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Plant Description 



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together and overlapping, just as in Sedum vulgare majus. 

 These leaves however are fat and full of juice, and shaped 

 like a tongue, and slightly serrated round the edge, with 



Sedum mains. 



Text-fig. 59. " Sedum majus " [de l'Ecluse, 

 Rariorum...per Hispanias, 1576]. 



a somewhat astringent flavour ; the whole shrub is coated 

 with a thick, fleshy, sappy bark. The outer membrane 



