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THE FLORA. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



§ Pistils (follicles) entirely distinct and separate 2 



§ Pistils 4 or 5, united into a 4 or 5-celled capsule i 



i Stamens twice as many as the pistils, petals, or sepals 8 



2 Stamens as many (3 or 4) as the pistils, &c. Herb 1-3' high. »■. Till^'a. 

 3 Flowers 5 (rarely 4)-parted. Stamens 10 or 8. Stone-crop, Se'dum. 1 



S Flowers 12 (or 6-20)-parted. Stamens 12^0. fioMS«fee4. Sempekvi'vdm. 



4 Herb 2-4' high, fleshy, with 4-parted flowers. S. Diamoe'pha. 



4 n Herb 10-16' high, not fleshy, with 5-parted flowers, v. Pentho'btjm. 



472 



473 



474 



Fig. 472. A flowering branch of Sedum acre. Mg. 473. A flower of S. acre, 

 natural size. Fig. 474. A flower (12-parted, symmetrical, regular) of Semper- 

 vivum (Houseleek). 



1. -SE'DUM. Stone-crop. Orpine. 



Sepals and petals 5, sometimes 4, distinct. Stamens 10 or 

 8. Pods 5, sometimes 4, distinct, many-seeded, with an 

 entire scale at the base of each. — Mostly U herbs, with 

 5-parted flowers in cymes, or in one-sided clusters. 



1 Flowers white, or purplish, or rose-oolored 2 



1 S. a'ore. Irish Moss. Fls. yellow. Plant in low tufts. 'Gardens.- 



2 Leaves scattered, 1-3' long 3-.'). (Figs. 472, 473.) 



2 S. terna'tum. Stone-crop. Leaves in whorls of 3's. Flowers 

 white, in a 3-spiked cytne. 



3 S. telephioi'des. False 0. Leaves lanceolate or obovate, nearly entire. M. S. 



4 S. Tele'phium. Common 0. Leaves oval, serrate, obtuse. Flowers purplish. 



5 S. pulchel'lum. Handsome 0. Lvs. linear. J'ls. in an umbel of spikes, purp. S. 



Order LXI. SAXIFRAGACEJS. Saxifrages. 



Herls or shruU with the pistils fewer than the sepals of the flower ; 

 the petals as many as the calyx sepals (4 or 5), and together with the 



