SEDUM. 
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at the base ami sessile, lower 1. ohovate or oblong nan-owed be- 
low. eorynib dense. — E. B. 131 R.l. S. purijuraseens Koch, 
St. 83. 8. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. L. large and broad. “ llaek of the 
ovaries furrowed.” [In an allied species (?) {S. maximum Sut., 
R. I. !b)9. St. 83. 7.) the lower 1. are broad and the uppermost 
cordate at the base, and the back of the ovaries convex.] — Iledge- 
banks on a gravelly soil. P. VII. VIII. Orpine. Live-long. 
3. S. purpitreum (Tauscb) ; 1. dentate oblong-laneeolate or 
lanceolate all attenuated below, corymb dense. — Tausch Ann. Sc. 
Nat. 1835. 55. S. Fabaria Koch, St. S3. !). — Resembling S. Te- 
lephium but the 1. very different. “ Back of the ovaries not fur- 
rowed.” The ebaraeter derived from the insertion of the stam. 
seems inconstant. — Hertfordshire. Rev. W. H. Coleman. West- 
moreland. Mr. Borrer. P. VIII. E. 
** Root small, weak, without any rooting shoots. L. subterete. 
4. S. villosum (L.); st. erect, 1. linear obtuse flat above not 
produced at the base, pet. ovate acute, stem 1. and jjanicle glan- 
dular-pubescent. — E. B. 394. St. 6. 12. — Pet. rose-coloured 
with a pur])le streak. St. 3 — 4 in. high. — Wet mountain pastures. 
P. (Sm.) B. (Koch) A. (DC.) VI. VII. E. S. 
*** Root small, producing rooting shoots. 
t Flowers white. 
5. S. album (L.); floicering st. erect, barren st. procumbent 
rooting, 1. oblong cylindrical obtuse spreading, ])et. lanceolate, 
panicle much branched glabrous. — E. B. 1578. — Pet. white. St. 
4 — 5 in. high, purplish, leafy.— /3. turgidum (DC.) ; 1. oblong- 
ovate terete gibbous beneath. Perhaps a distinct species. S. tur- 
gidum Ram. — Rocks and walls, not common. P. VII. VIII. 
6. S. dasyphyllum (L.); flowering smA barren st. procumbent, 
1 . ovate ohtwse. fleshy gibbous sessile, pet. and sep. ovate obtuse, 
panicle small glandular-pubescent. — E. B. 65(J. — Pet. white. 
Sej)., pet., and carp, often in sixes. L. very thick, glaucous, 
often tinged with red, crow'ded and opposite on the barren 
shoots. Flowering st. 3 — 4 in. long. — Rocks and walls, rare. 
P.? VI. VII. 
7. S. anglicum (Huds.) ; st. procumbent at the base ascending, 
1 . ovate fleshy gibbous spurred at the base, pet. lanceolate acute, 
sep. ovate bluntish, cyme bifld smooth. — E. B. 171. — Pet. white 
spotted with red. L. mostly alternate. Flowering st. 3 — 6 in. 
long. — Sandy and rocky places. A. VII. VIII. 
tt Flow-ers yellow. 
8. S. acre (L.) ; 1. ovate thick tumid spurred at the base, pet. 
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