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Smith, fl. graze. 473. Shrub from 3-6 feet. Flowers golden 

 yellow. 



Var. ft, variegatum ; leaves margined with white or purple. 



Tree Houseleek. Fl. Mar. Dec. Clt. 1640. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



10 S. FRUTE'SCENS (Haw. phil. mag. 1827. p. 125.) stem 

 shrubby, simple ; leaves crowded in a rosulate manner at the 

 tops of the branches, spatulately cuneated, green, ciliated. 

 Tj . D. G. Native of Teneriffe. Flowers yellow. Very like 

 S. arbbreum, but the plant is not above half a foot high. 



Frutescent Houseleek. Fl. Mar. Dec. Clt. 1824. PI. ^ to 1 ft. 



11 S. TABUL.SF6RME (Haw. suppl. p. 69. rev. 63.) stem fru- 

 tescent, erect, simple ; leaves spatulate, flat, ciliated, atten- 

 uated at the base, crowded at the top of the stem, and form- 

 ing a rosulate flat disk, in consequence of the leaves being 

 so closely imbricated over each other. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 Madeira. Stems branching after the first time of flowering. 

 Petals 10-12, linear-lanceolate, very pale sulphur-coloured. 

 Glands minute, pedunculate. 



Table-formed Houseleek. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 ft. 



12 S. CANARIE'NSE (Lin. spec. p. 664.) stem short, frutes- 

 cent ; radical leaves expanded, rosulate, obovately-spatulate, 

 villous, large ; leaves scattered along the flowering stem, ovate ; 

 branches of panicle expanded ; flowers pedicellate ; petals 9-10. 



Tj . D. G. Native of the Canary Islands. Comm. hort. amst. 

 2. t. 95. D. C. pi. grass, t. 141. Petals white, linear. 



Canary-Island Houseleek. Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt. 1699. Sh. l|ft. 



13 S. SMI'THII (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1980.) stems frutescent, 

 erect, hispid; leaves scattered, obovate, acuminated, flat, con- 

 cave, a little spotted ; branches of panicle revolute at the points, 

 bearing sessile flowers on the upper side ; petals 12. J? . D. G. 

 Native of the Canary Islands. S. foliosum, C. Smith, hort. 

 berol. p. 38. Petals pale yellow, oval-oblong, spreading. Glands 

 wanting, ex Haw. rev. p. 63. 



Smith's Houseleek. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1815. Shrub 1 ft. 



14 S. BARBA'TUM (C. Smith, in hort. ber. p. 37.) stem frutes- 

 cent ; leaves ovate-spatulate, acute, with cartilaginously ciliated 

 margins, marked with brown lines on both surfaces ; flowers 

 panicled ; petals 6, Tj . D. G. Native of the Canary Islands. 

 S. lineolare, Haw. suppl. p. 69. rev. p. 65. S. spatulatum, 

 Horn, suppl. p. 60. Flowers yellow. 



Var. /3, hybridum (Salm-Dyck. and Haw.) all parts of plant 

 larger. 



Bearded Houseleek. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1815. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



15 S. C^ESPITOSUM (C. Smith, in hort. berol. p. 38.) stem fru- 

 tescent, very short, at length a little branched, leafy at the apex ; 

 leaves oblong-linear, glabrous, stiffly ciliated, marked with brown 

 lines on both surfaces, crowded in a rosulate manner, but the 

 cauline ones are scattered ; flowers in cymose corymbs, with 

 the branchlets dichotomous ; petals 7-8, spreading. f? . D. G. 

 Native of the Grand Canary Island, on rocks on the highest 

 mountains. D. C. rapp. jard. bot. 1822. no. 13. S. ciliare, 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 1978. but not of Willd. S. ciliare, Haw. 

 rev. p. 64. S. Simsii, Sweet, hort. suburb, p. 230. S. barba- 

 tum, Horn, suppl. p. 61. but not of Smith. Flowers yellow. 

 This plant survived 18 months in paper in the herbarium of C. 

 Smith, and afterwards when put into the earth grew. 



Tufted Houseleek. Fl. Apr. Sept. Clt. 1815. Sh. foot. 



* Herbaceous plants. 



16 S. DODRANTA V LE (Willd. enum. p. 508.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, glabrous ; leaves flat, glabrous, quite entire ; radical ones 

 obovate, attenuated at the base, disposed in a spreading rosulate 

 manner : cauline ones erect, oval, sessile, obtuse at both ends ; 

 cymes corymbose ; petals 20. $ . D. G. Native of the Ca- 

 naries. D. C. mem. crass, t. 11. Pedicels puberulous. Co- 

 rymbs few-flowered. Petals linear ; pale when dried. 





