SEDUM. 
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117. S. suffruticosum Sol. MSS.? — Skr. per. Mad. reg. 1, cc ; 
PS. reg. 4, i ; GD. it. Seacliffs everywhere on both the S. and 
N. coasts of Mad. : e. g., to the E. of Funchal, especially beyond 
Macliico ; to the W., especially at Paid do Mar, P ta do Par go, 
&c. ; in the X. at S. Vicente, S ta Anna, Fayal, at Larana near 
Porto da Cruz, &c. In P t0 S t0 on the rocky summits of Pico 
d’Anna Ferreira, P. do Concelho, P. Branco, and in the Serra 
de Dentro. July-Sept. — A small bushy pi. 3 or 4 in. high or 
rarely so much as 5 or 6 in., with very much branched inter- 
lacing stiff shrubby naked pale or whitish branches ’forming a 
compact thick tufted head. L. towards the ends only of the 
branches, mostly bright full gr., occasionally pale or glaucous, 
i- 1 in. long very obtuse sometimes clavate and a little flat- 
tened above. FI. small greenish-y. inconspicuous in small 
mostly 3- or 4- sometimes 7-10-fid. cymes. Sep. thick fleshy 
ovate obtuse. Pet. greenish outside with a gr. nerve. Stam. 
10 rather shorter than the pet. ; anthers small purplish or 
brownisli-y. Hypog. scales distinctly notched or almost bifid, 
remarkable for their or.-y. colour and thick or waxy appearance. 
Ov. large fleshy gr. triquetrous ending in a short simple style. 
3. S. fusiforme Lowe. 
Smooth dwarfish bushy glaucous ; branches crowded nume- 
rous mostly tortuous naked downwards ; 1. lax spreading fusi- 
form or thick in the middle and attenuated at both ends, some- 
what acute and flattened above ; cymes few-fld. ; pet. 5 ovate- 
lanceolate slightly obtuse ; hypog. scales very short lunate. — 
Prim. 31 (Cam. Phil. Tr. iv. t. 3. ff. 1, 2). — Slir. per. Mad. reg. 
1, rr. Seacliffs on dry sunny rocks ; W. of Funchal, on the 
Pico do Rancho above Camera de Lobos, and at the further or 
W. end of the top of the Cabo Girao ; also E. of Funchal a little 
on the Funchal side of the Brazen Head, Sr. J. M. Moniz, 1858. 
July-Sept. — An altogether larger stouter pi. than S. nudum Ait. 
5 or 6 in. high, with more lax spreading 1. of a pale dull 
bluish-grey or glaucous colour |-f in. long and 1-2 lines thick 
in their broadest part or middle. Whole pi. perfectly smooth. 
Branches pale brown or greyish forked. L. most attenuated from 
their middle upwards, less so and a little thickened though not 
spurred at their base, sessile but free ; flattened or even some- 
times slightly channelled above with often a dull reddish -purple 
or dark stripe down the middle, rounded and convex or tumid 
beneath. FI. larger and brighter y. than in S. nudum Ait. in 
about 5-10-fld. terminal cymes. Sep. 5 ovate-lanceolate acute 
fleshy gr. with often reddish edges. Pet. greenish-y. mottled 
or spotted towards the base inside with red. Stam. 5 rather 
shorter than the pet. and attached a little way up them, spread- 
ing wide open with the pet. Hypog. scales sessile very short 
and not visible without pulling down the pet., distinctly lunate. 
