DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Cotyledon. 313 



C. n. 859. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 381. ^ 21. 



Cherleria. Hall. Opusc. 299— 301. <. 1. Tt. Helvet. sect. 79. t. 1. 

 Segu. Veron. suppl. ISO. t. 4./. 3. 



Lychnis alpina, muscosis foliis densius stipatis, floribus parvis, 

 calyce duriore. Pluk. Almag. 233. Phyi. t. 42 /. 8. 



Sedum montanum perpusillunij luteolis floribus. Park. Theatr. 

 737./. 



S. montanum perpusillum luteum. Moris, v. 3. 471. sect. 12. t 6. 

 /•14. 



On the loftiest mountains of Scotland, in moist spots near their 

 summits, not unfrequent. Light/. Hooker. 



Perennial. July. 



Roofs densely crowded, strong and somewhat woody, bearing 

 close moss -like tufts of leafy stems, partly short and erect, partly 

 long and trailing. Leaves light green, smooth on both sides, 

 rather fleshy, oblong, bluntish, strongly keeled, minutely 

 fringed, or toothed, at the edges, combined at the base. Sti- 

 pulas none. Fl. yellowish green, solitary, erect, stalked, ter- 

 minating the short upright stems, each_y?oti;er-s^aZ/c having, about 

 the middle, a pair of small blunt bracteas. Five of the anthers 

 are said to be sometimes imperfect. — The generic name, given by 

 Haller, commemorates J. H. Cherler, the coadjutor of John 

 Bauhin in his general History of Plants. 



DECANDRIA PESTAGYNIA. 



238. COTYLEDON Navelwort. 



Linn. Gen. 229. Juss. 307. H. Br. 484. Tourn. t. 19. Lam. 

 t.389. 



Nat. Ord. Sucadentce. Linn. 13. Sempervw£e. Juss. 83. 

 N. 239 the same. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, small, in 5 acute segments. Cor. of 

 1 petal, bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Nect. a concave scale, at 

 the base of each germen, on the outer side. Filam. awl- 

 shaped, straight, borne by the corolla, scarcely so long as 

 the limb. Aiith. roundish, 2-lobed. Germ. 5, oblong, 

 rather tumid, each terminating in an awl-shaped style, 

 shorter than the corolla. Stigmas simple. (?<?/«. 5, oblong, 



