ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 177 
The leaves of the Spanish S. gypsicolum incUne to flatness, but its 
flowers place it close to S. album. 
gypsicolum Boiss. and Rent. 
76. Sedum dasyphyllum Linn. (fig. 97). 
5. dasyphyllum Linn., "Species Plantarum," 431, 1753. Masters in 
Gard. Chron., 1878, ii. 716. 
Illustrations. — Sowerby, " English Bot./' ed. 3, pi. 530. Reichenbach, 
" Flor. German.," 23, tab. 56. Curtis, "Flora Londin.," 1, pi. 115. Tenore, 
" Flor. Napol.," tab. 229. Jacquin, " Hort. Vindobon.," 2, tab. 153. Cusin 
and Ansberque, " Herb. Flor. Fran9aise, Crassul.," tab. 23. 
Recognized by its very small size, pinkish-grey colour, pinkish - 
white flowers, and opposite, egg-shaped, more or less hairy leaves. 
Even when the barren shoots are nearly without hairs, the inflorescence 
shows the characteristic pubescence. 
Description. — A small evergreen tufted perennial, 1-2 inches high. Stems 
wiry, much branched below, with ascending branches, the barren ones short, 
densely leafy with opposite leaves, the flowering shoots taller, with larger more 
distant leaves which are opposite or alternate. Leaves ovoid to obovoid, slightly 
flattened on' face, glaucous, more or less glandular-pubescent, \ to -^^ inch long. 
Buds obovate, very blunt. Inflorescence small, 2-branched, pubescent, of 2-4 
flowers, pedicels equalling the flowers. Flowers usually 5-, sometimes 6-parted, 
J inch across. Sepals small, ovate, very fleshy, separate to the base. Petals 
oblanceolate, apiculate, white on face with a yellowish base, pinkish on back, 
wide-spreading, thrice the sepals. Stamens slightly shorter than petals, filaments 
white, anthers purple. Scales yellow, spathulate. Carpels greenish, erect, 
equalling the stamens, nearly erect in fruit. 
Flowers June. Hardy. 
Habitat. — Europe (excluding the north), N. Africa. Occurs on 
old walls in the southern part of the British Isles from Cambridge to 
Cork, but probably not native. 
It is shy of moisture, but loves an old wall, on which it speedily 
naturahzes itself and spreads. 
The specific name refers to the very thick leaves. 
VOL. XLVL N 
dasyphyllum Linn. 
brevifolium DC. 
anglicum Huds. 
album Linn. 
hirsutum All. 
Lydium Boiss. 
gracile C. A. Meyer. 
Alberti Regel. 
Fig. 97. — S. dasyphyllum Linn. 
