CLXIX. 

 SEDUM ACRE. 



Wall Stonecrop. 



Class X. Decandria. — Order IV. Pentagynia. 

 Nat. Ord. CrassulacEjE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five (sometimes four to eight) 

 sepals, often resembling the leaves. Petals five, 

 spreading. Germens five, each with a nectareous 

 gland. 



Spec. Char. Leaves erect, alternate, ovate, gibbous, 

 fleshy, produced at the base. Cymes trifid, glabrous, 

 leafy. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... at^uov ptxpov. 



f Sempervivum minus, vermiculatum acre. Bauh. Pin. 283. 

 I Sempervivum parvum acre, flore luteo. Raii Hist. 1041 ; 



Latin ' Syn ' 2 ^ ' 



Vermicularis sive Illecebra minor acris. Ger. Em. 517' 



Illecebra minor, sive S. tertium Dioscoridis. Park. Theatr. 



^ 735. Dod. Pempt. 129. 



French. . . . Petite Joubarbe ; Vermiculaire ; Poivre de muraille. 



Italian Sedo acre ; Pinocbiella. 



Spanish . . . Siempreveva menor ; Uvas de gato. 



Port Vermicularia. 



n S Hauswurz ; Kleines Hauswurz ; Mauerpfeffer ; Katzentrau- 



German... ( ^ 



Dutch Muur Peper ; Sherp Huislock. 



Danish .... Helleknop. 



Swedish . . Fetknoppar ; Hcellegroes. 



Russ Blotodile. 



Description. — The root is perennial, consisting of several 

 slender descending fibres, proceeding from a slender creeping 

 stock. The stems are several, creeping at the base, somewhat 



