PI. ex. cal. 47. CRASSU'LACEiE. 320. Sedum. 543 
Sedum Furs ter ianuia, Engl. Bot. 1S02. 
Rocks; perennial; July. 
Leaves . not glaucous. 
IV. 321. SEMPERVIVUM. Pliny. Houseleek . 
Calyx 6 to 12-cut; petals 6 to 12; stamens 12 to 24; 
ovaries 9 to 12, scales ovate, broad, nicked or torn; ca- 
mares many-seeded. — Herb perennial, stemless; scape co- 
rymbose; radical leaves many-rowed, expanded, imbricate, 
usually fringed. 
Semperviviim tectorum . . Roof houseleek. 
Leaves fringed ; buds spread open ; flowers 6-cut ; scales 
wedgeshape, carunculated. 
Sempervivum majus, Rail Syn. 269, 1 ; Gcr. em. 51. 
Sedum majus vulgare, Park. 733. 
Sedum tectorum, Lin. S. P. 664. 
Commbn houseleek. Great houseleek. Aygreen. Jupiter's eye. Bullock's 
eye. Jupiter's heard. Great sengreen. 
Roofs and walls ; perennial ; 
Stem 1 foot high, downy, corymbose; petals lanceolate, 
connate at bottom, longer than the stamens. — Leaves 
bruised, either by themselves or with cream, much used as 
a cooling application to burns ; juice mixed with honey 
used externally against aphthas. 
Fam. XIII. 48. PORTULACEiE. Jussieu, 
Calyx cut, persistent; corolla 5-petaled; petals soldered 
or free, inserted on the calyx ; stamens 3 to 5, inserted on 
the corolla; ovary free or adherent, 1 -celled; styles 1 to 3; 
capsule 1-celled, 2 or 3-valved; seed upright; perisperm 
farinaceous, central ; corculum incurved or annular, peri- 
pherical .— Herb fleshy; leaves opposite or alternate \ flowers 
axillary and terminal. 
322. MONTIA. Micheli. Blinks. 
Calyx 2 or 3-valved ; petals 5, soldered, 2 alternate 
smaller; stamens 3 to 5; styles 3; capsule 3-valved, 3-seeded. 
— Leaves opposite ; flowers solitary, axillary, and terminal. 
Montia fontana. Spring blinks, 
Leaves opposite, not divided ; flowers on peduncles. 
