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Its large size, pale colour, and absence of the runner-like shoots 
which are produced by strong plants of 5. hirsutum, give it a distinct 
appearance. 
82. Sedum Lydium Boissier (fig. 106). 
S.Ly^^mwBoissier, "Diagnoses Plant. Nov.," ser. 1.3, 17, 1843. Boissier, 
" Flor. Orientalis," 2, 782. Masters in Gard. Chron., 1878, ii. 685. 
A dainty little plant, especially in exposure, when its linear leaves 
assume a bright -red tint. Easily known among the small linear- 
FiG. 106. — S. Lydium Boissier. 
leaved, white-flowered Sedums by its dense, flat inflorescence borne 
on a comparatively tall stem. 
Description. — A tiny evergreen perennial, forming a bright-green mat, 
mostly tinged red. Stems rooting below, with many ascending branches ; barren 
shoots I inch high, densely leafy above ; flowering shoots 2 to 4 inches, often 
branched below, with less-crowded similar leaves. Leaves terete, linear, sessile, 
green, reddish and minutely pimpled at the tip, J inch long. Inflorescence 
compact, flattish, | inch across, sparingly leafy. Buds ovate. Flowers ^ inch 
across, longer than the pedicels. Sepals oblong, blunt, fleshy, green tipped red. 
Petals white, times the sepals, lanceolate, rather acute, concave. Stamens 
equalling the petals, filaments white, anthers purple. Scales bright yellow, 
cuneate, notched, twice as long as broad. Carpels white, soon turning red, 
erect, shorter than the stamens ; nearly erect and bright red in fruit. 
Flowers June. Hardy. 
Habitat. — Asia Minor. 
This tiny plant has been long in cultivation, and is frequent in 
gardens, sometimes under the misnomer of S. lividnvi. It is distinct 
and constant, and no varieties are recorded. 
