SEDUM. 



a fpan high, round, leafy, branched, fmooth, decumbent 

 at the bafe. Leaves fcattered, fpreading horizontally, 

 rather glaucous, flefliy, and extremely juicy. Panick ter- 

 minal, rather cymofe, many-flowered, fmooth. Flanvers 

 white or reddiih. 



S. ochroleuciim. Pale Stone-crop. Sm. Prodr. Fl. 

 Grsec. Sibth. n. 1058. Sm. in Tranf. of Linn. Soc. 

 V. 10. 6. (-Sempervivum fediforme ; Jacq. Hart. Vind. 

 t. 81.) — Leaves glaucous, fcattered, acute ; the lower 

 ones round ; upper elliptical, deprefled. Segments of the 

 calyx rather acute. — Found on walls, ftones, and banks, as 

 well as about fliady enclofurcs, in the fouth of Europe. 

 It flowers in July- An iiitercfting account of this fpecies 

 is given by fir. I. E. Smith, in the volume of the Einnsan 

 Tranfaftions above quoted, where it is fhewn to be the 

 Asijioj TO Mixeoy of Diofcorides, who defcribes it thus : 

 " Several (lender Jlems fpring from one root, thickly en- 

 compafTed with Httlc, round, fucculent, fharp-pointed haves. 

 It throws out, moreover, a Jinn towards the middle, about 

 a fpan high, with an umbel of flender (greenifli or) pale 

 yeilowifhj(?owifr.f." 



This plant, when pounded, is ufed at Athens as a cool- 

 ing cataplafm to bruifes or to gouty limbs. 



S. reflcxum. Yellow Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PL 618. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 695. — Leaves awl-fhaped, fcattered, loofened 

 at the bafe ; the lowermoll recurved. Flo'wers fomewhat 

 cymofe — Common on walls and thatched roofs, flowering 

 in July. The roots are perennial, confiding of fimple fibres. 

 Stems round, leafy, fpreading, entangled or pendant. Leaves 

 fcattered, extremely fucculent, fmooth, rather glaucous, 

 often reddilh, falling off when old. Flowers in a terminal 

 cyme, bright yellow, numerous. 



S. glaiicum. Glaucous Stone-crop. Engl. Bot. t. 2477. 

 (S. reflexum/3 ; Sm. Fl. Brit. 490. S. minus hzmatoides; 

 Ger. Em. 512.) — Leaves glaucous, awl-(haped, fcattered, 

 loofened at the bafe ; thofe of the branches tliread-diaped. 

 Flowers in a cyme. Segments of the calyx lanceolate. 

 — Native of this country, flowering in July and Auguft. 

 It differs from the lalt (.of which it has till lately been con- 

 fidered but as a variety) in its more glaucous hue, and 

 more flender leaves, efpecially thofe of the branches. 



S. rupejlre. Rock Stone-crop. Linn. Sp. PI. 618. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 170. — Leaves thick, awl-fhaped, glaucous, 

 ereft, cliiltered together in a five-fold order, loofe at the 

 bafe. Flowers in a cyme. — Found occafionally on rocks 

 and walls, but is ratlier a fcarce plant. It flowers in July. 

 — Root perennial, branched. Stems round, red, and naked 

 at the lower part, branched, terminating in thick, club- 

 Ihaped, tufts of clofely imbricated, thick, and fucculent 

 leaves. Flotuermg Jlems upright, a foot high, clothed with 

 more fcattered leaves, and terminated by a large, handfome 

 cyme of yeWow Jloiuers. 



S. Forjlerianum. Forflerian Stone-crop. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1802. — Leaves thick, avvl-fliapcd, cluflered together in 

 many rows, fpreading, loofe .it the bafe. Flowers in a 

 cyme. Segments of the calyx fhort and rounded. Gathered 

 by E. Forller, jun. efq. near the Devil's bridge, Cardigan- 

 fliire, in 1806. It flowers in July. This fpecies has 

 hitherto been confounded with rupe/lre, from which how- 

 ever (fays the author of Englifli Botany) it differs " in 

 having the leaves of the barren branches fpreading in a 

 rofaceous form, not clofe-prefi'ed or ereft, and efpecially 

 in the want of a glaucous hue in the leaves, Jlem, and calyx. 

