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thofe of orpine, and are of a beautiful yellow co- 
Jour. ‘Each is compofed of fix leaves, and in 
the centre there are many fhort threads fur- 
rounding feveral rudiments of capfules. 
TVhele ripen when the flowers- are fallen, and 
are full of fmall feeds: | 
It is common on old walls and the tops of 
houfes, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sedum minus luteum folio 
acuto. J. Bauhine, Seduim minus flore luteo.. 
2. Scorpion Stonecrop. 
. Sedum minus feorpioides. 
The roots are flender, and edged with a few 
fibres. 
From thefe rife numerous ftalks, furnifhed with 
abundance of leaves, which lie in a clufter about 
the root, but never rife up to flowers.' Thefe are 
two or three inches long, full of leaves in every 
part, but particularly about the tops. 
Among thefe rife ‘the ftalks which fupport the 
flowers. They are thick, and compofed of a 
flefhy outfide, with a flicky core. They are ten 
inches high, of a pale colour, and full of leaves 
at firft, but thefe turn red, and foon after drop 
off about the roots. 
They are oblong, thick, flefhy, and pointed ; 
they have no footftalks; and till they loofe their 
firft colour are of a beautiful green. 
The flowers grow in clufters on the top of the 
ftalk, and are large, and yellow; they ftand on 
little branches, which, before they open, turn 
round inward like a f{corpion’s tail. 
The feeds are contained in capfules, feveral of 
which follow every flower. 
It is common on old walls, and flowers in the 
middle of fummer. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sedum minus luteum ramulis 
refiexis, Others, Sedum {corpioides. 
It has been accounted by many but a variety 
of the common yellow kind, but it is a’ diftiné 
fpecies, the flowers are larger; and the leaves 
longer. 
3. White blunt-leaved Stonecrop. 
Sedum album felis obtufis, 
The root is fmall, flender, and furnifhed with 
numerous fibres. 
The ftalks that firft rife from it are fhort, 
thick, and branched : thefe lie upon the ground, 
and have a great number of oblong, flefhy, pale 
green leaves on them. 
The ftalks which bear the flowers rife amone 
thefe : they are flender, upright, and a foot high. 
The leaves itand irregularly on thefe, and in a 
confiderable number : they are larger than thofe 
on the firft fhoots that lie upon tne ground, other- 
wife like them, | They are of a pale green, round- 
ed, oblong, and blunt at the ends. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
bunches, but not fo numerous or thick fet toge- 
ther as in the yellow kind: they confift of five 
‘leaves each, and are moderately large, and white. 
The feeds are contained in fmall capfules, fe- 
veral of which fucceed every flower, 
It is not uncommon onthe tops of old houfes, 
and flowers in autumn. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sedum minus teretifolium 
album. Ochers, Sedum minus album, 
‘mouth ; fpitting it out when ufed. 
This is cooling and aftringent. Its juice with 
plantain water makes a good gargle for a fore 
The two pre- 
ceding fpecies have the fame virtues, but ina 
lefs degree. 
4. Clufter-leaved Stonecrop. 
Sedum foliis fiipatis. 
The roots are fibrous and fmall. 
There rife from thefe numerous fhort branched 
ftalks, that lie upon the ground, and are very 
thick covered with flefhy, oblong leaves. 
Among thefe rife flender ftalks, which are up- 
right, redifh, four iaches high, and not branched : 
thefe fuftain the flowers. ‘The leaves are oblong, 
flefhy, andendina point. They ftandina very 
confufed and thick cluftered manner upon thefe, 
and often become red. 
The flowers grow at the tops in fmall tufts, and 
are little, and of a bright yellow. 
The feed-veflels are narrow capfules, feveral come 
after every flower, and they are full of fall feeds. 
It is common on the mountains in Wales, and 
has been found on Saint Vincent’s rock near Brif- 
tol. It flowers in July. 
Pitiver calls it Sedum minus Vincentii; and Mer- 
ret, Sedum minus erupe divi Vincentii. 
5. Rounded-leaved Stonecrop. 
Sedum minus circinnato folie. 
The roots are {mall and fibrous. 
The leaves ftand very clofe upon the firft 
fhoots, ‘which lie upon the ground, and are ‘thick, 
fhort, flefhy, and of a pale green. 
Among thefe rife the ftalks that bear the fow- 
ers: they are weak, flender, and four or five 
inches long. 
The leaves on thefe are numerous, fhort, 
blunt, and of an oval form; fometimes divided 
at the end. 
The flowers do not ftand in tufts as in the pre- 
ceding, but feparately on different parts of the 
ftalk ; and they are large and white. 
Thefe are followed by feveral capfules full of 
very {mall feeds. : 
Its leaves grow very irregularly on the ftalks, 
fometimes two, fometimes four from the fame 
fpot ; and thofe on the fhort fhoots that rife from 
the root and f{pread upon the ground are often 
difpofed in a rounded manner at their ends, 
It is found in Yorkfhire and fome other of the 
northern parts of England. 
C. Bauhine calls it Sedum minus circinnato folio. 
Others, aizoon dafyphyllon. 
6. Sharp yellow Stonecrop. 
Seduin minus acre flore luteo. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft thoots are fhort, branched, and cluf- 
tered with leaves. They lie upon the furface, 
and are of a frefh and beautiful green. 
The larger ftalks which bear the flowers rife 
among thefe, and are perfectly like them. They 
are flender, and their weight, from the number 
and thicknefs of the leaves, is fuch that they can- 
not ftand upright, but lie on the ground like the 
others. They are five or fix inches long, and 
commonly are divided into branches, They are 
naked, 
