ACCOUNr OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 77 



Seen at Edinburgh, where, among a number of male and female 

 plants, were three of an interesting and undescribed hermaphrodite 

 form, with very large flowers (comparatively) and scattered reflexed 

 leaves, of which I give a figure and description. It may deserve 

 varietal rank, but in the absence of better knowledge of this variable 

 species I hesitate to create a new name. Grown also from seeds 

 received from Yunnan from Rev. E. E. Maire, both male and female 

 plants. 



As in the many Rhodiolas, the colour of the parts of the flower 

 is variable (see also Notes Roy. Bot. Gard., Edinb., 8, 139), and the 

 leaves vary from green to reddish. 



SECTION III — TELEPfflUM. 



Section Telephium S. F. Gray, "Nat. Arrang. Brit. Plants," 2, 

 p. 539, 1821. 



Perennial. Rootstock short, with roots (fig. 35) usually thick, 



Fig. 35. — Roots of 5. Telephium. 



branched, often of carrot-like tubers, summit without scales. Stems 

 mostly annual, produced from buds arising generally in autumn 

 from points beside or above the base of the stems of the previous year. 

 Leaves usually broad. Flowers hermaphrodite, 5-parted, white, 

 red, purple, or green. Hardy plants, mostly Eurasian. 



A group of about twenty-five perennials, often tall. The well- 

 known Orpine, 5. Telephium, is typical. They range across the 

 temperate regions of the Old World from England to Japan, being 



