SEDUM. 



Auguft Root flightly fibrous. Stems herbaceous, ereft, 



a little wavy, fpreading, about a foot in height, frequently 

 of a bright red colour. Leaves alternate, remote, on 

 longifh ftalks, flightly lobed, turning of a browni(h-rcd 

 colour, flefhy. 



In habit and appearance, this plant greatly refembles 

 Saxifraga rotundifolia. 



Si. Jiellatum. Starry Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PI. 617. 

 " Fl. Gra:c. t. 446." — Leaves flattilh, angulated. Flowers 

 lateral, folitary, feffile. — Native of France, Italy, and the 

 mountains of Crete, flowering in June and July. Root 

 annual, with fpreading fibres. Stem upright, thick, wavy, 

 pink-coloured at the bafe, brownifh at the top. Leaves 

 icattered, wedge-fhaped, angulated with about feven teeth, 

 very flefhy, with pellucid dots, finely ftriated. Flowers 

 folitary, terminal, of a delicate white colour ; each petal 

 marked longitudinally with a pink line. 



S. Cepiea. Purflane-leavcd Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PI. 



617. " Fl. Graec. t.'447." — Leaves flat, lanceolate. Stem 

 branched. Flowers panicled. Petals acute, tipped with an 

 awn. — Native of moit parts of the fouth of Europe, in 

 fields and uncultivated ground, flowering in July and 

 Augull. Root annual, fibrous. Stems procumbent, woody 

 at the bafe, yellowifli-green, much branched, thickly befet 

 with hairs and red dots. Leaves alternate, remote, tongue- 

 fhaped, dotted like the Items. Flowers numerous, fcattered 

 over all the branches, in fpreading panicles, of a white 



.colour, ftriped with a pink rib. 



S. tetraphyllum. Four-leaved Stone-crop. Sm. Prodr. 

 Fl. Grsc. Sibth. n. 1048. " Fl. Grasc. t. 448." — Leaves 

 in fours, fpatulate, entire, obtufe. — Found by Dr. Sib- 

 thorp in Peloponnefus, and alfo in Sicily. — Root annual, 

 fibrous, white. Stem upright, hairy, branched at the bafe ; 

 the branches rather decumbent. Leaves four together, 

 numerous, feffile, club-fliaped, flefliy, fringed with hairs. 

 Flowers in longr, terminal, leafy fpikes, white, llriped with 

 a pink rib. The whole plant is of a yellowilh -brown hue, 

 dotted with red, and tliickly befet with hairs. 



S. eriocarpum. Hairy-fruited Stone-crop. Sm. Prodr. 

 Fl. Grxc. Sibth. n. 1049. " Fl. Gra:c. t. 449." — Leaves 

 oblong, obtufe, fmooth. Stem cymofe. Calyx fmooth. 

 Germens hairy. — Found in dry fituations, in Peloponnefus. 

 Root annual, hbrons. Stem prollrate, branched, wavy, and 

 twiggy, yellowifh-green, dotted with red, fmooth. Leaves 

 alternate, fomevvhat remote, coloured and dotted like the 

 ftems. Flowers folitary, of a beautiful pink colour, form- 

 ing a fort of fpikc which terminates each of the branches. 



Seft. 2. Teretifolin. — Leaves fomewhat cylindrical. 



S. dnfyphyllum. Thick-leaved Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PI. 



618. Engl. Bot. t. 65C1. Curt. Lond. f.ifc. 3. t. 26. — Leaves 

 oppofite,ovate,obtufe, flelhy. Stem weak. Panicleglutinous. 

 — Found on walls or rocks in many parts of Britain, and if 

 introduced into a irarden, it propagates itfelf freely upon 

 artificial rocks and garden pots ; flowering copioufly in 

 June. Root apparently biennial, white and fibrous. Stems 

 decumbent, creeping, branched, tufted, thread-fhapcd, a 

 little vifcid, leafy ; flowering branches crcft. Zfaivj nioftly 

 oppofite, imbricated, gibbous, very fucculent, entire, glau- 

 cous, tipped with red. Flowers tliree or four together, 

 white with a purple llreak, forming fmall, fpreading pa- 

 nicles. 



