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2. Se'dum Linn, em., DC. Stonecrop. 
* Rootstock thick, many 'headed. Leaves jlat. Stems annual. 
t Flowers yellow, subdicecious. 4-parted. Rhodiola Linn. 
1. .S'. rosenm (Scop.) ; root fleshy, 1. oblong smooth. — S. 
Rhodiola (DC). Rhodiola rosea L. • E. B. 508. — Fl. in a 
compact terminal cyme, subdicecious. Stam. 8. L. alternate, 
acuminate, usually dentate in their upper half. Rhizome 
large, having a remarkable smell. St. 6 — 8 in. high, simple. 
—Wet alpine rocks. P. VI. VII. Roseroot. E. S. I. 
tt Flowers white or purple, perfect, 5-parted. 
2 S. Telephium (L. em., G. G.) ; uppermost I. long -oval 
dentate rounded at the base and sessile, lower 1. obovate or 
oblong narrowed below, corymb dense, ovaries flattened and 
slightly f urrowed on the back. — R. I. 968. o. purpwascens 
Koch, Sy. E. B. 526. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. L. large, often 
orbicular. Pet. recurved from the middle, faintly channelled 
at the end. Stam. 10. — [S. maximum Sut., R. I. 969, has 
lower 1. broad, uppermost cordate at the base, back of the 
ovaries convex.] — Hedgebanks and thickets. P. VII. VIII. 
Orpine. Live-long. E. S..I. 
3. S. Fahdria (Koch) ; 1. dentate oh\ox\g-lanceolate or lanceo- 
late all narroived to a slight petiole, corymb dense, ovaries 
not furroived.—Sy. E. B. 527. .S"*. 83. 9.— Resembling S_. Tele- 
phiuvi. Pet. spreading. Stam. 10. — Hedges and thickets. 
P. VIII. Orpine. Live-long. E. I. 
** Root small, veak, loithottt any rooting shoots. L. subterete. 
4. S. vill6sum (L.) ; st. erect, 1. linear blunt flat above not 
produced at the base, pet. ovate acute, /. st. and panicle 
glandular-pubescent.— E. B. 394. St. 6. 12.— Pet. rose-coloured 
with a purple streak. St. 3—4 in. high. Seedlings with a 
rosette. — ^Wet mountain pastures. B. VI. VII. E. S. 
*** Root small, producing rooting shoots. Leaves subterete. 
t Flowers white. Leaves blunt. 
5. ^Ji. album (L.) ; Jloirering st. curved at base tlien erect, 
barren st. procumbent rooting, oblong subcylindrical flattened 
above spreading, pet. lanceolate, ]>anicle much branched 
glabrous.— E. B. 1578.— Pet. white. St. 4—5 in. high, purplish 
leafy. — [(i. S. micranth%im (Bast.) ; 1. oblong-obovate flattened 
