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S. UHoruw. CommoTi Houfeleek. Linn. Sp. PI. 664. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1320. Curt. Lord. fafc. 3. t. 29. Fl. Dan, 

 t. 601. — Leaves fringed. Offsets fpreading. Common on 

 old tiles and decayed thatched roofs, where it forms large, 

 denfe tufts, flowering, though fparingly, in July. — Roots 

 perennial, fibrous, throwing out numerous, rofaceous, leafy 

 runners. Stems ercft, nearly a foot high, round, flelTiy, 

 downy, leafy, corymbofe at the top, many-flowered. Leaves 

 extremely fucculeiit, carinated, acute ; the radical onesobo- 

 vate ; thofe of the item alternate, lanceolate, more flender, 

 reddifh. Flo-wers p.ile pink, or flerti-coloured, downy. — 

 " The bruifed leaves are by ruftic furgcons ufed as a cooling 

 external application, but their virtues are inconfiderable." 



S. g/ol'iferum. Globular Houfeleek. Linn. Sp. PI 665. 

 Curt. Mag. t. 507. Jacq. Auftr. v. 5. t. 40. App. — Leaves 

 fringed. Offsets refembling little globes. — Native of Rullia 

 and Germany, flowering in June and July. — Roots perennial, 

 refembling thofe of the laft fpecics in habit, as indeed do 

 all the other parts. Stems not fo high, more leafy. Leaves 

 narrower, clofely fringed, tipped with red ; thofe of the 

 globular off^-ets co?npattly imbricated. Flowers large and 

 handfome, in a terminal clufter ; their petals yellow, and 

 lilac coloured at the bafe. 



S. tortuoftim. Gouty Houfeleek. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. 

 173. Wiild. n. 8. Curt. Mag. t. 296. — Leaves obovate ; 

 gibbous and hairy beneath. Neftaries two-Iobed. — Native 

 of the Canary Idands, flowering in July and Auguft. — A 

 JhruUy plant of humble growth, producing numerous flefhy 

 evergreen leaves growing thickly together, in cluftcrs, on 

 the offsets ; thofe of the ftem ovate, fmaller, coloured. 

 Fhiuering Jlems numerous, each fupporting many ftarry, 

 elegant, bright yeMow Jlowers. 



S. araclinotdeum. Cobweb Houfeleek. Linn. Sp. PI. 665. 

 Curt. Mag. t. 68. Jacq. Auftr. v. 5. t. 42. App. — Leaves 

 interwoven with hairs. Offsets globular. — Native of the Alps 

 of Italy and Switzerland, flowering in the fummer.— This 

 very elegant fpecies, commonly known by the name of Cob- 

 •ujeh Scdum, refembles all the other fpecies in habit, but is 

 exceedingly remarkable for a woolly Xubftance on the top of 

 its globular offsets, which, as the leaves expand, is extended 

 with them, and affumes the appearance of a cobweb, whence 

 the fpecific name. Fk-jner-Jlalks about fix inches high, of 

 a bright pink colour, like the ftem-leavcs. Flozuers ter- 

 minal, corymbofe, pink or reddilh. 



S. montamim. Mountain Houfeleek. Linn. Sp. PI. 665. 

 Jacq. Auitr. v. 5. t. 41. App. — Leaves not fringed. Off- 

 fets fpreading — Native of Switzerland, flowering in June 

 and July. — This elegant fpecies differs chiefly from .:». tedo- 

 rum in having fmaller leaves without, any fringe or indenture 

 at their edges, and more expanded offsets. Flowers beau- 

 tifully variegated with lilac and a brownifli-red colour. 



S. monanlhes. Cluftered or Dwarf Houfeleek. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. v. 3. 174. Willd. n. 14. Curt. Mag. t. 93. — Leaves 

 roundifii, club-fliaped, cluftered together. Stalks foiitary, 

 generally finglc-flowered. Nectaries obcordate. — Native of 

 the Canary Iflands, flowering in July. — Remarkable as being 

 by far the fmallett fpecies of Semperv'ivum, but more fo on 

 account of its veBarles, which are ufually feven in number, 

 and form a principal part of the fruftification. 



The remaining fpecies are .S. arboreiim, canarienfe, glutino- 

 fum, glandulofum, villofum, Jiellatum, and hirtum. 



