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258. UMBILICUS. 



Bracts, lineari -setaceous, entire, exceeding the 

 flower-staUc. p. 5, 6. TFalls and rocks. Rome. 

 Nap. Sic. 



3. sedoides. Somewhat creeping. Fl. 

 few, in a corymbose head. L. oblong, sessile, 

 obtuse, a. p. Snowy. Vallee d'Eynes, Yigne- 

 male in Pyi'. 



259. RHODIOLA. 



1. rosea. Root large, fleshy, above ground. 

 p. 6. High wet rocks. Br. Fr. G. Alps. On 

 the sea-coast on the west of Ireland. 



260. SEDUM. 



A. Root strong, perennial, producing many 

 stems, but no creeping runners. L. flat. 

 Sp. 1-4. 



B. Root slender, annual or biennial. No 

 creeping runners. 



i. L. flat. Sp. 5-11. 

 ii. L. terete or semitcrete. 



a. Stamens 5. Sp. 12-14. 



b. Stamens 10. Sp. 15-20. 



C. Stems perennial, creeping, throwing up 

 annual flowering-branches. 



i. Flowers not yellow. Sp. 21-27. 

 ii. Flowers yellow. 



a. Stems slender, aU L. nearly equal. 

 Sp. 28-31. 



b. Stems stout. L. of flowering-branches 

 gradually smaller. Sp. 32-38. 



A. Root strong. Stems many. No Runners. 

 L.flat. 



1. maximum. L. cordato-oblong, obtuse, 

 dentate, often opposite or in thi-ees. Corymb 

 dense, terminal. Pet. straight, somewhat 

 hooded at top, and with a minute horn, yel- 

 lowish, p. 7, 8. Walls, rocks, and banks. 

 G. Alps. occ. 



2. Telephium. L. oval, oblong, obtuse, 

 seiTate ; lower attenuate, often opposite or in 

 threes. Corymb dense, terminal. Pet. some- 

 what recurved, not hooded, purplish, p. 7, 8. 

 Banks and thickets. 



j8. Taiaria. AU L. attenuate. 



3. Notarjanni. " Stems ascending, some- 

 what woody at base. L. stalked, ovate, sinu- 

 ato-dentate, hairless. H. few, tenninal. Pet. 

 lanceolate, p. Calc. rocks. Fondi. very rare." 

 —Ten. 



4. Asiacampseros. L. obovate, quite 

 entire, hairless. Stems decumbent. Corymb 

 dense, terminal, p. 7. High rocks. Alps. 



S. Root slender, annual or biennial. No ' 

 creeping shoots. 



i. L.flat, not round, or semiround. 



5. uniflorum. " Stem erect, simple, glan- 

 dular. L. opposite, sessile, obovate. Fl. so- 

 litary, terminal, sessile. Segments of Cal. 

 unequal, obtuse. Pet. lanceolate, falling short 

 of calyx, a. Bosco del CapeUiere, Sic." — Guss. 



6. stellatum. L. roundish, attenuate, an- 

 gulato-crenate, hairless ; lowermost entire. 

 11. sessile on one side of branch of cyme. Pet. 

 lanceolate, j'jj«i'. a. 6, 7- Rocks, loalls, and 

 dry hanks, m. and s. Eur. 



7. littoreum. Stem ascending or erect. 

 L. oblongo-spatulate, entire, convex on the 

 back. Cyme usually trifid. Branches undi- 

 vided. Fl. sessile. Sepals obtuse. Pet. lan- 

 ceolate, acute, as long as sepals, yellow, a. 

 4, 5. Cal. Sic. Guss. pmts this ivith the terete- 

 leaved Sedums. Its apparent similarity to 

 stellatum makes me willingly follow Bert, in 

 placirig it with those which have flat L. 



8. magellense. L. obovato-oblong. Rac. 

 long, terminal, sometimes branched. Capsule 

 erect, with a short beak, exceeding coroUa. a. 

 7. 8. Mountain rocks. Abruzzi. 



9. alsinifolium. " Stems decumbent or 

 erect. L. obovate, stalked, scattered. Pan. 

 branched, lax, few-flowered. Partial Stalks 

 long. Divisions of Cal. lanceolate, acute. The 

 whole plant pubescent, a. 7, 8. Rocks. Pdm." 

 — Bert. Var. of S. Cepsea. — DC. 



10. Cepsea. L. spatulate, entire : lower 

 often in whorls ; upper Hneari-cuneate. Pan. 

 oblong, much branched. Partial Stalks not 

 long. Pet. lanceolate, finely cuspidate, a. 6, 7- 

 Shady rough, s. Em'. 



11. monregalense. L. in 4, lineari-lan- 

 ceolate. Stems ascending, difiuse, downy at 

 top. Pan. somewhat corymbose. Fl. on long 

 stalks. Pet. acuminate, p. 6, 7- Pdm. Cors. 

 Alpi Apuane. 



ii. L. round or semiround. 

 a. Stamens 5. 



12. Ma^nolii. Cal. without hairs or 

 glands. Segments acute. L. ovate, obtuse, 

 imbricate. Fl. solitary, secund, sessile, a. 4. 

 Open hills, mdt. Fr. 1st. Nap. 



13. rubens. Erect, branched. L. oblong. 



