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SEDUM, 



closely-set unilateral clusters. Leaves, 

 opposite, lanceolate, obtuse, rounded 

 at the base, finely ciliated on the 

 margin, pale underneath. Siberia. 



Borders, in good soil. Division 



and seed. 



Sedum acre (Stonecrop). A well- 

 known and diminutive inhabitant of 

 old thatched roofs and sandy and 

 gravelly places ; 2 to 4 in. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; yellow, in small 

 terminal cymes ; sepals much shorter 

 than the narrow- oblong petals. Leaves, 

 small, thick, alternate, stalkless, ovate, 

 sometimes nearly round, smooth. S. 

 acre variegatum is a variety of which 

 the tips of the shoots in spring become 

 of a showy yellow. Europe and Bri- 

 tain, on walls or dry places. Walls 



and bare sandy or gravelly places, 

 borders, rough rockwork, etc. The 

 Variegated form is useful for edgings, 

 etc., in the spring garden. Division. 



Sedum album (White Stonecrop). A 

 distinct and pretty species, 4 to 6 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; white or 

 pinkish, freely produced in elegant 

 corymbs ; petals oblong and obtuse, 

 almost three times the length of the 

 oval sepals. Leaves, scattered, oblong, 

 cylindrical, | to i n - l oll g> f a 

 brownish green, stalkless, smooth. 

 This, like the common Stonecrop, oc- 

 curs on old roofs and rocky places in 

 many parts of Europe. The rock- 

 garden, borders, walls, and wild in 

 bare gravelly places. Division. 



Sedum Anacampseros (Evergreen 

 Orpine). Readily distinguished by 

 the leaves being arranged in pyrami- 

 dal rosettes on the barren, prostrate 

 branches ; 6 to 8 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; rose-coloured or purple, 

 in very dense corymbs; petals flat, 

 oboval, obtuse, one-third longer than 

 the calyx ; sepals lance-shaped. Leaves, 

 wedge-shaped, obtuse, alternate, en- 

 tire, glaucous, smooth, nearly stalk- 

 less. Alps, Pyrenees, and mountains 



of Dauphiny. Borders and rough 



rockwork, ID any soil Division. 



Sedum anglicum (English Stonecrop) t 

 A small and pretty kind, 2 to 5 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; white, 

 sometimes tinged with pink, in a 

 short few-flowered cyme ; petals taper- 

 pointed, awned, more than twice as 

 long as the sepals. Leaves, crowded, 

 alternate, short, ovate, gibbous, 

 spurred at the base, smooth. Britain, 

 and various other parts of Europe. 



Similar positions, etc., to those 



given for S. album. 



Sedum brevifolium (SJiort-leaved 

 Stonecrop) . A very distinct and 

 pretty species, allied to S. dasyphyllum, 

 but readily distinguished from it by 

 its pinkish mealy tone ; 2 to 4 in high. 

 Flowers, in summer j white, in loose, 

 terminal, smooth cymes; petals 

 bluntish, sepals thin (in S. dasyphyl- 

 lum, thick). Leaves, ovate, obtuse, 

 short, thick, opposite ; stems smooth, 

 twisted, and rather woody at the 

 base. Southern Pyrenees and Corsica. 



The rock-garden, on warm spots, 



in firm dry soil ; also on sunny parts 

 of old walls and ruins, and in .pots. 

 It is somewhat tender. Division. 



Sedum dasyphyllum (Thick-leaved 

 Stonecrop}. A very dwarf and neat 

 kind, 4 or 5 in. high, of a glaucous 

 colour and not unfrequently of an 

 amethystine blue tone. Flowers, in 

 summer ; dull white tinged with rose, 

 in a spreading, glutinous panicle; 

 petals bluntish, three times the length 

 of the calyx, which is downy and 

 clammy. Leaves, mostly opposite, 

 densely packed, very thick and fleshy, 

 swollen on the lower side, nearly flat 

 on the upper side. S. corsicum is nearly 

 allied to this but smaller. A native 

 of Southern and South-western Eu- 

 rope, and a few localities in Southern 



England. The rock-garden, or on 



ruins, old walls, etc. When planted 



