
172, PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 
Leaves: on long petioles; broadly and deeply reniform; veined; velvety ; 
pubescent. ootstock : thick ; creeping, with an aromatic flavour, like ginger. 
Like the idolatrous Jews that buried their images in the 
earth, where they had to be dug for to be detected, does this 
plant hide its flower from the sight of men. No doubt, it has 
some theory in so doing that we have not been able to dis- 
cover ; but in any case, it has not kept the secret of its hiding 
place very well, as every country child knows where it is to be 
found, ‘They call it, moreover, “little brown jug,” and this is 
perhaps what has offended the dignity of the tall, solemn-look- 
ing leaves. When it is taken up from under the dried leaves 
of the winter, it is seen to be very pretty. Owing to its buried 
growth, its colouring is not brilliant, but the tones are those 
that are always termed genteel. Naturally, we are much in- 
terested in the blossoms as a quaint little character of marked 
originality. 
NEVINS’S STONE CROP. HOUSELEEK. (Plate XC.) 
Sedum Nevi2. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Orpine. White. Scentless. Mts. of Virginia torA labama. April, May. 
Flowers: sessile and scattered along the recurved branches of the cyme. 
Calyx : of five linear sepals. Corol/a: of five petals. Stamens: ten, shorter 
than the petals, with brownish, purple anthers. /yrstz/s: five. Leaves: those 
of the stem, alternate ; linear; scattered; those about the base, obovate, form- 
ing a rosette ; glabrous. 
The dear houseleek has not come down to us through the 
ages with only a thought of its own pleasure. It has ever had 
itin mind to assuage the ills of mankind. Nosebleed is ar- 
rested when a few of the bruised leaves are laid upon the crown 
of the head ; and if applied to the temples severe headaches are 
greatly soothed. It is also excellent to relieve the stings of in- 
sects. Ina prim little manner it may be found sitting upon 
the top of rocks in warm, exposed places, where the sun can 
pour down upon it as generously as it pleases. 

