DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Sedum. 317 



Perennial. June. 



Root fibrous, small. Herb glaucous, smooth. Stems weak and re- 

 cumbent, 3 or 4 inches high, throwing out radicles from the 

 lower part. Leaves very thick and juicy, the size of a grain of 

 wheat, tinged frequently with red, sessile, not spurred at the 

 base J lower ones crowded and opposite ; upper scattered. Pa- 

 nicles simple, terminal, with downy viscid stalks, no bracteas. 

 Cal. small, downy and viscid. Pet. white, with a red central 

 line. Nect. minute, greenish, as well as the germens. Anth. 

 red. The germens and capsules, in a garden at least, are often 

 more than 5 ; thejlowers at the same time having 6 petals and 

 12 stamens. The plant has not much of an acrid flavour. It is 

 impatient of wet, and of manure, but increases plentifully by 

 seed, among stones and rock-work. 



3. S. anglicum. White English Stonecrop. 

 Leaves ovate, thick, mostly alternate ; spurred at the base. 



Cyme of two smooth branches. 

 S. anglicum. Huds. 196. With. 428. Willd. Sp. PL v. 2 768 



Fl. Br. 486. Engl. Bat. v.3.t.\7l. Hook. Scot. 140. 

 S. annuum. Huds. ed. 1 . 172. 

 S. rubens. Light/. 235. 



S. minimum non acre, flore albo. Rail Sun. 270. t. 12. f. 2 Fl. 

 Dan. t. 82. 



Mild White Stonecrop. Pet. H. Brit. t. 42./. 10. 



On the sandy or rocky sea coast, as well as on mountains. 



Upon barren ground in Suffolk, between Yarmouth and Dunwich, 

 plentifully ; as well as on the rocks of Lancashire and West- 

 moreland. Raij. On roofs and walls, in the mountainous parts 

 of Wales especially. Dr. Richardson. On the sea shore near 

 Brakelsham abundantly. Dillenius. In Devonshire and Corn- 

 wall, as well as in Scotland, frequent. 



Annual. July. 



Root fibrous. Stems forming small tufts, 2 or 3 inches high, de- 

 cumbent at the base, round, smooth, leafy, reddish. Leaves 

 crowded, generally alternate, fleshy, smooth, ovate, bluntish, 

 less glaucous, and somewhat less tumid, than in the last, but 

 more essentially distinguished by being elongated at the base, 

 below their attachment to the stem, into a short spur. Fl. white, 

 speckled with red, with a red rib to each petal ; at first crowded ; 

 but afterwards racemose, each c2/me having two branches, with 

 an intermediate flower. Stalks and cali/x smooth. Capsules 

 membranous. This species, though long unsettled, is found in 

 most parts of Europe, from Sweden to Portugal. 



4. S. acre. Biting Stonecrop. Wall Pepper. 

 Leaves alternate, nearly ovate, thick, tumid : spurred at the 



base. Cyme of three smooth branches, leafy. 



