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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



g Pistils (follicles) entirely distinct and separate 2 



Pistils 4 or 5, united into a- 4 or 5-celled capsule 4 



2 Stamens twice as many as the pistils, petals, or sepals 3 



2 Stamens as many (3 or 4) as the pistils, &c. Herb 1-8' high 



Flowers 5 (rarely 4)-parted. Stamens 10 or 8. Stone- crop. SF'DUJL. 1 



Flowers 12 (or 6-20)- parted. Stamens 12-40. Houseleek. SEMPERVI'VCM. 



4 Herb 2-4' high, fleshy, with 4-parted flowers. S. DIAMOK'PHA. 



4 U Herb 10-16' high, not fleshy, with 5-parted flowers, c. PENTHO'RUM. 



Fig. 472. A flowering branch of Sedum acre. Fig. 473. A flower of 8. acre, 

 natural size. Fig. 474 A flower (12-parted, symmetrical, regular) of Semper- 

 vHntm (Houseleek). 



1. SE'DUM. Stone- crop. Orpine. 

 Sepals and petals 5, sometimes 4, distinct. Stamens 10 or 

 8. Pods 5, sometimes 4, distinct, many-seeded, with an 

 entire scale at the base of each. Mostly H herbs, with 

 5-parted flowers hi cymes, or in one-sided clusters. 



1 Flowers white, or purplish, or rose-colored 2 



1 S. a'cre. Iceland Mos. Fls. yellow. Plant in low tufts. Gardens. 

 2 Leaves scattered, 1-3' long .... 3-5. (Figs. 472, 473.) 

 2 S. terna'tum. Stmie-crop. Leaves in whorls of 3's. Flowers 

 . white, in a 3-spiked cyme. 



3 S. telephioi'des. Faixe 0. Leaves lanceolate or obovate, nearly entire. 



4 S. Tele'phium. Common 0. Leaves oval, serrate, obtuse. Flowers pu 

 i S. pulchel'lnm. Handsome 0. Lvs. linear. Fls. in an umbel of spikes, 



M.S. 

 rplish. 

 purp. 



ORDER LVII. SAXIFRAGACE.E. Saxifrages. 



Herbs or shrubs with the pistils fewer than the sepals of the flower ; 

 the petals as many as the calyx sepals (4 or 5), and together with tho 



