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in the female flower. Scales notched. DISTRIB. N. and Mid. Europe 

 (Arctic), Himalaya, N. America. 



2. S. Tele'phium, L. ; leaves subsessile, flower 5-merous hermaphro- 

 dite. Orpine. 



Stony hedgebanks and copses, &c., from Perth southd., local, often a garden 

 escape; ascends to 1,200 ft. in Yorkshire ; Derry only in Ireland ; fl. July- 

 Aug. Eootstock short, stout ; roots many, elongate, tuberous. Stems 6-24 

 in., stout, green or spotted red. Leaves 1-3 in., rarely opposite below, ovate 

 or oblong, obtuse, flat or concave, obtusely toothed or serrate. Cymes dense, 

 corymbose. Flowers in. diam., rosy white or speckled, proterandous. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Petals twice as long, lanceolate. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 N. and W. Asia, Himalaya. 



S. Tele'phium proper ; upper leaves sessile rounded at the base, carpels furrowed 

 at the back. S. purpuras'cens, Koch. YAR. S. Faba'ria, Koch ; more slender, 

 upper leaves all cuneate at the base, carpels not furrowed. Very local. 



SECTION 2. Cepse'a. Annual or biennial. Stem simple. Leaves sub 

 cylindric. 



3. S. villo'sum, L. ; glandular-pubescent, leaves sessile J-cylindric. 

 Bogs and marshes in hilly districts from York and Westmoreland to Argyll 



and Elgin ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. June-July. Biennial. 

 Stem with a tuft of leaves the first year, lengthening in the second, then 

 slender, 3-6 in., and flowering. Leaves J-J in., scattered, linear, obtuse. 

 Cyme few-fld., subscorpioid. Flowers 1 in. diam., white or purplish. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse. Petals broad, acute. DISTRTB. Europe (Arctic), Norway to 

 Italy and Hungary, Greenland. 



SECTION 3. Se'dum proper. Perennial. Stems branched, with many 

 flowerless leafy prostrate or ascending shoots. Leaves subcylindric or j- 

 cylindric. 



* Flowers wliite 



4. S. al'bum, L. ; glabrous or slightly glandular, leaves alternate 

 subcylindric oblong contracted at the base, petals oblong-lanceolate. 

 Malvern Hills and Somerset, indigenous (Syme) ; a garden escape from Forfar 



southd. ; (an alien, Wats.} ; fl. July- Aug. Flowerless stems prostrate ; 

 flowering erect, 6-10 in. Leaves J-| in., obtuse, bright green. Cyme corym- 

 bose, glabrous. Flowers -$ in. diam,, proterandrous. Petals twice as large 

 as the green sepals. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. Asia, N. Africa. 

 S. al'bum proper (S. teretifo'litim, Haw.) ; leaves flattened above, sepals and 

 petals obtuse. YAR. S. micran'thum, Bast. ; leaves flattened on both surfaces, 

 sepals rounder, petals more acute. Naturalized in Sussex, Ireland, &c. 



5. S. ang'licum, Huds. ; glabrous, leaves alternate ovoid-oblong 

 gibbous at the base below, petals lanceolate acuminate keeled. 



Rocks and banks N. to Shetland, chiefly by the sea ; ascends to 3,300 ft. in 

 N. Wales ; Ireland ; fl. June-Aug. Tufts matted, glaucous green or reddish. 

 Flowering stems 1-2 in., ascending, leafy. Leaves ^-^ in., crowded, tumid at 

 the base. Cymes short, scorpioid. Flowers J in. diam., few, crowded at the 



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