ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 14I 



55. Sedum bellum Rose (fig, 75)- 

 5. bellum Rose MS. 



Synonym.— S. farinosum Rose in Contrib. U.S. Nat. Herb., 13, 297 191 1. 

 nl JTnot S farinosum Lowe, Trans. Cambr. Phil. Soc 4, 31, 1831- and " Fl. 

 Madeiri/' 1. 325 1868, which is a Madeiran species allied to S. album, and not. 

 I beUeve, in cultivation). 



Illustration.— Rose, loc. at. (photo). 



A distinct and attractive little plant, not to be confounded with 

 any other Mexican species. The neat, glaucous, spathulate foliage 

 and large inflorescences of white flowers give it a very pleasing 



appearance. 



Sent under the name S. farinosum from Washington and New 

 York, and subsequently from the former under the name of 5. bellum. 



Description —A mealy-glaucous perennial. Stems nearly biennial few, leafy 

 3-6 inche unb^anched or slightly branched, arising in ^P^^f, ^Ji^./^ng 

 in^the following spring. Leaves sessile, glaucous, entire, spathulate. flat on 

 face Lnvex on bfck, covered with minute mealy papillae when young set at 

 right angles to the stem, up to i inch long, decreasing m size upwards and 

 ofssU into bracts which continue to the summits of the branches. Inflorescence 

 fflSsh l?afy cfme large for the size of the plant. Buds ovate, rather acute. 

 pfowTs i inch acros . shorter than the pedicels. Sepah green, fleshy separate 

 to the base ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, rather unequal, shghtly spurred. Petals 

 soreading white, ovate, acute, slightly wavy, twice the sepals, with a deep 

 median f^rTow above. Stamens spreading, shorter than the petals filamente 

 w5te anthers pu^Pl«- ^'^^'' «^^"' y^^^^^^^' ^^^^g^^^^e. Carpels white, 

 spreading, equalling the stamens. 



Flowers March-April (gentle heat). May (cold frame). Not hardy. 



Habitat.— San Ramon mining camp, 80 mUes west of Durango 



City, Mexico. 



The name refers to its pleasing appearance. 



56. Sedum versadense Thompson (fig. 76). 

 5. versadense Thompson in Trans. Acad. Set. St. Louis, 20, 23, 1911. 

 Illustration.— Loc. cit. pi. 12 (photo). 



A very pretty and distinct evergreen species, easily recognized 

 by its spathulate downy leaves tipped with red at the apex and on 

 the edges, and pale rose-coloured flowers arranged m a termmal 

 cyme of 2 or 3 drooping branches. 



Description— A tufted, downy evergreen perennial, the shoots arising in 

 autumn gSg to a height of 1-6 inches ^-^^^ ^^I'^^^^^^'Tsc^n^ni 

 flowering in the%pring after that. Stems decumbent at ^be ^a^^;^^^^^^; 



t-tshi:i^afh\re^cii^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



flowering shoots smaller, narrower, more df tan t subacute gl^^^^J^;^™/'^^^^^ 

 into obovate acute glabrous bracts, one of which ^^^.^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 florescence glabrous, of 2-3 drooping secund branches i-ij inch long^Bu<^^r^^^^^ 

 ovate. Flowers J incb across, the lower ones stalked. . ,f'/^{'J^^'^^^[^^^ 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate-apiculate, not spurred divided alm^t to t^^^^^^^ 

 ascending, the tips standing up between the petals J'Jf^ °^^°JIJJ"Stiv 

 white, flushed rose in the upper portion, "^o^* o^^.^ack deflex^. ^ee'^d /hght^y 

 exceeding the sepals. Stamens i-J the petals, filaments white, anthers bngnt 