Nine-inch Houseleek. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. $ ft. 



17 S. AU'REUM (C. Smith, in hort. berol. p. 37.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves obovate-spatulate, with membrana- 

 ceously cartilaginous, quite entire margins, glaucous; branches of 

 panicle dichotomous, many-flowered ; petals 20. $ . or Pj . D. 

 G. Native of Teneriffe, on the mountains. S. calyciforme, Haw. 

 suppl. p. 69. Ker. bot. reg. t. 892. Flowers yellow. Petals 

 linear, and are as well as stamens 20, and the pistils are nu- 

 merous, according to C. Smith. Perhaps the same as S. do- 

 drantale, Willd. 



Golden Houseleek. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. 1 foot. 



18 S. FUNCTA'TUM (C. Smith, in Bach. can. p. 155.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, branched ; leaves scattered, obovate, petio- 

 late, flat, glabrous, crenated on the margin at the top, dotted in 

 the recesses of the crense ; panicle loose ; pedicels puberulous ; 

 petals 6-9. D. G. Native of the Canary Islands. 

 D. C. mem. crass, t. 12. Petals oval, acute, yellow. 



Dotted-\eaved Houseleek. PI. 1 foot. 



19 S. STELLA'TUM (Smith, in Lin. soc. trans. 1. p. 251.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, branched, puberulous ; leaves scattered, ob- 

 long, spatulately cuneiform, obtuse, villous ; flowers panicled ; 

 petals 6-8, spreading ; scales palmate, with subulate lobes. 

 O- D. G. Native of Madeira. S. vi!16sum, Ait. hort. kew. 

 ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 148. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1809. Flowers golden 

 yellow. Herb 6-8 inches high. 



Stellate Houseleek. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. | foot. 



20 S. DicH6ioMUM (D. C. jard. gen. t. 21.) stem herbaceous, 

 terete, erect, dichotomous, beset with soft spreading hairs ; leaves 

 obovately spatulate, tapering into the petiole, dotted with soft 

 villi ; flowers in loose corymbs ; petals 8-9, spreading ; scales of 

 flower 2-lobed, small. $ . D. G. Native of the Canary Is- 

 lands, among rocks. S. laxum, Haw. rev. 65. Nearly allied to 

 S. hirtum, ex Buch. cat. Flowers yellow. This plant is nearly 

 allied to S. torluosum, but differs in being herbaceous. 



Dichotomous Houseleek. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. ft. 



21 S. PYGM^UM (C. Smith, in Buch. can. p. 155.) stemdecli- 

 nate, few-leaved, 1 -flowered ; leaves spatulate, attenuated at 

 the base, retuse, hairy ; calyx villous ; petals awned. Native of 

 the Island of Lancerotta. Flowers small, yellow. Plant hardly 

 an inch high. The rest unknown. 



Pygmy Houseleek. PI. 1 inch. 



SECT. II. JOVIBA'RBA (Jupiter, Jovis, Jupiter, and barba, a 

 beard ; Jupiter's beard ; application not evident). D. C. pi. rar. 

 gen. no. 21. obs. prod. 3. p. 413. Young plants rising from the 

 axils of the lower leaves. Flowers purplish or pale yellow. 

 European species. 



* Flowers yellowish. 



22 S. HI'RTCM (Lin. spec. p. 605.) leaves somewhat ciliated ; 

 young plants globose ; petals 6, erect, fringed. I/ . H. Native 

 of Thuringia and Carinthia, on walls ; and in woods about Mos- 

 cow. D. C. pi. grass, t. 107. S. soboliferum, Sims, bot. mag. 

 t. 1457. S. globiferum, Hoppe, cent. Haw. rev. p. 67. Jacq. 

 aust. 5. p. 50. append, t. 40. Leaves of the flowering, 

 stems lanceolate, imbricate, loose, disposed in 3 spiral series. 

 Offsets falling off of themselves. Petals pale cream-coloured, 

 twice the length of the calyx. 



Hairy House-leek. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. foot. 



23 S. GLOBI'FERUM (Lin. 1. c.) leaves ciliated ; offsets rather 

 contracted; petals 15-20, spreading, very long. ^.H. Native 

 of Vallais, on rocks ; and probably of Austria. Curt. bot. mag. 

 t. 507. Schrad. icon. 95. t. 26. S. grandiflorum, Haw. rev. 66. 

 Petals yellowish, 3 times longer than the calyx. 



Var. (3 ; offsets rather loose ; petals 12. 3/.H. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 2115. More villous and pale than the species. 



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