CRASSULACE^E. XVIII. SEDUM. 



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rather shorter than the pedicels ; petals acute, longer than the 

 calyx ; capsule truncate at the apex, and apiculated by the short 

 styles. If. . H. Native of Caucasus, in stony places, at the alti- 

 tude of 3000 feet. Flowers orange-coloured. 

 Tender Stonecrop. PI. 1 foot. 



92 S. REOPENS (Schleich. in D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 525.) stems 

 ascending, creeping, and branched at the base ; leaves scattered, 

 semiterete, obtuse ; cymes few-flowered ; petals ovate. If.. H. 

 Native of the higher Pyrenees. S. Guettardi, Vill. dauph. 3. 

 t. 45. exclusive of the synonymes. S. rubens, Haenk. sud. 114? 

 S. annuum, All. pedem. no. 1763.? S. Monregalense, Balb. ? 

 S. atratum /J, D. C. fl. fr. no. 3615. An intermediate plant be- 

 tween S. atratum and S. saxdtile. Petals pale yellow. 



Creeping Stonecrop. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. -| foot. 



93 S. PUBE'SCENS (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 52.) stem erect, branched, 

 pubescent ; leaves alternate, elongated, obtuse, rather pilose 

 above; cymes trifid, many-flowered ; petals lanceolate. O. H. 

 ex Desf. fl. all. 1 . p. 360. Native of Tunis, in the fissures of 

 rocks. Petals yellow, pubescent on the outside. 



Pubescent Stonecrop. PI. -y foot. 



94 S. HISPIDUM (Desf. fl. ad. 1. p. 361. but not of Poir.) 

 stem erect, branched above, hispid ; leaves scattered, nearly 

 terete, depressed above, spreading ; branches of cyme filiform, 

 rather panicled ; flowers pedicellate; petals 5-6, lanceolate, 

 acute. Native of the north of Africa, on Mount Atlas. S. 

 Atlanticum, Pers. ench. no. 35. S. filiforme, Poir. Flowers 

 golden yellow. 



Hispid Stonecrop. PI. -j foot. 



t Species not sufficiently knorvn. 

 * Shrubby species. 



95 S. NU^DUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 112.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, erectish ; branches twisted, glabrous ; leaves scat- 

 tered, oblong-cylindrical, obtuse ; cymes terminal, and are as 

 well as the calyxes glabrous. J? . D. G. Native of Madeira. 

 Petals 5, yellow, lanceolate. Scales orange-coloured, thick, and 

 obtuse. Leaves almost like those of S. album. 



Naked Stonecrop. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1777. Shrub j foot. 



96 S. LAXIFLORUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 409 ) stem shrubby, 

 branched, ascending, glabrous ; branches twisted ; leaves scat- 

 tered, ovate-cylindrical, thick, obtuse, glabrous ; cymes loose, 

 divaricate ; flowers pedicellate, beset with glandular pubescence. 

 fy . D. G. Native of Teneriffe. Petals small, apparently white. 

 Sepals broad. 



Lax-jlorvered Stonecrop. Shrub 1 foot. 



97 S. OXYPE'TALUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 45.) stem shrubby, glabrous, branched ; leaves alternate, flat, 

 quite entire, obovate-spatulate, rounded at the apex, and some- 

 what emarginate ; cymes terminal, somewhat dichotomous ; 

 flowers secund, sessile ; petals 5, linear, each ending in a narrow 

 acumen. T? . D. G. Native of Mexico, in gardens. Flowers 

 reddish. 



Sharp-petalled Stonecrop. Shrub 5 feet. 



98 S. DENDROIDEUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 409. mem. crass, t. 9.) stem shrubby, branched, 

 erect ; leaves scattered or opposite, obovate-cuneated, glabrous ; 

 those of the sterile branches rosulate ; thyrse panicled, much 

 divided ; flowers secund, sessile, bractless ; petals 5, lanceolate. 

 J; . D. G. Native of Mexico. Flowers yellow. Very like a 

 species of Sempervivum. 



Tree-like Stonecrop. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



99 S. EBRACTEA % TUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 409. mem. crass, t. 6. f. ft.) stem shrubby, 

 fleshy, twisted at the base, creeping ; flowering stems erect ; 

 leaves scattered, glabrous, ovate, thick, obtuse : those of the 

 flowering stems spreading, those of the sterile stems imbricated ; 



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thyrse panicled; flowers secund, sessile, bractless; petals 5, 

 lanceolate. I? . D. G. Native of Mexico. Flowers white. 

