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pink, sometimes nearly white. Paignton, Bovey. Sandy Park. 

 (Arenaria, Linn.) (E. B. t. 852.) A. Vi.-ix. 



2. S. marina (seaside S.) Common upon the seacoast. Larger 

 in every respect than the last ; but by most authors not con- 

 sidered to be specifically distinct. Cliffs by the bathing-cove, 

 Torquay, and cliffs elsewhere around Torbay. (Arenaria marina, 

 Sm.) (E. B. t. 958.) B. or P. VI.-VIH. 



SPERGULA. SPIJRREY. 



S. arvensis (corn S.) In cultivated and waste places, too 

 frequent in cornfields. Flowers small and white, on long slender 

 stalks. Common over the whole county. (E. B. t. 1535.) A. 



OBD. XXXV. CRASSULACE^E. 

 COTYLEDON. PENNYWORT. 



C. Umbilicus (wall P.) On rocks, walls, and old buildings, 

 abundant in western England. Remarkable for its shining, suc- 

 culent, orbicular leaves, and erect stem, bearing a long raceme of 

 pendulous yellowish-green flowers. Common on walls and rocks 

 about Torquay, Ilsham, and Marychurch. (E. B. t. 325.) P. 



VI.-VIII. 



SEmPERVIVUM. HOUSELEEK. 



S. tectorum (common H.) This is an introduced plant, and 

 in England to be found only on old walls and cottage roofs. 

 Leaves very thick and fleshy, the lower ones more than an inch in 

 length, bordered by short stiff hairs, the upper leaves clothed 

 with a viscid down. Flowers of a beautiful pink. Roofs of 

 cottages at Cockington and Barton. (E. B. t. 1320.) P. vn. 



SEBUM. ORPINE, STONECROP. 



f 1. S. Telephium (Live-long^ or Orpine.) Borders of fields, 

 hedge-banks, and shady copses. A very showy plant ; stem 

 from 1 foot to 2 feet high, with numerous oblong fleshy leaves, 

 and bearing a leafy corymb of purple flowers j much cultivated 



