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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS sempeevivum 



on stems about 1 ft. high with leafy red- 

 brown bracts. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. barbatulum. — A distinct species 

 3-6 in. high, native of the Alps. Leaves 

 in small rosettes, velvety, ciliated on the 

 margins and furnished with a dense tuft 

 of *hite, cobwebby hairs. Flowers in 

 summer, bright rose, on stems 3-4 in. 

 high, with red downy bracts i-f in. 

 long. 8. piUferu/m is closely related to 

 this. It has smooth blue-green leaves 

 slightly ciliated at the edges, and webbed 

 with small white hairs. Flowers rosy. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Boissieri. — A garden species with 

 dense rosettes, 2-3 in. in diameter, of 

 wedge-shaped pointed leaves, over 1 in. 

 long, ciliated with brown hairs. Flowers 

 in July, pale red, very hairy, 1 in. across, 

 12-14-parted, 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. boutig^yanum. — A Pyrenean species 

 with rosettes 2-3 in. in diameter, pale 

 glaucous green, often lined with red out- 

 side, brownish-red at the top, pale rose at 

 the base. Flowers in summer, pale rose, 

 with darker lines at the base, J in. across, 

 12-14-parted, on stems 6-8 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Brauni. — A Tyrolese species with 

 rosettes 1-2 in. in diameter. Leaves 

 glandular downy, outer ones slightly tipped 

 with purple, f-1 in. long. Flowers in 

 July, dull yellow with a green keel, j-1 in. 

 across, 10-12-parted, on downy stems 6-9 

 in. long. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. calcaratum {8. Camollei; 8. 

 italicum ; 8. juratum ; 8. Boyeni ; 8. 

 rusticanum; 8. 8eguieri). — A rather 

 common plant with rosettes 3-4 in. across. 

 Leaves 4 in. long, glaucous, distinctly 

 tipped with red-brovioi, and edged with 

 stiffish hairs. Flowers in summer, dull 

 reddish-white, 1 in. across, on tufted and 

 branched stems over 1 ft. long. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. calcareum (S. calif ornicum). — A 

 native of the chalky Alps of Dauphiny, 

 with rosettes 2 in. in diameter. Leaves 

 1 -1:J in. long, very glaucous, tipped with 

 red-brown, edged with stifiish hairs. 

 Flowers in summer, } in. across, pale red 

 with a greenish keel, densely fringed, 10- 

 12-parted, on stems less than 1 ft. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. fimbriatum. — A native of the 

 European Alps with rosettes 1-1 J in. in 

 diameter. Leaves J- J in. long, green, 

 strongly fringed with deflexed hairs, and 

 tipped with purple-red. Flowers in July, 

 bright red, 1 in. across, on densely glan' 

 dular hairy stems 6-9 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. flagelliforme. — Supposed to be a 

 Siberian species. Bosettes 1-lJ in. in 

 diameter, the leaves pale green, fiinged 

 with short hairs. Flowers in June, 

 bright red, over 1 in. across, densely glan- 

 dular hairy outside, on stems 3-4 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Funcki. — A Tyrolese species with 

 rosettes l|-2 in. in diameter, surrounded 

 by a circle of young ones on bright red 

 stalks. Leaves green and smooth when 

 old, fringed with dense hairs, and not 

 tipped with red-brown. Flowers in July, 

 rosy, nearly 1 in. across, on densely hairy 

 stems 6-9 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. glaucum. — A native of the Simplon 

 Alps, with rosettes 2-3 in. in diameter. 

 Leaves smooth, edged with hairs, faintly 

 tipped with reddish-brown. Flowers in 

 summer, bright red, 1 in. across, with 

 deep purple filaments ; on stems 6-9 in. 

 high, hairy above. 



Ctdture dc. as above. 



S. grandiflorum {8. globiferum). — 

 A native of the Alps, with rosettes about 

 Xi in. in diameter, and numerous round, 

 brownish-green offsets. Leaves downy, 

 tipped with reddish-brown. Flowers in 

 summer, Ij-l^ in. across, pale yellow 

 flushed with purple inside at the base, in 

 dense heads on stems 3-4 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. hirtum. — A native of Central 

 Europe. Rosettes 1-U in. in diameter, 

 covered with soft glandular down, and 

 fringed on the margins, outer ones faintly 

 tinted with red. Flowers in June, pale 

 yellow, on densely hairy stems 6-9 in. 

 high. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Hueffeli.— A native of S.E. Eu- 

 rope, with rosettes 1^2 in. in diameter. 

 Leaves tinted vvdth bright red-brown on 

 the upper half, and margins fringed with 

 stiff hairs. Flowers in August, straw- 

 yellow with bright red-brown calyx when 

 old. Flowering stems 6-8 in. high, very 



