutum, Haw.) 5, leaves 

 cuneately obovate, slightly 4-toothed towards the apex ; stems 

 decumbent (Anacampseros paucidens, Haw. rev. p. 24.). All 

 these are referrible to this species. A decoction of the leaves 

 in milk is a forcible diuretic. It has been given with success 

 in the cure of haemorrhoids. 



Orpine. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



41 S. VULGA'RE (Link. enum. pi. hort. berol. 1. p. 437.) 

 leaves nearly opposite, ovate-elliptic, obtuse, rounded at the 

 base, exactly sessile, bluntly and dentately serrated ; panicle sub- 

 corymbose ; stamens shorter than the corolla. If. . H. Native 

 of Siberia, on the mountains near Kolywan ; and also in sandy 

 woods about Barnaoul. S. Telephium a, Willd. spec. 2. p. 760. 

 S. Telephium, Patrin, fl. barn. mss. Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 351. S. 

 Telephium, Besser. enum." pi. volh. p. 17. S. Telephium y 

 minus, Falk, topog. 2. no. 522. Anacampseros vulgaris, Haw. 

 succ. p. 112. Flowers whitish or purplish. 



Common Orpine. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. ? PL 1 to 2 feet. 



42 S. VERTICILLA'TUM (Lin. amcen. 2. p. 352. t. 4. f. 14. ex- 

 clusive of the synonyme of Ray,) stem erect ; leaves 4 in a whorl, 

 lanceolate, serrated ; racemes axillary, few-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves. If. . H. Native of Kamtschatka. Leaves a 

 finger in length. Flowers small, purple ? or pink ? This species 

 is allied to S. Telephium according to Steven. 



Whorled-leaved Orpine. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. ? PL 1 foot. 



* * * * Leaves terete. Flowers white. 



43 S. MORANE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 6. p. 44.) stems 

 branched, creeping at the base, ascending, glabrous ; leaves scat- 

 tered, loosened at the base, thick, fleshy, obtuse ; cymes secund ; 

 flowers nearly sessile ; petals 5, oblong-linear, bluntish. I/ . H. 



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