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plant flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 
Jt is propagated by fowing the feeds in borders of 
light frefh earth in the fpring, in the places where the 
plants are to abide, for they feldom fucceed well if 
they are tranfplanted ; they fhould be allowed at leaft 
two feet diftance, becaufe their branches trail upon 
the ground. When the plants come up, they will 
require no other care but to thin them where they 
are too clofe, and keep them clean from weeds. A 
few of thefe plants may be admitted into every good 
garden for variety, though there is no great beauty 
in their flowers. 
SEDUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 513. Tourn. Inft. 262. 
tab. 140. Anacampferos. Tourn. Inft. 264. [fo called 
from fedendo, Lat. fitting, becaufe this plant does, 
as it were, fit upon the walls where it grows ; or 
fromfedando, appeafing, becaufe it appeafes the pains 
of inflammations.] Houfeleek ; in French, Joubarbe. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the flower is erect , acute, permanent , 
and cut into five fegments. ’The flower has five plain , 
* flpear-jhaped , acute-pointed petals which fpread open , and 
five nebiariums , with fimall Jingle fcales indented at the 
top , each being inferted at their bafe to the outfide of the 
germen •, it has ten awl-Jhaped ftamina the length of the 
petals , terminated by roundifio fummits , and five oblong 
germen ending in fiender ftyles , crowned by obtufe ftigmas. 
The germen afterward become five erect fpreading capfules 
which are comprejfed , acute-pointed , opening from top to 
bottom , and filled with fmall feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fefition of 
Linnaeus’s tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have ten ftamina and five ftyles ; and 
to this he joins the Anacampferos of Tournefort, 
making them but one genus. 
The Species are, 
1. Sedum {Album) foliis oblongis obtufis teretiufculis 
fefiilibus patentibus, cyma ramosa. Hort. Cliff. I 77 - 
Houfeleek with oblong , obtufe , taper leaves fitting clofe to 
the ftalks, fpreading open, and a branching ft alk. Sedum 
minus teretifolium album. C. B. P. 1 77. Stone Crop , 
or fmaller Houfeleek , with taper leaves and white flowers. 
2. Sedum ( Dafyphyllum ) foliis oppofitis ovatis obtufis 
carnofis, caule infirmo floribus fparfis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
43 1 . Houfeleek with oval, flefhy , blunt leaves which are 
placed oppofite , a weak ft alk, and flowers growing thinly . 
Sedum minus, circinato folio. C. B. P. 223. Lefj'er 
Houfeleek with a roundifh leaf . 
1. Sedum ( Rupeftre ) foliis fubulatis quinquefariam con- 
3 fertis baft folutis floribus cymofis. Hort. Cliff. 176. 
Houfeleek with awl-Jhaped leaves growing in clufters, 
whofe bafe has a loofe membrane , and flowers in bunches. 
Sedum minus a rupe St. Vincenti. Raii Syn. 2. 155. 
Leffer Houfeleek , or Stone Crop of St. Vincent's Rock. 
4. Sedum ( Hifpanicum ) foliis teretibus acutis, radicali- 
" bus fafciculatis, cyma pubefcente. Amoen. Acad. 4. 
p- 273. Spanijh Houfeleek with acute taper leaves , thofe 
at the bottom growing in bunches , and the tips are hairy. 
Sedum Hifpanum, folio glauco acuto, flore albido. 
Boerh. Ind. alt. 1. 287. Spanifh Houfeleek with a gray- 
coloured acute leaf, and a white flower. 
r. Sedum {Acre) foliis fubovatis adnato-feffilibus gib- 
’ bis ere&iufculis alternis, cyma trifida. Hort. Cliff. 
177. Stone Crop with oval, gibbous, erect, alternate 
leaves fitting clofe to each other, and a trifid top. Sedum 
parvum acre, flore luteo. J. B. 3. 994. The common 
Stone Crop, or Wall Pepper. 
6. Sedum {Rubens) foliis fuciformibus fubdeprefils, in- 
' ftmis quaternis, cyma fubquadrifida, floribus pentan- 
dris, ftaminibus reflexis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 619. Houfe- 
leek '‘with depreffed leaves, thofe at the bottom being, rang- 
ed by fours -, the flowers have but five ftamina which are 
reflexed. Sedum arvenfe, flore rubente. C. B. P. 283. 
, Field Houfeleek with a red flower . 
7. Sedum {Annuum) caule ere&o folitario annuo, foliis 
‘ ovatis fefiilibus gibbis alternis, cyma recurva. Flor. 
Suec. 319. Houfeleek with an erebt, annual. Jingle ft alk, 
oval gibbous leaves which are placed alternate, and a re- 
curved top . Sedum minimum non acre flore albo. 
