Sedum Telephium Orpine. 
SEDUM Lm. Geti. Pl. Decandsia Pentagynia. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-petah. Sqmm.r neftariferae 5 ad bafin germinis. 
Caps. 5. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 17. Herb^ MULTisiLKiUaE sev corniculat.®. 
SEDUU foliis planiufculis ferratis, corymbo follofo caule ereflo. Lin. Sv^. f^egetab. p. 358. Sp. FI 
616. F/. «Saec/f, n. 400. 
SEDUM androgynum foliis 'confertis, ferratis, floribus deufe umbellatis. Haller. Hiji. 954* 
SEDUM telephium. Sc.opoli FI. Carriioi. p. 323. 
TELEPHIUM vulgare. Bauhin. Pin. 287. 
ANACAMPSEROS, vulgo Faba crafla. III. 68r. 
TELEPHIUM feu craflula major vulgaris. Park. 726. 
CRASSULA feu Faba inverfa Ger. 416. Rail Syn. p. 269. Orpine or Live long. 
Hudfon. Fl.Angl. ed. 2. p. 195. 
RADIX perennis, tubferofa. | 
CAULES plurimi fimul enafcuiitur, pedales, bipedales, j 
et ultra, ere<fli, fimpliccs, teretes, folidi, ru- s. 
bicundi, et flepe rubro punGati. | 
t 
FOLIA fparfa, conferta, ere£la, feflilia. ovata, dentata t 
idque varie, glabra, cariiofa, glauca. | 
t 
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FLORES in fummis caulibus et ramulis (in quos fum- | 
mi caules dividuntur) in umbellas denfas dl- i 
gefti, faturate purpurei, nobifcum rariflime | 
albi. _ i 
CALYX; Perianthium minimum, carnofum, quin- | 
quefidum, laciniis acutis, fg. i- _ j 
COROLLA; Petala quinque, lanceolata, acuminata, i 
plana, fuperne purpurea, fubtus albentia, fig. | 
2. _ t 
STAMINA ; Filamenta decem, fubulata, longitu- | 
dine corollas. Anther® fubrotundae, purpu- ^ 
rafcentes. fig. 3. _ t 
PISTILLUM: Germina quinque, oblonga, defmentia | 
in flylos tenuiores, coloratos ; Stigmata ^ 
minima, fig. 4. | 
PERICARPIUM; Capsul® quinque, acuminat®, | 
ere^®. fig. 5- | 
SEMINA plurima, minima. * 
ROOT perennial and tuberous. 
STALKS many, growing up together, from one to two 
feet high, and upwards, upright, unbranched, 
round, {olid, reddilh, and often dotted with 
red. 
LEAVES placed on the flalk fo as nearly to cover it, 
in no regular order, upright, fefflie, ovate, 
indented and that varioufly, fmooth, flefliy, 
and of a blueifh green colour. 
FLOWERS placed on the tops of the ftalks and 
branches (into which the tops of the ftalks 
divide) in clofe umbells, of a deep purple 
colour, very rarely white with us. 
CALYX ; 3 Perianthium, very minute, and flefhy, 
the fegments pointed, fig. i. 
COROLLA ; five lanceolate petals, running out to a 
long point, fiat, purple above, and whitifh 
underneath, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: ten Filaments tapering, the length of 
the corolla ; Anther® roundilh, and fome- 
what purple, fig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: five Germina, of an oblong Ihape, 
terminating in five, flender, coloured ftyles ; 
Stigmata, very minute, fig. 4. 
SEED-VESSEL; five, acuminated, upright Capsules. 
fg- 5 - 
SEEDS numerous and very fmall 
Of our Englifli Stonecrops, this is the only one that has flat leaves, and confequently is dillmguifhed with the 
utmoft facility -; it partakes however of the flelhy nature of the others. 
It is a beautiful plant both in its foliage and flowers, and being eafily cultivated, is met with In moft: gardens, 
where it will often grow a yard high. 
It is faid to vary in its leaves and bloflbms, the former being fometimes found entire at the edge, and the latter 
of a white colour. 
I have found it wild in many places about London, but mofl: plentifully in the vicinity of Charlton and Shooter's 
Hill; it grows among the herbage on the confines of woods and flowers in July and Auguft, 
Lijin®us informs us that the Caterpillar of the Phalana alpicola feeds on its leaves. 