S. anglicum. Englifli Stone-crop. Sm. Fl Brit. 486. 

 Engl. B')t. t. 171. — Leaves thick, ovate, gibbous, and 

 loole at tiie bafe, alternate. Cyme of two branches. — Na- 

 tive of Great Britain, but not a common plant. It has 

 been feathered near Dumbarton caftle, on the fandy downs 

 near Yarmouth, and other maritime and mountainous fitua- 



tions, flowering in July. Root annual, fibrous. Stems 

 tufted, decumbent at the bafe, fmooth, ruby-coloured, 

 leafy. Leaves frequently alternate, or inclining to oppofite, 

 very thick, flefliy, obtufe, flightly glaucous, with a pro- 

 tuberance at their bafe. Flowers at firit thickly cluilered, 

 afterwards more remote ; the petals white, with a reddiftl 

 rib, and generally dotted with red at the tip. Capfules 

 membranous, fmooth. 



S. acre. Biting Stone-crop. Wall Pepper. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 619. Engl. Bot. t. 839. Curt. Lond. fafc. i. t. 32. 

 Woodv. Suppl. t. 231. — Leaves alternate, fomewhat ovate, 

 flefliy, gibbous, fixed to the flem by their inner fide above 

 the bafe. Cyme three-cleft, leafy. — " This brilliant httle 

 flower is confpicuous enough about midfummer, and for 

 fome time afterwards, on walls, roofs, and dry barren or 

 fandy ground, which it clothes as it were with a cloth of 

 gold, in defiance of the drought and moft fcorching fun." 

 — Root perennial, fibrous. Stems tufted, branched, decum- 

 bent, fmooth, round, leafy. Leaves alternate, imbricated, 

 ereft-fpreading, grafs-green coloured, peotuberant at the 

 back. Flowers eredt, golden-coloured, in terminal, foli- 

 tary, three-cleft, leafy panicles " The whole herb is acrid, 



hot and biting to the taile, whence its common name Wall 

 Pepper. Dr. Woodville quotes feveral authorities to prove 

 its ule in fcorbutic and fcrophulous diforders." 



S. fexangulare. Infipid Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PI. 620. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1946. Curt. Lond. fafc. 4. t. 33. — Leaves 

 in fix or feven rows, fomewhat cylindrical, obtufe, flefliy, 

 fpreading, fixed to the item by their inner fide above the 

 bafe. Cyme three-cleft, leafy. — Occafionally to be met 

 with in dry, fandy places, about walls, flowering in June 



and July In Jiabit this perennial greatly refembles the 



laft fpecies, but it is generally rather larger. The leaves 

 are more cylindrical, not ovate, about three together in 

 alternate whorls, producing in the whole leafy item or 

 branch fix or feven angles or rows. Cvmes terminal, of two 

 larger branches, and a finall one. Flowers palifh yellow. 

 The foliage frequently turns red. The whole herb, 

 though unpleafantly auftere, is deltitute of all acrid pun- 

 gency of flavour. 



S. faxatile. Mountain Stone-crop. Willd. n. 16. Wig- 

 gers i-iolfat. 35. " Fl. Grrec. t. 450." Fl. Dan. t. 59 ? 

 — Leaves fcattered, convex on one fide, flat on the other, 

 obtufe, loofe at the bafe. Stem branched, decumbent. — 

 Native of rocky mountains in Norway' and Switzerland, 

 alfo in Greece, flowering about June. — Root annual. Stems 

 woody, fix inches high, branched, diffufe. Leaves flightly 

 alternate, feffile, bright green, the lower ones fometimes 

 turning red. Flowers feifile, folitary, flanding on one fide 

 of the branches, yellow. 



S. v'lllo/iim. Hairy Stone-crop. I>inn. Sp. PI. 620. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 394. Fl. Dan. t. 24.— Stem ereft. Leaves 

 flattifli, flightly hairy, as well as tiie flowcr-ftalks. — Native 

 of mountainous damp palturcs, and the moill fiffurcs of 

 rocks, flowering in July. — Root perennial, fibrous. Stem 

 ereift, leafy, downy towards the upper part, branched at 

 the bale. Leaves alternate, linear, flL-fliy, often pink- 

 coloured, rough at the back with vilcid hairs. Flowers 

 cymofe or panielcd, 0:1 viicid ilalks ; their petals white or 

 rofe-coloured, with a red rib. Capfules pointed, rough, 

 purplifli. 



S. all'um. Wl;-:te Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PI. 619. 

 Engl. Bnt. t. 1578. Curt. Lond. fafc. 1. t. 31. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 66. — Leaves oblong, cylindrical, obtule, fpreading, 

 fmooth. Panicle much branched. — Found on rocks, walls, 

 and loof.-i in many parts of England, but not a common 

 plant. It flowers in July. — i?oii/ perennial, fibrous. Slemt 



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