Sedum.'] 



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of stamens is In reality twice as many as the petals ; of which those 

 opposite to the petals are perfect; the rest, alternating, are small and 

 abortive. 



4. Skdum Linn. Orpine and Stonecrop. 



CaL in 4 — 6 deep segments, often resembling the leaves. 

 Pet, 4 — 6, distinct, patent. Stam. 8 — 12. Follicles many- 

 seeded, each with an entire or emarginate scale at its base. — 

 Named from sedo^ to sit; from these plants being seated on 

 their native rocks with little or no earth. 



as- 



Leaves plane. Boot thick. 



^ 1. S. Rhodiola DC, (Rose-root S,) ; leaves obovate-oblong 

 plane toothed glabrous, flowers (yellow) dioecious, stamens and 

 ovaries 4, hypogynous scales emarginate as long as broad. 

 Khodiola rosea Z. : JE, B. t. 508. 



Wet rocks, on the high mountains of the north of England and 

 Ireland, and in Scotland, abundant ; likewise on cliffs by the sea- 

 shore. %, 6, 7. — Boot large, woody, when dry yielding a smell 

 that has been compared to that of Boses, Stem 6 — 13 inches high, 

 simple, 



2. S. Telephium L. (Live-long or 0.) ; leaves oval-oblong 

 often cuneate at the base plane serrate, corymbs leafy dense, 



stems erect, flowers (purple) perfect, stamens 10. 

 leaves rounded at the base sessile. E, B, t. 1319. 



a. upper 

 /3. all the 



leaves attenuated at the base. S. purpurascens Link. S. pur- 

 pur eum Tausch. 



Borders of fields, hedge-banks, and waste places among bushes. IJ., 

 7, 8, — Stems 1 — 2 feet high, spotted. Our British specimens, espe- 

 cially from the North, belong principally to )3. 



** Leaves suhterete. Flowers white or reddish, 



3. S, dasyphijllum L. (thich-leaved S.) ; leaves opposite (ex- 

 cept on the flowering stems) ovato-globose gibbous fleshy, 

 panicles glutinous, petals ovate obtuse. F. B. t, 656. 



Walls and rocks, in several parts of England. Conway, Wales. 

 Collington woods near Edinburgh (scarcely indigenous). Cork. If., 

 ^j 7. — Sterile sifems, slender procumbent below, slightly viscid, flower- 

 ing stems also procumbent, 2—3 inches high. Leaves short, sin- 

 gularly thick and fleshy, glaucous with a reddish tinge and dotted. 

 Flowers white tinged with rose-colour. Petals and pistils 5—8. 



4. S.A'nglicum Huds. (English S,); leaves mostly alternate 

 ovate gibbous fleshy produced at the base, cymes glabrous few- 

 flowered, petals very sharp at the point. E. B, t. 171. 



Rocky places, especially near the sea; most abundant in North 

 Wales, ^yest of Scotland, and in Ireland. ©. 6—8. — Stems 2—3 

 inches high, much branched, both flowering and sterile ones procum- 



