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of several parts of Europe, on walls, roofs, and dry pastures, 

 flowering at the end of June. Found in England on Green- 

 wich Park wall ; near Northfleet, Sheerness, and in the isle 

 of Shepey ; near Trinity Conduit Head ; between Cambridge 

 and Madingley ; and on Ely Minster. 



24. Sedum Anglicum; English or Mild-white Stonecrop. 

 Leaves subalternate, ovate, fleshy, gibbous, adnate, sessile ; 

 cyme bifid, even. Root annual, fibrous; stems tufted, de- 

 cumbent at the base, smooth, ruby-coloured, leafy. This 

 has been confounded with the next species.- Native of Nor- 

 way and Great Britain, on rocks, sandy coasts, roofs, and 

 wails; on the sandy downs of the Norfolk and Suffolk coast, 

 plentifully; as well as in Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Cornwall, 

 Wales, and Scotland ; and on the mountains of Westmore- 

 land and Lancashire. 



2.0. Sedum Annuum ; Annual Stonecrop. Stem erect, 

 solitary, annual ; leaves ovate, sessile, gibbous, alternate ; 

 cyme recurved; root annual, fibrous. Native of the north 

 of Europe. 



26. Sedum Pubescens ; Pubescent Stonecrop. Pubescent: 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, flattish above; cyme bifid; petals 

 lanceolate; root annual. Found in the clefts of rocks in the 

 kingdom of Tunis. 



27. Sedum Villosum ; Hairy Stonecrop. Leaves alternate, 

 linear, flattish, somewhat hairy, as are also the peduncles; 

 stem erect; root perennial, srn;ill, fibrous. It flowers in June 

 and July. Native of Britain, Germanv, France, Italy, Swit- 

 zerland, and Denmark: it occurs in the bogs and moist 

 meadows of the northern parts of this island. 



28. Sedum Nudum; Naked Branched Stonecrop. Leaves 

 scattered, oblong, cylindrical, blunt; stems shrubby, very 

 much branched ; branches twisted ; cymes terminating. 

 Native of Madeira. 



29. Sedum Pusillum. Plant erect, glabrous; leaves alter- 

 nate, somewhat round, oblong; flowers at the summit fewer, 

 alternate, subpedicellate, white, with eight stamina. Grows 

 in North Carolina and Virginia. 



30. Sedum Pulchellum. Plant glabrous ; stems assurgent; 

 leaves scattered, linear, obtuse; cyme polystachyous; flowers 

 sessile, octandrous, purple. Grows on rocks, and the trunks 

 of decayed trees, from Virginia to Georgia, and on the banks 

 of the Ohio, &c. 



31. Sedum Stenopetalum. Plant glabrous; stems assur- 

 gent; leaves scattered, heaped, adriate-sessile, compressed- 

 subulate, acute; cyme terminal, triohotomous, dichotomous ; 

 spikes recurved ; flowers sessile, decandrous, golden yellow; 

 petals linear, much longer than the calix. Grows on rocks 

 on the batiks of Clarck's river and Kooskoosky. 



32. Sedum Ternatum. Plant small, creeping ; leaves 

 plain, round-spathulate, tern; cyme subtristachyous ; flowers 

 sessile, white, octandrous ; centre decandrous. An elegant 

 little species, growing on rocks in the western parts of Penn- 

 sylvania, Virginia, and Carolina. 



33. Sedum Telephioides. Leaves plain, oval, subacute on 

 both sides, dentated ; corymb fasciculate; flowers pale purple. 

 Grows on rocks on high mountains, in Virginia and Carolina. 



Seguieria; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-leaved, 

 spreading; leaflets oblong, ^ concave, coloured, permanent. 

 Corolla: none, unless the calix be taken for it. Stamina: 



amenta very many, capillary, spreading, longer than the 

 calix; antheree oblong, flattish. Pistil: germen oblong, 

 compressed, at top membranaceous, with one side thicker ; 

 style very short, at the thicker side of the germen ; stigma 

 simple. Pericarp: capsule oblong, augmented by a very 

 large wing, on the straighter side thicker, with three little 



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wings on each side at the base, one-celled, not opening. 

