ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 281 



A rather small group of wide range its '-°^^'^^^^^^'%'^^^l^' 

 being a few striking biennials from the Caucasus region. The species. 



A 



U 



a 



f 9 



All X 2. 



at least those in cultivation, divide themselves into two well-marked 

 sub-groups. 



A Sempervivoides sensu restrido. Rosettes Sempervivum- 

 ' like inflorescence dense, leaves sessile, flowers red or reddish .- 

 ' sempervivoides Fischer indtcum Hamet 



pilosum M. Bieb. 

 B. Cepaea sensu restrido. Rosettes lax. inflorescence very lax, 

 leaves stalked, flowers white or yellow. 



Cepaea L. ^*'^^«^*^^ ^^^^^er. 



While the Sempervivoides group is almost confined to the Asia 

 Minor area, the Cepaea group is mainly Chinese and mcludes several 

 wen marked plants in both the white-flowered and the yellow-flowered 

 sections. 



A. Sempervivoides s.s. 



137. Sedum sempervivoides Fischer (fig. 165). 



S. sempervivoides Fischer ex M. von Bieberstein "Fl^/^ J^"^^^^" 

 Caucas.," 3, 313. 1819. Masters in Card. Chron. 1878, u. 750. 

 Hamet in Trd. Bat. Sada (Tiflis), 8. pt. iii. 26. 



Synonym.-S. sempervivum Ledebour ex Sprengel " Systema," 2, 434- 

 Boissier, " Flor. Orient.." 2, 786. „ „ . . „„. ,,_. „i ^,~. Garden, 



ILLUSTRATIONS.-Gard. CAron 1898. 1. fig- 7- "^.fnlf-' Icoaes '' 1 57 i?^t;M. 

 19,354,1881. Kegel. "Gartenflora," tab. 551.1155- Link Icoaes. 1,57- 

 Horticole, s6r. 2. 5, 5. 



A beautiful and remarkable Sedum, aUied to the equally remark- 

 able S. pilosum, from which it differs in its much laxer leaf-rosette. 



