1 90 Crassulacecz Sedum. 



about a foot high. Leaves broad, 1 to 3 inches long, ovate or 

 oblong, flat or concave, obtusely serrate. Flowers rose, purple, 

 white, or speckled, in dense corymbose cymes. An indigenous 

 plant. 



5. S. Rhodlola. Eose-root. This species has dioecious 

 flowers. It grows about a foot high, with obovate or lanceo- 

 late acute glaucous leaves toothed towards the tip, the upper 

 ones largest. Flowers purplish or yellow, in compact cymes. 

 A native species, frequently seen in old gardens. 



6. S. Sieboldii. A distinct species with erect or ascending- 

 slender stems. Leaves opposite or in threes, flat, orbicular, 

 and glaucous. . Flowers in dense corymbs, very showy, pink or 

 red. A native of Japan, and an old inhabitant of our gardens. 

 There is a variegated form. 



7. S. Fabaria. Near the foregoing, but taller and hand- 

 somer, and also a native of Japan. Leaves broadly oval, 

 crenate. Flowers rosy purple. Both this and the last bloom 

 towards the end of Summer. 



8. 8. Ewersii. A dwarf species with glaucous oblong-orbicu- 

 lar crenate flat glabrous leaves and rosy purple flowers in large 

 corymbs. One of the best. A native of Siberia, flowering in 

 Summer. 



3. SEMPERVlVUM. 



Leaves usually thick and fleshy, usually in dense rosettes. 

 Parts of the flower in sixes or more. Stamens usually double 

 the number of petals. Species numerous, from the Mediter- 

 ranean region, Atlantic islands, &c. The name is from semper, 

 ever, and vivo, to live. 



1. 8. tectorum. House Leek. This is the tufted plant so 

 frequently seen growing in patches on old houses and out- 

 buildings in this country. Leaves glandular-pubescent, ciliate, 

 obovate-lanceolate, mucronate. Flower-stems about a foot 

 high ; flowers dull purple. 



Besides the above there are several other species occasionally 

 met with in collections, and some are now employed for bedding 

 purposes. S. calcareum, syn. S. Californicum of gardens, a 

 European species, is the one most commonly employed. This 

 has broad rosettes of oblong glaucous leaves with dark tips 

 and purplish flowers. 8. arachnoldeum, arenarium, globi- 

 ferum, Ruthenicum, and many others, are coming into 

 general cultivation. 



Grammdnthes gentianoides, a native of South Africa, is a 



