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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



% Pistils (follicles) entirely distinct and separate 2 



§ ristils 4 or 5, united into a 4 or 5-celled capsule 4 



2 Stamens twice as many as the pistils, petals, or sepals 3 



2 Stamens as many (3 or 4) as the pistils, &c. Herb 1-3'' high. r. Till^'a. 

 3 Flowers 5 (rarely 4)-parted. Stamens 10 or 8. Stone- crop. Sf/dum. 



3 Flowers 12 (or 6-20)- parted. Stamens ] 2-40. Houseleeh. Sempkrvi^vtjm. 



4 Herb 2-4' high, fleshy, with 4-parted flowers. S. Diamor'pha. 



4 n Herb 10-16' high, not fleshy, with 5-parted flowers, c. Pentho'bum. 



472 



473 



Fig. 472. A flowering branch of Sedum acre. Fig. 473. A flower of S. acre, 

 natural size. Fig. 474. A flower (12-parted, symmetrical, regular) of Semper- 

 V mim (Houseleek). 



1. SE'DUM. Stone-crop. Orpine. 



Sepals and petals 5, sometimes 4, distinct. Stamens 10 or 

 8. Pods 5, sometimes 4, distinct, many-seeded, with an 

 entire scale at the base of each. — Mostly U herbs, with 

 5-parted flowers in cymes, or in one-sided clusters. 



1 Flowers white, or purplish, or rose-colored 2 



1 S. a'cre. Iceland Moss. FJs. yellow. Plant in low tufts. Gardens. 



2 Leaves scattered, 1-3' long 3-5. (Figs. 472, 473.) 



2 S. terna'tum. Stone-crop. Leaves in whorls of 3's. Flowers 

 white, in a 3-spiked cyme. 



3 S. telephioi'des. False 0. Leaves lanceolate or obovate, nearly entire. M. S. 



4 S. Tele'phium. Common 0. Leaves oval, serrate, obtuse. Flowers purplish. 



5 S. pulchel'lum. Handsome 0. Lvs. linear. Fls. in an umbel of spikes, purp. & 



Order LVII. SAXIFRAGACE^. 



Herhs or shrubs with the pistils fewer than the sepals of the flower ; 

 the petals as many as the calyx sepals (4 or 5), and together with the 



