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Stamens yellow, shorter than the petals. Scales whitish. Carpels yellow. 

 sShtly spreading, shorter than the stamens, stellate-patent m fruit. 



Flowers June. Hardy. xt a x • a 



Distribution.— Europe, Asia Minor. N. Asia. N. Africa. A 



common British wild-flower in dry places, especially near the sea. 

 Named acre from its biting flavour. The plant had formerly 



some reputation as an emetic and cathartic. Like the Houseleek 



Fig. 144. — S. acre var. majus Masters. 



and some other Sedums, it is often planted on houses as a preventive 

 of fire. 



Var. maJus Masters in Card. Chron. 1878, ii. 685 (fig. 144)- 



Var. Maweanum of gardens. A very distinct form, much larger 

 than the type, and of pale-green colour. Leaves in seven very crowded 

 rows, ovate-oblong, blunt, up to | inch long by \ inch broad. Flowers 

 \ inch across. Compared with the type, a large and soUd plant, 

 which might well pass for a different species until it blossoms, when, 

 except for size, no difference in the floral parts can be discerned. 

 Morocco, on mountains south-west of Tetuan (Maw)— Masters. Not 

 infrequent in cultivation, under the name Maweanum. 