 Seed: one, oblong, smooth. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: 

 five-leaved. Corolla: none. Capsule: one-seeded, termi- 

 nated by a large wing, and having small lateral ones. Seed: 

 solitary. The species are, 



1. Seguieria Americana. Stem climbing, prickly; leaves 

 lanceolate, emarginate ; racemes branched, leafy. This shrub 

 is about twelve feet high. Native o-f South America, in 

 woods and coppices about Carthagena, especially by way- 

 sides, flowering in September. 



2. Seguieria Asiatica. Stem scandent, unarmed ; leaves 

 ovate, quite entire ; racemes long, axillary, and terminating. 

 Native of Cochin-china, in woods. 



Selago ; a genus of the class Didynamia, order Gymno- 

 spermia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed, four-cleft or five-cleft, small, permanent; lower seg- 

 ment larger. Corolla: one-petalled; tube very small, filiform, 

 scarcely perforated; border spreading, five-parted, almost 

 equal, the two upper segments smaller, the lowest larger. 

 Stfimina: filamenta four, capillary, length of the corolla, into 

 which they are inserted, the two upper ones longer ; anthersc 

 simple. Pistil: germen roundish; style simple, length of 

 the stamina ; stigma simple, acute. Pericarp : none, except 

 the corolla involving the seed. Seed: one or two, roundish. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. ' Calix : four-cleft. Corolla: tube 



capillary; border almost equal. Seed: one or two. The 



species are, 



1. Selago Corymbosa; Fine-leaved Selago. Corymb ma- 

 nifold ; flowers disjointed ; leaves filiform, fascicled ; stems 

 slender, woody. This plant is preserved in gardens more 

 for the sake of variety than beauty; for the branches grow 

 very irregular and hang down, and both leaves and flowers 

 are small. Plant cuttings during any of the summer months 

 in a bed of fresh earth, covering them close with a bell or 

 hand glass, shading them from the sun, and refreshing them 

 now and then with water. Harden them gradually, and then 

 transplant them into small pots, placing them in the shade 

 till they have taken root. Place them with other hardy 

 green-house plants, and about the end of October remove 

 them into the dry-stove. They only require protection from 

 frost, and may be treated in the same manner with the hardier 

 green-house plants. These directions apply to all the follow- 

 ing species. 



2. Selago Polystachya; Many-spiked Selago. Corymb 

 with spikes, fascicled ; leaves filiform, aggregate ; stem suf- 

 fruticose, erect; flowers white. Native of the Cape. 



3. Selago Rapunculoides; Rampion-like Selago. Spikes 

 corymbed; leaves toothed; root long, creeping, fibrous. 

 Native of the Cape. 



4. Selago Spuria; Linear-leaved Selago. Spike corymbed; 

 leaves linear, toothlelted ; flowers violet-coloured. Biennial, 

 flowering in June. Native of the Cape. 



5. Selago Fasciculata ; Cluster-flowered Selago. Corymb 

 manifold; leaves obovate, smooth, serrate; stem quite simple, 

 erect, even, two feet high ; corolla purple ; stigma blunt. 

 Native of the Cape. 



6. Selago Coccinea ; Scarlet Selago. Spikes corymbed ; 

 lower leaves linear, quite entire, upper lanceolate-subulate, 

 somewhat toothed ; corollas very deep purple, with the outer 

 segments larger. Native of the Cape. 



7. Selago Capitata; Headed Selago. Head terminating; 

 leaves fascicled, linear, fleshy, smooth; stem surFruticose, 

 erect, pubescent. -Native of the Cape. 



8. Selago Fruticosa ; Shrubby Selago. Heads roundish, 

 terminating; leaves scattered, linear-obtuse, quite entire; 

 stem shrubby.- Native of the Cape. 



