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in the female flower. Scales notched. — Distrib. N, and Mid. Europe 

 (Arctic), Himalaya, N. America. 



2. S. Tele'phium, L. ; leaves subsessile, flower 5- merous hermaphro- 

 dite. Orpine. 



Stony hedgebanks and copses, &c, from Perth southd., local, often a garden 

 escape; ascends to 1,200 ft. in Yorkshire ; Derry only in Ireland ; fl. July- 

 Aug. — Rootstock short, stout ; roots many, elongate, tuberous. Stems 6-24 

 in., stout, green or spotted red. Leaves 1-3 in., rarely opposite below, ovate 

 or oblong, obtuse, flat or concave, obtusely toothed or serrate. Cymes dense, 

 corymbose. Flowers J in. diam., rosy white or speckled, proterandous. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Petals twice as long, lanceolate. — Distrib. Europe, 

 N. and W. Asia, Himalaya. 



S. Tele'phium proper ; upper leaves sessile rounded at the base, carpels furrowed 

 at the back. S. purpuras' cens, Koch. — Var. S. Faba'ria, Koch ; more slender, 

 upper leaves all cuneate at the base, carpels not furrowed. Very local. 



Section 2. Cepse'a. Annual or biennial. Stem simple. Leaves sub • 

 cylindric. 



3. S. villo'sum, L. ; glandular-pubescent, leaves sessile ^-cylindric. 

 Bogs and marshes in hilly districts from York and "Westmoreland to Argyll 



and Elgin ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. June-July. — Biennial. 

 Stem with a tuft of leaves the first year, lengthening in the second, then 

 slender, 3-6 in., and flowering. Leaves J-§in., scattered, linear, obtuse. 

 Cyme few-fld., subscorpioid. Flowers 1 in. diam., white or purplish. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse. Petals broad, acute. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), Norway to 

 Italy and Hungary, Greenland. 



Section 3. Sedum proper. Perennial. Stems branched, with many 

 flowerless leafy prostrate or ascending shoots. Leaves subcylindric or \- 

 cylindric. 



* Flowers white . 



4. S. al'bum, L. ; glabrous or slightly glandular, leaves alternate 

 subcylindric oblong contracted at the base, petals oblong-lanceolate. 

 Malvern Hills and Somerset, indigenous (Syme) ; a garden escape from Forfar 



southd. ; (an alien, Wats.) ; fl. July- Aug. — Flowerless stems prostrate ; 

 flowering erect, 6-10 in. Leaves §-§ in., obtuse, bright green. Cyme corym- 

 bose, glabrous. Flowers %-\ in. diam,, proterandrous. Petals twice as large 

 as the green sepals. — Distrib. Europe, N. and W. Asia, N. Africa. 

 S. al'bum proper (S. teretifo'lium, Haw.) ; leaves flattened above, sepals and 

 petals obtuse. — Var. S. micran'thum, Bast. ; leaves flattened on both surfaces, 

 sepals rounder, petals more acute. — Naturalized in Sussex, Ireland, &c. 



5. S. ang'licum, Huds. ; glabrous, leaves alternate ovoid-oblong 

 gibbous at the base below, petals lanceolate acuminate keeled. 



Rocks and banks N. to Shetland, chiefly by the sea ; ascends to 3,300 ft. in 

 N. Wales ; Ireland ; fl. June- Aug. — Tufts matted, glaucous green or reddish. 

 Flowering stems 1-2 in., ascending, leafy. Leaves £-£ in., crowded, tumid at 

 the base. Cymes short, scorpioid. Flowers % in. diam., few, crowded at the 



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