PI. ex, cat. 47. CRASSULACEiE. 320. Sedum. 543 



Sednm Forsterianum, Engl. Bol. 1802. 

 Rocks; perennial; July. 

 Leaves not glaucous. 



IV. 321. SEMPERVIVUM. Pliny. Hovseleek. 



Calyx 6 to 12-cut; petals 6 to 12; stamens 12 to 24>; 

 ovaries 9 to 12, scales ovate, broad, nicked or torn; ca- 

 mares many-seeded. — Herh perennial, stemless; scape co- 

 rymbose ; radical leaves manyrrowed, expanded, imbricate, 

 usually fringed. 



Sempervivum tectorum. Roof houseleek. 



Leaves fringed ; buds spread open ; flowers 6-cut ; scales 

 wedgeshape, carunculated. 



Sempervivum majus, Raii Syn. 269, 1 ; Ger. em. 51. 

 Sedum majus vulgare. Park, 733. 

 Sedum tectorum, Lin. S. P. 664. 



Common houseleek. Great houseleek. Aygreen. Jupiter''s eye. Bullock'i 

 eye. Jupiter's beard. Great sengreen. 



Roofs and walls ; perennial ; 



Stem 1 foot high, downy, corymbose ; petals lanceolate, 

 connate at bottom, longer than the stamens. — Leaves 

 bruised, either by themselves or with cream, much used a» 

 a cooling application to burns ; juice mixed with honey 

 used externally against aphthse. 



Fam. XIII. 48. PORTULACEtE. Jussieu. 



Calyx cut, persistent ; corolla 5-petaled ; petals soldered 

 or free, inserted on .the calyx ; stcLmens 3 to 5, inserted on 

 the corolla; ovary free or adherent, 1 -celled ; styles 1 to 3 ; 

 capsule 1 -celled, 2 or 3-valved; seed upright; perisperm 

 farinaceous, central ; corculum incurved or annular, peri- 

 pherical. — Herb fleshy; leaves opposite or alternate ; j^oM-'er^ 

 axillary and terminal. 



322. MONTIA. Micheli. Blinks. 



Calyx 2 or 3-valved ; petals 5, soldered, 2 alternate 



smaller; stamens 3 to B ', styles 3; capsule 3-valved, 3-seeded. 



— Leaves opposite ; ^OM/er^ solitary, axillary, and terminal. 



Montia fontana. Spring blinks. 



Leaves opposite, not divided ; floivers on peduncles. 



