Sedum.'] decandria — pentagynia. 185 



15. Sedum. Linn. Orpine and Stonecrop. 

 * Leaves plane. 



1. S. Telephium, L. (^Orpine, or Live-Jong); leaves oval- 

 oblong plane serrated, corymbs leafy, stems erect. E.Bot.t. 1319. 



Borders of fields, hedg-e-banks, and waste places among bushes. Fl. 

 July. If. — 1— -2 feet high. Stem spotted. Leaves broad. Flowers 

 jiurple. Very unlike any of the following species, and in habit resem- 

 bling Rhodiola rosea. 



** Leaves terete. Flowers white or reddish. 



2. S. dasyphyllum, L. (thick-leaved Stonecrop) ; leaves opposite 

 (except on the flowering-stems) ovato-globose fleshy, panicles 

 glutinous. E. Bot. t. 656. 



Walls and rocks, in several parts of England. Conway, Wales. 

 Collinton woods, Edinburgh. Cork. Fl. June. If. — Stems slender, pro- 

 cumbent below, slightly viscid. Flowering-stems 2 — 3 inches high. 

 Leaves short, singularly thick and fleshy, glaucous with a reddish tinge 

 and dotted. Flowers tinged with rose-colour. Petals and pistils 5 — 8. 



3. S. Anglicum, Huds. (English Stonecrop) ; leaves alternate 

 ovate gibbous fleshy produced at the base, cymes few-flowered, 

 petals very sharp at the point. E. Bot. t. 171. 



Sandy and rocky places, especially near the sea; common in N. 

 Wales; most abundant in Scotland and Ireland, on rocks inland as well 

 as by the sea-shores. Fl. June, July. 0. — 2 — 3 inches high, much 

 branched, procumbent below. Leaves glaucous-green, often tinged with 

 red. Flowers few in each cyme, but ver_y conspicuous from their white, 

 starlike appearance, and their purple anthers. It is a great ornament 

 to some of the most barren rocks in the Highlands and Hebrides. 



4. S. album, L. (white Stonecrop) ; leaves scattered oblongo- 

 cylindricalobtnse spreading, cyme much branched. E.Bot.t.l578. 



Rocks, walls, and roofs of houses ; in Middlesex, Worcestershire, 

 Suffolk, and about Peterborough. Wich Cliffs, Somerset. Forfar and 

 Glammis; Scotland. Fl. July If. — Stems prostrate below, thejlowe?- 

 ing-sfetn only erect, 3 — 5 inches high. Leaves pale glaucous-green, 

 Bometimes tinged with red. Flowers crowded, white or only tinged 

 with rose-colour. 



5. S. villosum, L. (hairy Stonecrop) ; leaves scattered oblong 

 flattened above and as well as the peduncles and stems hairy 

 and viscid. E. Bot. t. 394. 



Stony and moist places, by the sides of rills, frequent in the north of 

 England and Scotland ; especially in the subalpine parts. Fl. June, 

 July. 14-. {Sm.) — 3 — 4 inches high, reddish-purple. Leaves, on the 

 short barren shoots, almost exactly cylindrical. Flowers few, of a pale 

 rose-colour. 



*** Leaves terete. Flowers yellow. 



6. S. acre, L. (biting Stonecrop or Wall-pepper); leaves erect 

 alternate ovate gibbous fleshy produced at the base, cymes trilid 

 glabrous leafy. E. Bot. t. 839. 



