ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 247 
Stamens yellow, shorter than the petals. Scales whitish. Carpels yellow, 
shghtly spreading, shorter than the stamens, stellate-patent in fruit. 
Flowers June. Hardy. 
Distribution. — Europe, Asia Minor, N. Asia, N. Africa. A 
common British wild-flower in dry places, especially near the sea. 
Named acre from its biting flavour. The plant had formerly 
some reputation as an emetic and cathartic. Like the Houseleek 
Fig. 144. — S. acre var. majus Masters. 
and some other Sedums, it is often planted on houses as a preventive 
of fire. 
Var. majus Masters in Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 685 (fig. 144). 
Var. Maweanum of gardens. A very distinct form, much larger 
than the type, and of pale-green colour. Leaves in seven very crowded 
rows, ovate-oblong, blunt, up to f inch long by J inch broad. Flowers 
f inch across. Compared with the type, a large and solid plant, 
which might well pass for a different species until it blossoms, when, 
except for size, no difference in the floral parts can be discerned. 
Morocco, on mountains south-west of Tetuan (Maw) — Masters. Not 
infrequent in cultivation, under the name Maweanum. 
