ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 211 ' 



angles to the stem green ^^d shimng flat ve^ttesnj ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 



entire, rounded or bluntly pointed at ^^^""•^^"f^rtrinches long, i to i inch 

 rather rounded on back. oft^^^^^^^^^^g/P^^lt^^^^^^ cyme 3 to 4^^ches loJg and 

 broad. Inflorescence a much-branched lax pamcledcyme^^^ ^s^^^^^ 



broad. B"ds ovate, rather acute imch long. PJo«;.r5suDse^^ ^^^^^^ 



Sepals green, fleshy, blunt, 0^**^^,^",?^°^^*;;^^^^ the sepals. 



bnWyellow. patent naxrowly l^n^f ^te. X^jcute 4^^^ J ^ 



Se^cTutrprtXr^^^^^^ ^P«^"^ ^"'° ^^^ '''''-' ''''^''''' 



in fruit. 



Flowers May-June (in the open). Hardy in the milder parts 



°'h1b^,x1?'-mSco. Described by Db CA.DO..E over seventy 

 years ago from cultivated specimens, and still widely grown m Europe^ 

 ItTa common cottage-window plant in Ireland and parts of England 

 and Scotland. In gs^dens it is usually called S. dendrcdeum ; some- 

 7lTs confusunf or S. ,i,.nUu,n. Though -« -'''X Rose 

 Europe it appears to have been lost sight of m America. Dr. Rose 

 S merely repeats HEMSLEV-sdescription, and doubts thevahdity 



ifthe species It is, however, a well-marked and qmte dist.nct 



^"'^?he name [praealtu, = very high) refers to its tall growth which 

 HEMSLEY sets down at 5 to 6 feet ; but in these countries it never 

 attains even half that height. 



96. Sedum conlusum Hemsley (fig. 11% 121). 

 S. «»/.««» Hemsley, "Diagnoses Plant. Nov " 1, 10, 1878. Hemsley, 

 ••Biol. Centr. Amer., Bot.," 1, 393- " N. Amer. Flora, 22,7°. 



(not of Hooker, see p. 238). 



The third member of the well-marked dendroideum group of 

 shrubby Mexican Sedums. S. confusum is the smallest of the three 

 and differs from praealtum in its smaUer. broader leaves i to li inches 

 (not 2 to 2i inches) long, twice (not 3 to 4 times) as long as broad 

 semi-elliptic (not pointed) at the apex, inflorescence smaller and 

 den er (L^^^ 2 in'ches instead of 4 inches long -d broad), peta s 

 broader (3, not 4 times as long as broad). S. dendrordeummers 

 in its taller stiffer growth, stalked leaves. &c. (see figs. 118, 119). 



DESCRXPTXOK.-A glabrous, evergreen tunS^CoTh'oftrrrld'dish!''^^^^^ 

 foot high and wide. 5<.»»^^°°^y ^^'J^rklSie Ton^^^^^^^ than the intemodes. 

 branched: branches ascending, ^■'''l^'f^^^^^^^^^ 



flat, fleshy, bright green, shining. "I'^^f ;^P^*f^"^f "' ^^^^^ cSe below sessile, 

 semi-elliptic at apex (sometimes with ^.^^^H ^^.^''^^dei near the base, back 

 face with a median V-shaped groove ^i^^^,^^^"-^;^^^,^,,?^^,^ terminal, compact, 

 paler with a slightly raised °^«d^f„"^f«: J^'-^bS 



, ii to 2 inches long and broad cymose-paniculate JJ^^cJ^^^^^J;^ l^ ^ery short 

 Juds ovate, bluntly Pointed. F/o^.r5yen^^^^ le^yVihy ovat^. blunt.'^nearly 

 Fpedicels (tV to \ mch). Sepals ye\lo^if f[?f"' "JT/s patent or reflexed. ovate- 



