DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Sedum. S15 



On moist rocks and old walls, very rare. 



In the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Tojield. Seen by Mr. Hud- 

 son, in the garden of a Mr. Clement, who received it from 

 Somersetshire. Roots, given by Mr. Hudson to the Chelsea 

 garden, have long flourished there, and from thence the figure 

 in Engl. Bot. was drawn. 



Perennial. Jubj. 



Root fleshy and creeping. Herb smooth, taller than the foregoing, 

 a foot or more in height. Lower leaves only very slightly pel- 

 tate ; the rest kidney-shaped, obovate, or ovate, strongly cre- 

 nate or toothed ; the uppermost gradually diminishing to ovate, 

 toothed bracteas, on short stalks, solitary under each flower. 

 FI,. numerous, twice the size of the last, erect, of a full yellow, 

 in a leafy, simple or branched, spike, rather than cluster, the 

 partial stalks being very short, or scarcely any. Cor. divided half 

 way down, its segments bearing the 5 smaller stamens. Cat. 

 separated almost to the base. 



Linnaeus confused himself among the synonyms of old writers, and 

 was led to make this the type of his C. Umbilicus. It appears 

 however to be specifically distinct, and not to have been figured 

 by any botanist before Dodart. 



•239. SEDUM. Orpine and Stonecrop. 



Linn. Gen. 230. Juss. 307. Fl. Br. 485. Tourn. t. 140. A, B, G, 

 H,K,M. Lam. t. 390. Gixrln.t.65. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 238. 



Cal. inferior, o£ 1 leaf, in 5 deep, acute, upright, permanent 

 segments. Pei. 5, lanceolate, pointed, flat, spreading. 

 Nect. a minute notched scale, at the base of each germen, 

 on the outer side. Filam. awl-shaped, spreading, notlonger 

 than the petals. Anth. roundish. Germ. 5, oblong, each 

 tapering into a short spreading style. Stigmas bluntish. 

 Caps. 5, compressed, pointed, spreading, notched towards 

 the base, biu'sting along the inner mai'gin. Seeds nume- 

 rous, minute, arranged along the inner margin, at each 

 side. 



Herbs with alternate, very succulent, either flat, cylindrical, 

 or tumid, leaves. Root mostly perennial. Fl. yellow, 

 white or reddish, usually cymose, rarely axillary. 



* Leaves jlat. 



1. S. Telephiwn. Orpine, or Live-long. 



Leaves flattish, serrated. Corymb leaty. Stem erect. 



S. Telephium. Linn. Sp. PI. 616. Willd. v. 2. 760. Fl. Br. 485. 



