142 34. CEASSTJLACE^. 



tt Flowers wMte or purple, perfect, 6-parted. 



2. S. Tclephiuni (L.) ; uppermost I. long-oval dentate rounded 

 at the base and sessile, lower 1. obovate or oblong; narrowed be- 

 low, corymb dense, ovaries flattened and slightly furrowed ore tlie 

 hack.—R. I. 968. S. purpurascms Kocb, Si/. E. B. 626.— St. 

 1 — 2 feet high. L. large, often orbicular. Pet. recurved from 

 the middle, faintly channelled at the end. Stam. 10. — \_S. 

 maximum Sut., R. I. 909, has lower 1. broad, uppermost cordate 

 at the base, back of the ovaries convex.] — Hedge-banks and 

 thickets. P. VII. VIII. Orpine. Live-long. E. S. I. 



5. S. Fabdria (Koch) ; 1. dentate oblong-fcreceo/aie or lanceo- 

 late all narroived to a slight petiole, corymb dense, ovaries not 

 furrowed.— 5^. B. B. 527. St. 83. 9.— Kesembling S. Telephium. 

 Pet. spreading. Stam. 10.— Hedges and thickets. P. VIII. 

 Orpine. Live-long. E. I. 



** Boot small, weak, without any rooting shoots. L. subterete. 



4. S. villdsum (L.) ; st. erect, 1. linear blunt flat above not pro- 

 duced at the base, pet. ovate acute, I. st. and panicle glandular- 

 pubescent. — LJ. B. 394. St. 6. 12. — Pet. rose-coloured with a 

 purple streak. St. 3 — 4. in. high. Seedlings with a rosette. — 

 Wet mountain pastures. B. VI. VH. E. S. 



*** Boot small, producing rooting shoots. Leaves subterete. 

 t Flowers white. Leaves blunt. 



6. S. al'bum (L.) ; flowering st. erect, barren st. procumbent 

 rooting, I. oblong subcylindrical flattened above spreading, pet. 

 lanceolate, panicle much branched glabrous. — E. B. 1578. — Pet. 

 white. St. 4 — 5 in. high, purplish, leafy. — [(3. S. micranthum 

 (Bast.) ; 1. oblong-obovate flattened on both sides blunt. 8y. 

 E. B. 529.] — Rooks and walls, not common. \fi. Arundel.] 



P. VII. vm. E. 



6. S. dasyphyl'lum (L.) ; flowering and barren st. p-ocumbent, 

 I. orooid fleshy gibbous, pet. and sep. ovate blunt, panicle small 

 glandular-pubescent. — E. B. 656. — Pet. white. Sep., pet., and 

 carp, often in sixes. L. very short and thick, glaucous, often 

 tinged with red, opposite on the barren shoots. Flowering st. 

 3—4 in. long. — Hocks and walls, rare. P. VI. VH. E. I. 



7. S. ang'licum (Huds.) ; st, procumbent at the base ascending, 

 I. ovoid fleshy gibbous spurred at the base, pet. lanceolate acute, 

 sep. ovate bluntish, cyme bifid smooth. — E. B. 171. — Pet. white 

 spotted vrith red. L. mostly alternate. Flowering st. 8 —6 in. 

 long.— Sandy and rooky places. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