Raii Syn. 2. p. 115. The leaft Stone Crop, not biting 
with a white flower. 
8. Sedum {Reflexum) foliis fubulatis fparfis bafi folutis, 
inferioribus recurvatis. Flor. Suec. 2. p. 1296, Stone 
Crop with awl-Jhaped fparfed leaves, whofe under ones are 
turned back. Sedum minus luteum, ramuiis reflexis. 
C. B. P. 283. Smaller yellow Houfeleek with reflexed 
branches. 
9. Sedum {Sexangulari) foliis fubovatis adnato-feffilibus 
gibbis ereftiufculis fexfariam imbricatis. Flor. Suec. 
390. Stone Crop with almoft oval , gibbous, erebt leaves 
growing clofe to each other, and imbricated fix ways. 
Sempervivum minus vermiculatum. C. B. P. 204. 
Infipid Stone Crop. 
10. Sedum {Villofum) caule erefilo, foliis planiufculifque 
fubpilofts. Lin. Sp. Plant. 423. Houfeleek with an erebt 
ftalk , plain leaves, and foot-ftalks which are fomewhat 
hairy. Sedum paluftre fubhirfutum purpureum. C. B. 
P. 285. Hairy Marfh Houfeleek with purple flowers. 
11. Sedum {Stellatum) foliis planiufculis angulatis, flo- 
ribus lateralibus fubfeffilibus folitariis. Hort. Cliff. 176. 
Houfeleek with plain angular leaves , and frngle flowers 
fitting clofe to the fides of the ftalk. Sedum echinatum, 
vel ftellatum, flore albo. J. B. 3. 680. Prickly or ftarry 
Houfeleek with a white flower. 
12. Sedum {Cepcea) foliis planis, caule ramofa, floribus 
paniculatis. Hort. Cliff. 176. Houfeleek with plain 
leaves, a branching ftalk , and flowers growing in pani- 
cles. Sedum Cepaea dictum. H. L. B. Houfeleek called 
Cep it a. 
13. Sedum ( Aizoon ) foliis lanceolatis ferratis planis, 
caule erefto, cyma feffili terminal]. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
430. Houfeleek with plain, fpear-fhaped, fawed leaves , 
and an erebt ftalk terminated by a head of flowers fitting 
clofe to it. Anacampferos flore flavo. Amman. Ruth. 
96. tab. n. Orpine with a yellow flower. 
14. Sedum {Telephium) foliis planiufculis ferratis, co- 
rymbo foliofo, caule erefito. Lin. Sp. 616. Houfeleek 
with plain fawed leaves, a leafy corymbus, and an erebt 
ftalk. Telephium vulgare. C. B. P. 287. Common Or- 
pine, or Live-long. 
15. Sedum ( Hamatodss ) foliis ovatis integerrimis, fum- 
mis amplexicaulibus, corymbo terminali. Houfeleek 
with oval entire leaves which at the top embrace the ftalk , 
and a corymbus of flowers terminating the branches. T e- 
lephium Lufitanicum haematodes maximum. H. R, 
Par. The greateft Portugal bloody Orpine. 
1 6. Sedum {Anacampferos) foliis cuneiformibus inte- 
gerrimis, caulibus decumbentibus, floribus corym- 
bofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 430. Houfeleek with wedge-fhaped 
entire leaves, trailing ftalks, and flowers growing in a 
corymbus. Anacampferos minor, rotundiore folio, fem- 
pervirens. J. B. 3. 682. Smaller and rounder-leaved 
evergreen Orpine. 
The fir ft fort grows naturally upon old walls in many 
parts of England, fo is feldom planted in gardens ; 
but as it is a medicinal plant, I have placed it here 
this hath fiender trailing branches, which are garnifhed 
with taper fucculent leaves about half an inch long, 
Handing alternately round the branches. The flower- 
ftalks rife four or five inches high ; their lower part is 
garnifhed with leaves which fpread out horizontally ; 
the upper part of the ftalk divides into fmall foot- 
ftalks, fupporting many white {far-pointed flowers, 
gathered into a fort of umbel. Thefe appear in July, 
and are fucceeded by five-cornered capfules filled with 
fmall feeds which ripen in autumn. 
The fecond fort alfo grows upon old walls in many 
parts of England. The ftalks of this are very fiender 
and infirm i the leaves are very fhort, oval, and of a 
gray colour ; they are placed by pairs oppofite. The 
flowers are fet thinly at the top of the ftalks •, they are 
fmall, white, and their petals are obtufe •, the fum- 
mits upon the ftamina are pretty large, and of a bright 
purple colour. It flowers about the fame time as the 
former. 
The third fort grows naturally upon St. Vincent’s 
Rock near Briftol, and in feveral parts of Y/ales j 
this has fiender purple ftalks which trail upon the 
ground. 
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