Refughim Botanicimi.] [March, 1871. 
TAB. 242. 
Natural Order Crassulace^. 
Genus Sedum, Linn. 
Sect. Peoceassula {Griseh. FL Rum. vol. i. p. 323). Stamina fertilia 5 ; 
epipetala abortiva vel sterilia. — Aithales, Webb. Phyt. Can. i. p. 
178. 
S. EUBENS {Linn. Sp. Plant, p. 619). Annua, glanduloso-pubescens, 
caulibus rubentibus erectis dichotomiter ramosis, foliis linearibus 
teretiusculis irregulariter confertis, cymarum ramis elongatis, 
floribus bracteatis subsecundo-spicatis, petalis rubello-albidis lanceo- 
latis sepalis deltoideis quadruplo excedentibus, staminibus epipetalis 
abortivis, carpellis stellatim arcuato-patentibus. — D.C. Prodr. in. 
p. 405. Crassula rubens, Linn. Syst. Veg. p. 253 ; D. C. Plantes 
Grasses, t. 55. Aithales rubens, Webb. Phyt. Can. loc. cit. 
Distributed through the southern half of Europe, and ex- 
tending also to Asia Minor and the Canaries. 
Annual. The whole plant more or less tinged with red, and 
clothed with fine gray glandular pubescence. Stems erect, 
copiously branched when luxuriant, not more than three to four 
inches high. Leaves crowded, sessile, linear, erecto -patent, 
semicj^hndrical, six to nine lines long on the main stem, nar- 
rowed below the middle, pale glaucous-green, more or less 
tinged with red. Floiuers in C3anes with lax scorpioid suhsecund 
branches two to three inches long. Bracts linear-oblong, two to 
three lines long. Pedicels very short or none. Calyx under half 
a line deep, very glandular, the lobes deltoid. Corolla an eighth 
of an inch deep, pinkish-white, the petals linear. Liner roiv of 
stamens entirely absent, so that technically the plant is rather a 
Crassula than a Sedum, and thus forms an interesting connecting- 
link between these two large genera. Carpels spreading like a 
star when mature, but curving upwards towards its circum- 
ference. 
Tab. 242. — 1, a single leaf; 2, a bud; 3, an expanded flower; 4, a 
single petal ; 5, a stamen ; 0, calyx with mature carpels; 7, a single sepal 
and carpel : all more or less magnified. — J. G. B. 
A small hardy annual, well adapted for rock-work, producing 
seeds most freely. When grown as a pot-p>lant it makes a neat 
appearance, requiring sandy loam and a moderate supply of water 
to keep it in good health. I am indebted to my friend Mr. 
D. Hanbury, F.R.S., for seeds of this plant.— TF. W. S. 
