particular observation. Martyn, in his edition of 
Miller s Dictionary, quotes several plants as syno- 
nymies of this species, from old authors ; and among 
them Telephium floribus purpureis of Gerard and 
Parkinson; a plant which agreeably to their dis- 
cription, closely resembles our decumbent variety; 
their description, however, is boriowed from their 
foreign predecessors, Camerarius and Clusius; and 
the plant they refer to is mentioned as a native of 
Germany. 
The variety which we here introduce to the notice 
of British botanists was found, some years ago, as 
we are informed by Mr. Cameron, at a considerable 
elevation, on the Titterstone Clee Hill, in Shrop- 
shire; where it was even more slender than at pre- 
sent it is in cultivation. It is proposed to call 
the Titterstone plant Sedum telephium, variety 
alpinum. On the whole it is more showy than the 
common one, and differs from it in the following 
particulars. Its stems are more slender and diffuse, 
its corymbs of flowers somewhat more branched 
and spreading, and of a rather deeper colour; it 
is three weeks earlier in flowering than the erect 
plant, and also more tender. Exclusive of these dif- 
ferences, which would escape observation when the 
plants are apart, no decided specific character has 
hitherto been discovered by which it can be dis- 
tinguished as a species distinct from Sedum tele- 
phium. It is nearly allied to the Sedum telephi- 
oides of North America. 
It flourishes in the common soil of the garden, 
and the roots may be divided whenever increase is 
desired. 