 "The petals alfo are more elliptical and blunt." 



Sedum, in Gardening, contains plants of the hardy 

 herbaceous fucculent kind, of which the fpecies cultivated 

 are ; the orpine llone-crop (S. telephium) ; the evergreen 



orpine (S. anacampfcros) ; the yellow flone-crop (S. aizo on) ; 

 the poplar-leaved ftone-crop (S. popuhfolium) ; the ilarry 

 flone-crop (S. ftellatum) ; the purflane-leaved ftone-crop 

 (S. cepxa) ; the thick-leaved ftone-crop (S. dafyphyllum) ; 

 the rock flone-crop (S. rupeftre) ; the Spanifti flone-crop 

 (S. hifpanicum) ; the white ftone-crop (S. album) ; the 

 biting ftone-crop, or wall pepper (S. acre); the infipid 

 ftone-crop (S. fexangulare) ; the Englifh or mild white 

 ftone-crop (S. anglicuni) ; and the annual ftone-crop (S. 

 annuum). 



In the firfl fort there are fevcral varieties, as with purple 

 flowers, with white flowers, with broad leaves, and the 

 greater orpine. 



In tlie fixth fort there is a variety which has the ftem 

 more eretl, and the lower leaves in threes or fours, the 

 next oppofite, and the uppermoft alternate. 



The feventh fort, when introduced into a garden, pro- 

 pagates itfelf freely upon walls, in wafte places, and about 

 garden pots; and no plant is better adapted to the pur- 

 pofe of decorating rock-work, as it grows without any 

 trouble, in any afpecl, multiplying very much by young 

 fhoots, ar.d always looks beautiful. 



The ninth, as well as the preceding fort, are cultivated 

 in Holland and Germany to mix with lettuces in fallads. 



The eleventh fort is eaten by fome as a pickle. 



Method of Culture. — Thefe plants are all raifed without 

 much difficulty, by proper care and attention to have the 

 foil dry, and of the poor fandy kind. 



Culture in the Orpine Sorts Thefe may all be readily 



increafed by planting cuttings, during the fummer months, 

 in light mould in a fhady lituation, or in pots placed in 

 fimilar fituations. The plants in the open ground, as well 

 as thofe in pots, fhould be kept clean from weeds, and be 

 watered frequently when the weather is dry. They may 

 likewife be raifed by parting the roots, and planting them 

 in a fimilar manner in the fpring or autumn. When the 

 plants are once well eflablifhed, they fprcad rapidly, and 

 require little or no care. 



Thefe plants are fometimes cultivated for medicinal ufc. 



Culture in the Stone-crop Kind. — Thefe are raifed with- 

 out much trouble, by planting out their trailing ftalks 

 in the fpring or fummer feafon, which readily take root. 

 Tliey thrive moft perfectly on old walls, buildings, 

 or rock-works. Where cuttings or roots of the peren- 

 nial kinds are planted in fome foft mud, placed upon 

 fuch fituations, they quickly take root and fpread into 

 the different joints and crevices, covering the whole in a 

 very fhort time. 



The feeds of the annual forts alfo, when fown foon after 

 they become ripe in fuch fituations, foon come up and 

 fupport themfelves without further trouble. 



Mofl of the perennial forts are kept in the nurferies in 

 full plants, fit for fetting out in the borders, pots, &c. 

 either in the fpring for flowering the fame year, or in the 

 autumn to flower in the following year. Thefe plants 

 may be planted out in any dryifli light foil, in borders, 

 beds, and other places, and in the fides of dry banks, or 

 in any elevated rubbifliy foil, as well as in pots to move to 

 different parts occafionally ; or alfo fome of the evergreen 

 kinds, to introduce in their pots among winter plants under 

 fhelter, to increafe the variety. In moil forts, they may 

 alfo be introduced as rock plants, to embellifti artificial 

 rock-works, ruins, and other fimilar places in plcafure- 

 grounds. The ftone-crops and other low trailing kinds 

 may alfo be made to occupy the tops of any low walls, 

 pent-houfes, fheds, or other low buildings. 



And further, the twelfth and thirteenth forts may like- 

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