 Habit of a species of Sempervivum. 

 Bractless Stonecrop. Shrub -| foot. 



* Herbaceous plants. 



100 S. A'LTUM (Clark, in Spreng. neue. entd. 3. p. 161.) flo- 

 riferous stems erect ; leaves lanceolate, acute, quite entire ; 

 racemes subfastigiate ; pedicels short, secund ; petals 6, lan- 

 ceolate. Native of Palestine. The rest unknown. 



High Stonecrop. PI. 1 foot. 



101 S. TORRE YI ; leaves roundish, flat, entire, scattered; 

 cymes terminal, trichotomous. If. . H. Native near the Rocky 

 Mountains. Sedum, nov. spec. Torrey. in amer. lye. new vork. 

 2. p. 205. 



Torrey' s Stonecrop. PI. ? 



102 S. LINEA'RE (Thunb. fl. jap. 187.) stem glabrous, a little 

 branched ; leaves terete, linear, opposite, stem-clasping, acute, 

 spreading ; cyme trifid. Native of Japan. Flowers yellow. 



Linear- leaved Stonecrop. PI. \ foot. 



103 S. TENE'LLUM (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 315.) stems 

 branched at the very base ; floriferous ones erect ; leaves scat- 

 tered, oblong, obtuse, nearly terete, loosened at the base ; corvmb 

 simple, few-flowered ; petals 5, lanceolate-subulate, twice the 

 length of the calyx. O- H. Native of Caucasus, on the alps. 

 Flowers smaller than those of S. album, but the colour is un- 

 known. 



<S7encfer-Stonecrop. PI. -| foot. 



104 S. ARISTA'TUM (Vill. dauph. 4. p. 680. t. 45.) stems lying 

 on the ground at the base : floriferous ones erect ; leaves terete, 

 acute at both ends, loosened at the base ; those of the sterile 

 stems densely imbricated ; cymes few-flowered; petals 5, acu- 

 minately awned. 2/ . H. Native of Dauphiny, near Segoyer. 

 Petals white. Perhaps only a variety of S. anopetalum. 



^nmerf-petalled Stonecrop. PI. ^ to foot. 



105 S. PRUINA'TUM (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 209.) stem erect, 

 branched at the base, glabrous, glaucous, pruinose ; leaves fleshy, 

 oblong, convexly flattish, loosened at the base ; cymes bifid ; 

 sepals and petals 6, lanceolate, acuminated, spreading. Q. H. 

 Native of Portugal. Sempervivum pruinatum, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 169. Colour of flowers unknown. 



Frosted Stonecrop. PI. ^ foot. 



106 S. CONFE'RTUM (Delil. fl. eg. ill. no. 451.) leaves subu- 

 late, scattered, crowded. Native of Egypt, about Cairo. Sedum 

 no. 243, Forsk. fl. segyp. p. 71. The rest unknown. 



Croivded-leaved Stonecrop. PI. ^ foot. 



107 S. QOITE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 46.) 

 stems herbaceous, glabrous ; leaves alternate, flat above, con- 

 vex beneath, spatulately-lanceolate, acutish, quite entire ; ra- 

 cemes elongated ; flowers pedicellate ; petals 5, oblong, acu- 

 minated. If. . D. G. Native of South America, among rubbish, 

 near Guamcabamba, and on the walls of the town of Quito. 

 Flowers orange-coloured. Perhaps a species of Echeveria. 

 There is a variety of this plant having the leaves margined 

 with red. 



Quito Stonecrop. PI. -j- foot. 



108 S. BI'COLOR (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 45.) stem herba- 

 ceous, glabrous ; leaves alternate, flat, obovate-spatulate, acutish, 

 quite entire ; racemes terminal, flowers pedicellate ; petals 5, 

 oblong, acute. 7. D. G. Native near Caraccas, in humid 

 places, and among rocks at Meneses, near Pasto. Petals yellow 

 inside, and red or orange-coloured outside. Perhaps the flowers 

 are truly racemose, and the plant is therefore probably a species 

 of Echeveria. 



Trvo-coloured-QowereA Stonecrop. PI. \ foot. 



109 S. BORYA'NUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 410.) stems naked, 

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