322 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
4: Sedum T. — Flores regulares, 5-meri (v. rarius 4, 6, 7-meri)., 
hermaphroditi v. polygami; receptaculo sæpius angusto, Sepala li- 
bera v. basi connata, sæpius parva, crassa, valvata. Petala libera, 
imbricata v. torta. Stamina petalorum numero 2-plo æqualia, sæpius 
leviter perigyna ; filamentis liberis, v. brevioribus petalorum basi 
adnatis ; antheris sub-2-dymis, introrsum v. lateraliter 2-rimosis. 
Squamulæ petalorum numero æquales, basi extus carpellorum insertæ, 
integræ v. 2-fidæ. Carpella 5 (v. rarius 4, 6, 7), libera v. rarius bas 
connata , 1-locularia, supra in stylum intus ad apicem stigmatosum 
attenuata; Ovulis ©, v. rarius paucis v. 1, angulo interno insertis, 
obliquis, anatropis. Folliculi 4-7. demum intus v. extus hiantes; 
seminibus 1— , sæpe punctulatis ; embryonis exalbuminosi (v. parce 
albuminosi) cotyledonibus carnosis; radicula cylindrica. — Suffrutices 
v. multo sæpius herbæ, perennes v. raro annuæ, carnosæ, glabræ 
v. pubescentes; foliis alternis, oppositis v. verticillatis, exstipulaceis ; ; 
floribus cymosis ; eymis regularibus v. abortu 1-paris, nune paucifloris. 
(Reg. temp. frigid. hemisph. bor., America austr.) — Vid. p. 305. 
2? Triactina Hook. Fr. et Tnoms. — Flores fere Sedi, h, 5-merl: 
Squamulæ carpellaque (Sed) 3, basi connata. Folliculi 3, polysperml: 
— Herba annua (2); habitu foliisque Sedi, alternis, oppositis v. verticil- 
latis, carnosulis integris ; floribus in cymas laxe foliatas dispositis. (4274 
laya temp.) — Vid. p. 307. 
3. Sempervivum L. — Flores fere Se, 6- -meri, v. rarlus 
5-meri. Sepala angusta, libera v. basi connata. Petala totidem alterna, 
libera v. basi connata, imbricata. Stamina © , sæpius petalorum numero 
2-plo plura (v. rarissime æqualia) ; filamentis liberis, basi sæpius levitet 
