538 318. Umbilicus. 47. CRASSULACEtE. PLex.cal 



Fam. XII. 47. CRASSULACE^. 



Calyx free, parted ; corolla on the base of the calyx ; 

 petals as many as the lobes of the calyx, sometimes sol- 

 dered; stamens as many as the petals, interposed; or twice 

 as many, interposed and opposite ; ovaries distinct, as many 

 as the petals, with a nectariferous scale at the base of each ; 

 camares as many as the ovaries, 1 -celled, many-seeded; 

 placentarium marginal; perisperm thin, fleshy; corculum 

 straight, axile ; radicle below. — Plant herbaceous ; leaves 

 opposite or alternate, fleshy or succulent ; flowers alternate, 

 spiked, corymbose or cymose. 



Petals soldered, tubular at bottom . . . Umbilicus. 318. 



Petals free, very small; stamens 3 or 4 .. Till^a. 319. 



Petals free; stam. 5 or 7; scales undivided. Sedum. 320. 



Petals free; stam. 12; scales nicked. Sempervivum. 321. 



I. 318. UMBILICUS. Navel-wort. 



Calyx 5-cut; corolla tubular; petals 5, soldered at bot- 

 tom, limb straight, pointed; stamens 10; ovaries B, small, 

 ovate. — Root tuberous ; leaves peltate, crenate ; scape mostly 

 simple ; flowers spiked. 



1. Umbilicus pendulinus. Hanging navel-wort. 

 Flowers hanging down; bractece not cut. 



Cotyledon vera radire tuberosa, Raii Syn. 271, 1. 

 Umbilicus Veneris, Ger. em. 328. 

 Umbilicus Veneris vulgaris, Park, 740. 

 Cotyledon Umbilicus Veneris /3, Lin. S. P. 618. 

 Cotyledon Umbilicus Veneris, j/arfson F/. yJfn^/. 194. 

 Cotyledon Umbilicus, Engl. Bot. 323. 

 Cotyledon rupestris, Salisb. Prod. HOT. 

 Cotyledon umbilicifolia, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 545. 

 Umbilicus pendulinus, De Candolle Fl. Gall. 3600. 



Wall pennywort. Pennywort. Venus navehoort. Our Lady''s navel. 

 Hipieort. Kidneywort. 



Damp rocks and old walls ; perennial ; June and July. 

 Root tuberous ; stem leafy at bottom ; flowers yellowish, 

 green at the mouth ; stamens very short. 



^. punctafum. Stem spotted ; corolla cylindrical, dotted. 



2. Umbilicus erectus. Upright-flowered navel-wort. 

 Flowers upright; bractece toothed. 



Cotyledon radire tuberosa longe repens, Raii Hist. 1878. 

 Cotyledon Umbilicus Veneris, Lin. S. P. 6l5. 

 Cotyledon lutea, Hudson Fl. Angl. 194. 

 Cotyledon Lusitanica, Lamarck Encyc. Meth.^, 14. 

 Umbilicus erectus, De Candolle Fl. Gall.3601. 



