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39. cbassulacejs. 
3. SEDUiT. 
Stonecrop. 
* Leaves subcylindric. 
t St. creeping. FI. w. or flesh-colour. 
1. S. fabinosum Lowe. Eima Arroz. 
Smooth, mealy- whitish ; st. cespitose creeping, suffrutescent 
and naked at the base, sparingly branched ; 1. crowded and im- 
bricated upwards in 4—6 rows short subcylindric-oblong, flat- 
tened above and beneath, very obtuse, gibbously free at the 
base ; cyme 2-3-partite ; fl. unilateral subsessile ; pet. 5 lanceo- 
late slightly mucronate ; hypogynous glands shortly wedge- 
shaped truncate or retuse. — Prim. 31. — Herb. per. Mad. reg. 
3, 4, i. Dry woods and rocky banks between Pico Grande and 
the Encumeado de S. Vicente, all round the top of the Paul 
da Serra, Boca das Torrinlias at the top of the Lombo Grande 
and all the range of mountains at the head of the Boa Ventura, 
upper part of the Rib. da Metade, &c., but not found further 
than the Pouso to the E., or anywhere much below 3000 ft. 
June- Aug. — Forming a turf of a glaucous or mealy- white 
appearance turning reddish in dry places; with creeping st. 
running amongst other herbage, 6-12 in. long, throwing out 
roots downwards, the ends ascending. L. about 4 in. long 
scarcely £ in. broad like grains of rice in size and shape, pale 
glaucous gr. and mealy with their tips often red. Cymes mostly 
2-fid rarely 3- or more-parted, the branches recurvedly spread- 
ing with a single fl. in the forks. Fl. white or inclining to 
red nearly sessile on one side of the divisions of the cyme stel- 
late | in. in diam. Sep. fleshy gr. acute. Pet. constantly 5, 
i in. long, half as wide, white with the nerve outside often red. 
Ilypog. scales short broader than long dark purple or red. 
Stam. 10 a little shorter than the pet., 5 spreading horizontally 
and lying on the pet., 6 alternate more erect. Fil. w. or red- 
dish. Anth. very dark purple almost black, the pollen at first 
very pale greenish-y. Ov. w. or reddish, each produced into a 
long slender point or beak. Caps, beaked turning deep red as 
they advance towards maturity. 
ft St. shrubby. Fl. y. 
2. S. NUDUM Ait. Uva de Jiuto , or U. de Galatixa . 
Smooth very dwarfish bushy ; branches crowded numerous 
tortuous intricate naked downwards ; 1. cylindric-oblong or sub- 
clavato very short and obtuse ; cymes few-fl. ; pot. f) narrow lan- 
ceolate ; hypog. scab's shortly spathulate distinctly notched. — 
DC. PI. Gr. t. 155; DC. iii. 409; Buck! 197.no. 361; Haw. Syn. 
