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At a, in fig. 156, is shown a barren shoot during drought, with 
the leaves incurved. At h is shown the same shoot after a subsequent 
short spell of wet weather. 
The specific name refers to its preference for a rocky habitat. 
131. Sedum reflexum Linn. (figs. 157, 164, h). 
S. reflexum Linn., "Species Plantarum," ed. 2, 618, 1762, in part. 
Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 461. Masters, ihid. 1878, ii. 658. 
Synonym. — 5. rupestre. Linn., loc. cit., in part. 
Illustrations. — De Candolle, " Plantes Grasses," tab. 116. Sowerby, 
'* English Bot." ed. 3, pi. 534. Reichenbach, " Flor. German.," 23, tab. 60. 
Cusin and Ansberque, " Herb. Flor. Fran9aise, Crassul.," tab. 29. 
This variable plant may be distinguished from the other members 
of the rupestre group by its possessing the following combination of 
characters : stem creeping (which excludes Douglasii and most forms 
of stenopetalum) , leaves terete (excludes stenopetalum, rupestre, 
altissimum, pruinatum), young inflorescence subglobular (excludes all 
but rupestre and altissimum) and drooping (excludes all but rupestre) , 
fruiting inflorescence cup-shaped (excludes all but rupestre and altis- 
simum), flowers golden yellow (excludes altissimum, pruinatum, and 
most forms of anopetalum). It will be noted that in the characters 
chosen rupestre shows the most frequent agreement with reflexum ; 
but the leaves of rupestre, quite flat above, will always distinguish it 
from the former. 
Description. — A creeping evergreen perennial, forming a loose mat. Stems 
rooting below, ascending ; barren shoots many, 1-4 inches long, round, smooth, 
leafy ; flowering shoots 6-12 inches, unbranched, leaves more distant. Leaves 
crowded, green or glaucous, ^ inch long, sessile, shortly spurred, linear, acute, 
nearly terete, ascending or recurved. Inflorescence a dense convex or flattish 
cyme, i-i| inch across, of 3 to 5 forked branches with flowers in the forks ; 
drooping and subglobose in bud, hollow-topped in fruit. Buds ovoid, blunt, 
ribbed. Flowers 5- to 7-parted, shortly stalked, f inch across. Calyx cup- 
shaped, green, fleshy, persistent in fruit, lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, tube very 
short. Petals bright yellow, linear-lanceolate, acute, keeled on back, grooved 
on face, wide-spreading, twice the sepals. Stamens yellow, spreading, shorter 
than the petals. Scales yellow, quadrate, notched. Carpels yellow, erect, 
equalling the staniens, tapering into the long slender styles. 
Flowers July. Hardy. 
Habitat. — W., N., and Central Europe. NaturaHzed on old 
walls and occasionally on rocks in many parts of the British Isles. 
One of the commonest of European Sedums both in the native state 
and in gardens, whence it often migrates to rocks and walls in districts 
where it is not indigenous. Its wide distribution in gardens and 
power of spreading, combined with a considerable variation in form 
and a similarity to several other species, have led to much confusion, 
and it is to be found grown under many erroneous names. As an 
instance of the confusion which exists among the Sedums as found in 
gardens, some of the names under which S. reflexum arrived from 
reputable sources may be quoted : Alberti, alpestre, elongatum, 
