Sedum Telephium Orpine. 



SEDUM Lin. Gen. PL Decandria Pentagynia. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petala. Squama nectariferse 5 ad bafin germinis. 

 Caps. 5. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 17. Herbje MuLTisiLioyiE seu corniculatje. 



SEDUM Mollis planiufculis ferratis, corymbo foliofo caule ere&o. Lin, Syjl. Fegetab. p. 358. Sp. PL 



616. FL Suecky n. 400. 



SEDUM androgVnum follis confertis, ferratis, floribus denfe umbellatis. Haller. Hijl. 954. 



SEDUM Telephium. Scopoli FL Carniol. p. 323. 



TELEPHIUM vulgare. Bauhin. Pin. 287. 



ANACAMPSEROS, vulgo Faba craffa. J, B. III. 681. 



TELEPHIUM feu craflula major vulgaris. Park. 726. 



CRASSULA feu Faba inverfa Ger. 416. Rail Syn. p. 269. Orpine or Live long. 



Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 195. 



RADIX perennis, tuberofa. & ROOT perennial and tuberous. 



CAULES plurimi iimul enafcuntur, pedales. r 4)ipeclales, | STALKS many, growing up together, from one to two 



et ultra, erecYi, fimplices, teretes, folidi, ru- £ feet high, and upwards, upright, unbranched, 



bicundi, et faspe rubro puncliti. | round, folid, reddifh, and often dotted with 



t red - 



FOLIA fparfa, conferta, ere&a, feffilia, ovata, dentata £ LEAVES placed on the ftalk fo as nearly to cover it, 



idque varie, glabra, carnofa, glauca. | in no regular order, upright, feffile, ovate, 



£ indented and that varioufly, fmooth, flefhy, 



| and of a blueifh green colour. 



FLORES in fummis caulibus et ramulis (in quos fum- | FLOWERS placed on the tops of the ftalks and 



mi caules dividuntur) in umbellas denfas di- 1 branches (into which the tops of the (talks 



gefti, faturate purpurei, nobifcum rariffime | divide) in clofe umbells, of a deep purple 



albi. £ colour, very rarely white with us. 



CALYX: Perianthium minimum, carnofum, quin- * CALYX: a Perianthium, very minute, and ftefiiy, 



quefidum, laciniis acutis. fig. 1. % the fegments pointed. Jig. 1. 



COROLLA: Pet ala quinque, lanceolata, acuminata, & COROLLA: five lanceolate petals, running out to a 



plana, fuperne purpurea, fubtus albentia. fig. | long point, flat, purple above, and whitifh 



2. £ underneath, fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta decern, fubulata, longitu- | STAMINA: ten Filaments tapering, the length of 



dine corollas, Anthers fubrotundae, purpu- | the corolla ; Anthers roundifh, and fome- 



rafcentes. fig. 3. f what purple, fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germina quinque, oblonga, definentia | PISTILLUM : rive Germina, of an oblong fhape, 



in flylos tenuiores, coloratos ; Stigmata £ terminating in five, (lender, coloured ftyles ; 



minima, fig. 4. | Stigmata, very minute, fig. 4. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsule quinque, acuminatae, | SEED-VESSEL: five, acuminated, upright Capsules. 



eredas. fig. 5. * fig- 5. 



SEMINA plurima, minima. * SEEDS numerous and very fmall 



Of our Englifh Stonecrops, this is the only one that has flat leaves, and confequently is diftinguifhed with the 

 utmoft facility ; it partakes however of the flefhy nature of the others. 



It is a beautiful plant both in its foliage and flowers, and being eafily cultivated, is met with in moil gardens, 

 where it will often grow a yard high. 



It is faid to vary in its leaves and blofloms, the former being fometimes found entire at the edge, and the latter 

 of a white colour. 



I have found it wild in many places about London, but moft plentifully in the vicinity of Charlton and Shooter's 

 Hill ; it grows among the herbage on the confines of woods and flowers in July and Auguft. 



Li^njeus informs us that the Caterpillar of the Phalana alpicola feeds on its leaves. 