Sempervivum, in Gardening, contains plants of the fuc- 

 culent, hardy, herbaceous, evergreen, and fhrubby peren- 

 nial kinds, of which the fpecies cultivated are ; the common 

 houfeleek (S. teftorum); the globular houfeleek (S. globi- 

 ferum) ; the cobweb houfeleek (S. arachnoideum) ; the 

 mountain houfeleek (S. montanum) ; the tree houfeleek (S. 

 arboreum) ; and the Canary houfeleek (S. canarienfe). 



In the fixth fort a variety with variegated leaves was ob- 

 tained from a branch accidentally broken from a plant of 

 the plain fort, at Badmington, the feat of the duke of 

 Beaufort. 



Method of Culture. — The different herbaceous- forts are 

 all capable of being increafed without difficulty, by plant- 

 ing their off-fet heads, which ftiould be flipped with a few 

 root-fibres to them, and planted in the ipring feafon 00 

 rubbifli, rock-works, or other places, or in pots tor variety ; 

 and ths tender greenhcufe forts may be railed from cuttmgs 

 of the branches and from feeds ; but the firft is the better 

 metiiod. The cuttings fliould be made from the fmaller 

 branches in the early fummer months, and be planted out in 

 pots, or a bed of fine earth, in a warm fliaded fituation : 

 where the cuttings are fucculent, they (hould be laid in a 

 dry place for a few days to heal over the cut part ; they 

 fliould be fliaded from the fun ; and thofe in pots lightly 

 watered in dry weather : when they are become well rooted, 

 they fliould be carefully removed into feparate pots of a 

 middle fize, being placed in the greenhoufe. Some for- 

 ward thele plants by means of bark hot-beds. 



The feeds of the Canary kind Ihould be fown in the au- 

 tumn or early fpring in pots of light mould, placing them 

 in a garden-frame to proteiS them from froit, having the air 

 freely admitted in mild weather : when the plants are come 

 up, and have a little ftrength, they fliould be removed into 

 fmall pots and placed in the greenhoufe. 



The firft forts are ornamental on wall?, buildings, and 

 rock-works, as well as in pots ; and the latl two kinds 

 among other potted greeuhtule plants. 



SEMPHIROPOL, in Geography, a town of Ruflia, in 

 the province of Tauris ; 60 miles S. of Perekop. N. lat. 

 45° 8'. E. long. 34° 10'. 



SEMPHORIS, in Ancient Geography, a town Ctuated 

 in the environs of Galilee, accordinir to Jofephus. 



SEMPRONIUS, in Geography, a poll-town of New 

 York, nearly in the centre of the county of Onondago, 

 within the jurifdiftion of the townftiip of Scipio, 20 miles 

 S.E. from the ferry on Cayuga lake, and 457 miles from 

 Wafliington. 



SEMPT, a river of Bavaria, which runs into the Ifer, 

 5 miles above Landfliut. 



SEMRAH, a town of Hindooft;an, in Bahar ; 38 miles 

 N- of Chuprah. N. lat. 26= 45'. E. long. 84-" 51'. 



SEMSAT. See Samlsat. 



SEMSHIN, or Semptchin, a town of Little Bucharia ; 

 18 miles E.S.E. of Tourfan. N. lat. 44° 30'. E. long. 

 89° 49'- 



SEMTCHIARSKOI, a fortrefs of Ruflia, on the Ir- 

 tifch. N. lat. 51°. E. long. 78^ 10'. 



SEMUR, or Semlr en Auxois, a town of France, and 

 principal place of a diltricl, in the department of the C6te 

 d'Or, feated on a rock, near the river Armanijon ; 10 miles 

 N.W. of Dijon. The place contains 4295, and the canton 

 14,782 inhabitants, on a territory of 277^ kiliometres, in 

 28 communes. Its principal commerce confifts in woollen 

 cloth of its own manufafture. N. lat. 47° 20'. E. long. 



Semur en Briennois, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Saone and Loire, and chief place of a canton, 

 in the diftridl of Charolles ; 12 miles S. of CharoUes. The 

 place contains J9S, and the canton 1 1,106 inhabitants, on 

 a territory of 182^ kiliometres, in 16 communes. N. lat. 

 46^ 16'. E. long. 4° 10'. 



SEMUSSYR, one of the Kurilfl^oy iflands, 30 verfts 

 from Ketoi, another of the fame iflands. Its length is 

 130 verfts, and its breadth not more than 10. This ifland 

 has four mountains, one of which exhibits evident traces of 



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