394 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



S E D U M. 



CRASSULACE.E. DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



THE Sedums include the Stonecrops and Orpines : many 

 persons are very curious in these plants, which are adapted 

 principally for veiling unsightly walls, enriching cottage- 

 roofs, or wall-tops, or drooping from the eaves. Some of 

 them are very splendid. 



The Orpine Stonecrop is also called Live-long, because a 

 branch of it hung up will long retain its verdure ; but this 

 is common to most very succulent plants, which will feed for 

 a long time on the moisture they have previously imbibed. 

 It is common in Europe, Japan, and Siberia ; and is called 

 in France, la reprise ; grassette ; feve epaisse [thick bean] ; 

 Joubarbe des vignes [vine Jupiter's beard] ; feuille gras 

 [thick leaf] ; herbe magique [magical herb] : and in Italy, 

 sopravivolo ; telefio ; fava grassa ; favogello ; pignuola. 



The Thick-leaved species with white flowers makes a 

 beautiful appearance all the year round, and spreads fast : 



" Cool violets, and orpine growing still." 



The Sedum Reflexum, Trip-madam, or Yellow Stone- 

 crop called by the French, trippe madame is common 

 all over England, on walls, and thatched roofs, where it 

 spreads a continual vegetable sunshine ; it flowers in July. 

 Haller says this kind is eaten in salads. 



The Biting Stonecrop, Pepper-crop, or Wall-Pepper, so 

 called from its pungency, is also very common in England. 

 It is either planted on walls, or in pots, placed in a lofty 

 situation, from whence it hangs over the sides of the pots, 

 and grows to a considerable length. It is called by the 

 French, la vermiculaire brulante [burning wormwood] ; 

 pain cToiseau [bird-bread] ; in the village dialect, perratin: 

 and by the Italians, crbi pignuola ; pimcchieUa. 



