ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 237 

 peen. fieshy. nearly erect, ^™-l«t «ar *? ve^^^^^^ 



|ltpEt''rJetl°sl.t!'SSl"ref^^^^^ 

 widely in fruit. 



tZn'J:^^^^^'oi central and Southern Europe and Asia 



Minor. 



124. Sedum Douglasii Hooker (fig. 151)- 

 S Douglasii Hooker, " Flora Bor. Amer." 1, 228. 1832. 



SVKONVM.-S. Mmalense or Mmalaicum of many gardens (not S. Un^alense 

 of Don, for which see p. 51). 



;s/=tr s« -ir -^ irrri.":;.;' r. 



niay be ■nenUoned. Jt""^^^^ J „„ the middle portion of 



'k' tT ' d fteVort P ollC^ branches on the flowering stems 

 the shoots and the short proii ^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 



'"''Tefbf tlercree'pifgXacter, linear leaves, and infloreseence 

 separated by their creepi g altissimum has taller flowermg 



leaves and proliferous shoots. 



DKSCKXPx:o..-Asn.aU stout er-^^^^^^ 

 tinged red. Stems bare below ^^^f^f^^Sh^h ere?t, slightly branched ; flower- 

 leafy near top ; barren shoots \\° J incn^ mg - ^ 6^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ 

 ing stems stout. 3 to 12 inches high, unbranc^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 



ones with short axillary f "^^/^J-f-X a ter^ate, crowded, linear to linear- 

 ultimately drop off and ^^J«™°^3;,eciry on th? upper side, rather acute J-J 

 lanceolate, subterete, flattened especmllyon^ membranous spur ; those o the 

 inch long by i, broad with a f^^ll^^l'^^^^^^ Inflorescence a compact, leafy 

 flowering stem distant ^^"^^^J-^^S and a flower m the 



cyme with about 3 ^tiff. stout, straignt.i b^ght yellow, i to finch across, 



f^k. B"^^ acute, ribbed, ovate^F^oj^JT^ses^Ue^^^^ g ^y^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 



Sepals yellow, ovate, acute, ^^^ "^"^ •.. . .-^ oranee-vellow. wide-spreading, 

 lateolai. acute, with an apiculusbehm^^^^^^^ ^^. ^^^J^ 5 ,,, 



radtte^h^ y£ ' iSs e ect! \te/spreading. greenish yellow, shorter 

 ?han the'st^me J; stellate-patent m fruit. 



"tfreVent in English gardens, generally under the quite 

 erroneous name of himalense. . ^ 



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