ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 209 

 from DE CANDOLiE's figure the inflorescence is very like that of 



S. praealtum. ^ ^ , . 



A =„K ohrnhhv evergreen perennial. Stem erect, i to 2 feet 



a b c 



F,r.. „9.-Leavcsof («) 5. fraeam": % «■ *«*"'*»»■• W ^- ""I"'"'"- 



orbicular, cuneate below, -"icircular above ;marin^^^^^^ 



„a, when young. P"'P'^»h«> old. /rfo'«««i=« «™ ^^.^^^ ,fo„, nearly 



Jmat t?u?ite. sUghtly retuse. CarpeU spreading m IruU. 



Not hardy. 



HABITAT.-Central Mexico. ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^,_ 



Derives its name from its tree-iiKe uduit ^^^ 



95 Sedum praealtum DC. (fig. ii9«. i^o). 

 S. ^.a.a/..,nDe Candolle, "Plant. Rar. Gen^v " 10, 2X, x84^ Hemsley. 

 "Biol. Centr. Amer., Bot.," 1. 398- N. Amer. Flora, 22, 70. 

 This is the most widely spread in gardens of the "Y Sedum^ 

 of the dendroideum group, and is mostly ^^^^^''^^^ ^^f^J^Z 

 Of garden Sedums it is most likely to be confused with ^. "'^^""r^. 

 a smaller plant with shorter leaves and smaller -««--- J^ 

 differences between the two are particularized on p. ^^ , Fjom ^^s 

 ay S. dendroideum, it may be distinguished by its leaves not disUnc^y 

 stalked and lamina more oblong (not suborbicular) (see fig. 119) and 

 its more branched bushy habit. 



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