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ealycinum x (fig. 344) is said to be useful in cutaneous eruptions. 

 Kalanchoe laciniatcc is used in India and Bourbon in the topical 

 treatment 3 of unhealthy ulcerations. Sedum glaciate'' is said to be 

 antiscorbutic, and a detergent for ulcers, cancers, &c. ; S. longifolium 

 diuretic, and S. Rhodiohr resolvent. Sempervivum montanunr is con- 

 sidered a depurative and purgative in Persia, and the leaves of S. 

 tectorum have been said to cure intermittent fevers. S. glutinosiim 1 in 

 Madeira, and S. bahamifcruiif in the Canaries, are used to prepare 

 fishing-nets and preserve them from decay. This appears due to a 

 sort of glue, and also perhaps to a tanning substance, present in 

 several Crassulads. Here even the commonest species of Sedum, 

 Sempervivum, &c, cover the rockeries in our gardens ; they have the 

 advantage of needing next to no culture. In the conservatory we 

 find several exotic species, especially of Crassula, Echeveria, and Bryo- 

 phyllum. B. calycinum is often cultivated so as to favour the develop- 

 ment of adventitious buds on the edges or veins of its fleshy leaves, 

 as noticed in every botanical textbook. 9 



1 Salisb., Par. Lond., 3 (see above, p. 131, note 

 2). — Rosesth., op. cit., 573. In the interior the 

 leaves are taken as cooling. " Leaves acid at 

 morn, insipid at noon, bitter at sunset." (Exdl., 

 Enchirid., 106.) 



2 DC, PL Or.,t. 100; Prod,:, in. 395, n. 

 8. — Cotyledon laciniata L. — Plan/a Anatis 

 RuurH., Herb. Amboin., v. t. 95. 



3 The bruised leaves are used. Those of K. 

 brasiliensis Cambess. {Cotyledon brasilica 

 Velloz.) are also used as vulueraries in Brazil 

 (Rose>"tii., op. cit., 573). 



4 Clar., in DC. Fl. Fr., iv. 393. Probably 

 only a form of S. acre L. 



5 " DC, Fl. Fr., ed. 3, iv. 3SG; PL Gr., t. 143; 

 Prodr., iii. 401, n. 1. — S. roseum Scop., FL 

 Cam., ed. 2, n. 560 (nee Stev.). — Rholiula 

 rosea L., Spec, 1165. — R. odorata Lamk., 77/., t. 

 819 (Pose-root, Midsummer- men, Mille-graines, 

 Orpin rose). Its root (radix Rhodia off.) smells 

 of roses. It was formerly sold as a sedative, anti- 

 phlogistic, refrigerant, &c. Its leaves are said to 

 be eaten roasted in the north of Europe. 



6 L., Spec, 665. — DC, PI. Gr., t. 105; 

 Prodr., iii. 113, n. 25. — Jacq., FL Austr., v. 

 App., t. 41. — Rosextii., op. cit., 576. 



7 Ait., Hort. Ken-., ed. 2, 147. — Jacq., Hort. 

 Schcenbr., 4, t. 644. — Sims., in Pot. Mag., t. 

 1963— Linul., in Pot. Reg., t. 278.— DC, 

 Prodr., 411, n. 6 (Ensaiao of Madeira). 



8 Webb, Phi/t. Canar., i. 181 (Farroba, 

 Alfarroba of the natives). S. arboreum L. 

 (Spec, 664;— DC, Prodr., n. 8) of the Medi- 

 terranean is no doubt 'Aei£a)ov to fJ-eya of Dios- 

 COEEDES (" hodie 'Afjuipam-os et 'Avao-Taaia," 

 Exdl., in Cyprus and Greece). 



9 DC, Organogr., t. 22. — LiKdl., Pntr. to 

 Pot., 58.— Lem., Lee. Ele'm., 301, fig. 269. The 

 leaves of Crassula (Rochea) falcata, when placed 

 on damp earth, may also give rise to adventitious 

 buds (A. S. H., Morph. Yeg., 222), as is the 

 case with many other Crassulads cultivated in 

 our gardens. [For details of fertilization of these 

 plants by insects see H. Muleeb, Pefrucht. d. 

 Plumen dv.rch Lisekten, 90.] 



