Sedum Acre. Common yellow Stonecrop, 
or Wall-Pepper. 
SEDUM. Linruei Gen. PI. Decandria Pentagynia. 
Rati Synopjis Gen. i 7. Herbae multisiliqua: seu corniculatae. 
SEDUM acre foliis fubovatis, adnato-feflilibus, gibbis, ere&iufculis, alternis ; cyma trifida. Lin. Syfl. Veget ab. 
p. 359. FI. Suecic. p. 153. 
SEDUM foliis conicis confertis, caulibus ramofis, fummis trifidis. Haller, hijl. v. 1 . n. 966. 
SEMPERVIVUM minus vermiculatum acre. Bauhin. pin. 283. 
VERMICULARIS feu Illecebra minor acris. Ger.emac. 517. 
ILLECEBRA minor feu Sedum tertium Diofcoridis. Parkinfon 735. Raii Synop. 270. Hudfon. FI. Angi. p. 171. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa. 
CAULES numerofi, CEefpitofi, ramofiffimi, palmares, ad 
bafin repentes, dein eredti, teretes, foliofiffimi. 
FOLIA alterna, conferta, imbricata, fuberedta, adnato- 
feffilia, ovata, obtufa, brevia, carnofa, margine 
paululum comprefla, glabra, fapore acri. fg. 1 . 
FLORES feffiles, lutei, in Cymas fubtrifidas difpofiti. 
CALYX: Perianthium quinquepartitum, perfiftens, 
laciniis craffis obtufiufculis, fg. 2. 
COROLLA: Petala quinque lanceolato-acuminata, 
plana, patentia, Calyce duplo longiora, fg. 3. 
NECTARIUM: Squamula minima, alba, ad bafin, 
Unguli germinis extrorfum pofita,j 5 r. 7. 
STAMINA : Filamenta decem fubulata, longitudine 
Corollas. An therae flavas, fg. 4. 
PISTILLUM : Germina quinque oblonga, flava, in 
Stylos acuminatos definentia. Stigmata 
fimplicia, fg. 6. 
PERICx^RPIUM : Capsulae quinque patentes, acumi- 
natae, compreflas, longitudinaliter futura intror- 
fum dehifcentes, fg. 8. 
SEMINA minima, ovata, rufa, fg. 9. 
¥ ROOT perennial, and fibrous. 
¥ 
I STALKS numerous, growing in tufts, very much 
¥ branched, three inches high, creeping at their 
I bafe, but afterwards growing upright, round, 
$ and very leafy. 
1 
I LEAVES alternate, growing very thick together, and 
¥ laying one over another, nearly upright, grow- 
| ing to the flalk, oval, blunt, fhort, flefhy, flat- 
$ tened a little at the edges, fmooth, and of a 
very biting tafe, fg. 1 . 
¥ 
¥ FLOWERS feffile, yellow, growing in Cymae fbme- 
¥ what trifid. 
¥ 
¥ ..... 
¥ CALYX : a Perianthium divided into five fegments, 
¥ and continuing, the fegments thick and 
I bluntifh, fg. 2. 
COROLLA : compofed of five long-pointed Petals 
which are flat, fpreading, and twice the length 
of the Calyx, fg. 3. 
NECTARY : a very minute fcale or gland placed ex- 
ternally at the bottom of each Germen,^. 7. 
STAMINA: ten Filaments, tapering, the length of 
the Corolla, the Antherae yellow, fg. 4. 
PISTILLUM: five Germina, oblong, yellow, termi- 
nating in five long-pointed Styles. The Stig- 
mata fimple, 6. 
SEED-VESSEL : five Capsules, fpreading, long- 
pointed, flat, opening internally by a longitu- 
dinal future, fg. 8. 
SEEDS very minute, oval, and reddifh brown, fg. 9. 
According to the account which fome medical Writers give of this Plant it appears to poffefs confiderable virtues, 
while others, from the durability of its acrimony, and the violence of its operation, have thought it fcarce fafe to be 
adminiftered. Chewed in the mouth it has a very hot and biting tafte, whence its name of JVall-Pepper. Applied to 
the fkin it excoriates and exulcerates it, taken internally it proves emetic and diuretic. 
The Difeafes in which it has been chiefly recommended are the Scurvy and Dropfy, in both of which, according 
to Linnasus, it is an excellent remedy ; and fome inftances are brought of the efficacy of its juice in Cancers, but 
thefe perhaps, fland in need of farther confirmation. 
It grows very common on Houfes, Walls, and gravelly Banks, and flowers in June ; it continues but a fhort time 
in bloflom, but while it lafts its lively yellow colour gives a very pretty appearance to thofe Houfes and Walls which 
are covered with it. 
