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15. SE'DUM. STONECEOP. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute, 

 permanent segments. Petals five, lance-shaped, spreading. 

 Nectaries a minute notched scale at the base of each germen. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, spreading, as long as the petals ; an- 

 thers roundish. Germens five, oblong, each tapering into a 

 short style. Stigmas bluntish. Capsules five, compressed, 

 pointed. Seeds numerous, minute. Named from sedo, to sit, 

 the plant sitting as it were on the rocks. 235. 



* Leaves flat. 



1. S. Telephium. Orpine, or Live- long. Leaves egg-shaped, 



fiattish, serrate ; corymbs leafy ; stem erect. Stems two feet 



high : leaves fleshy : flowers deep-red. Perennial : flowers in 

 August : grows in the borders of fields, in hedges, and among 

 rubbish : frequent. Eng, Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1319. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 

 316. 692. 



** Leaves rounded, attached by the base. 



2. S. da-syphy'llum. Thick-leaved White Stonecrop. Leaves egg- 

 shaped, obtuse, fleshy ; stems weak ; panicles clammy. Root 



fibrous, small : stems three or four inches high, rooting at the 

 lower part : lower leaves crowded, opposite ; upper scattered : pe- 

 tals white, with a red line in the middle. Perennial : flowers in 

 June : grows on walls and rocks : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. x. 

 pi. 656. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 317. 693. 



3. S. album. White Stonecrop. Leaves oblong, cylindrical, ob- 

 tuse, spreading, smooth ; panicle much branched, cymose. 



Hoot fibrous, creeping : stems erect, four or five inches high, round, 

 purplish: flowers numerous, with white petals. Perennial: flowers 

 in July : grows on rocks, walls and roofs : not common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxii. pi. 1578. Eng.Fl. vol. ii. p. 320. 694. 



4. S. villosum. Hairy Ktonecrop. Leaves oblong, flattened, 



slightly hairy, as well as the flower stalks ; stem erect. Root 



fibrous, small : stem from three to six inches high, spotted with 

 red : leaves scattered : flowers rose-coloured, or white, with a red 

 central line. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in moist 

 pastures in Scotland and the north of England : frequent. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. vi. pi. 394. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 319. 695. 



*** Leaves rounded ; spurred at the base. 



5. S. Anglicum. White English Stonecrop. Leaves egg-shaped, 



thick, alternate ; cyme of two branches. Root fibrous : stems 



from two to four inches high : flowers white, spotted with red. 

 Annual : flowers in July : grows in dry sterile places and on rocks ; 

 common in Scotland and Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 171. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 317. 696. 



6. S. acre. Biting Stonecrop. Wall Pepper. Leaves egg-shaped, 



thick, tumid, alternate : cyme of the branches leafy. Root 



fibrous : stems much branched, two or three inches high : flowers 

 greenish-yellow. The whole plant is intensely acrid, but the acri- 

 mony is not perceived until it has been chewed for a little while : 

 it is said to be useful in scrofula. Perennial : flowers in June : 

 grows on rocks and walls : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 839. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 318. 697. 



7. S. sexanguldre. Insipid Yelloio Stonecrop. Leaves nearly cy- 

 lindrical, obtuse, fleshy in six or seven rows ; cyme of three 



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