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comparative smallness of its flowers, which are also of a paler yellow. The plant is a perennial, and it flowers in 
July and August. 
5.— THE WHITE STONECROP. (Sedum album, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1578 ; 2nd ed., t. 656 ; and our fig. 3, I Specific Character. —Leaves oblong, cylindrical, obtuse, spreading, 
in PL 22. | smooth. Panicle much branched. [Smith.) 
Description, &c.— This is by far the most beautiful British species of the genus. It is a creeping plant, 
spreading rapidly in all directions ; but the flower stems are erect. It grows on rocks and walls, and on the 
roofs of houses, but generally only in sheltered situations that are somewhat moist. The leaves are of a glaucous 
green, tinged occasionally with red. The flowers, which are white, are also occasionally tinged with pink, and 
the anthers are of a bright red. The plant is a perennial, and it flowers in July. 
6. —THE COMMON YELLOW STONECROP. (Sedum replexum, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 695 ; 2nd ed., t. 657. I base ; the lowermost recurved. Flowers cymose. Segments of the 
Specific Character. —Leaves awl-shaped, scattered, spurred at the | calyx ovate. [Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This is the commonest and the handsomest of the yellow-flowered Sedums, and it is very 
abundant on walls and thatched roofs in every part of Great Britain. It grows with long straggling stems, 
which spread over a considerable space, and send up numerous erect flower stems, growing from six to twelve 
inches high, each terminating in a large cyme of bright yellow flowers. These flowers, however, when closely 
examined, will be found to be very irregular in their construction, some of the flowers having only four petals, 
while others have six or seven; and some having only ten stamens, the regular number, while others have twelve, 
or even eighteen. The plant is a perennial, and it flowers in July. 
7. —THE WELSH ROCK STONECROP. (Sedum Forsterianum, Smith.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1802 ; 2nd ed., t. 660 ; and our fig. 4, brandies semi-cylindrical, bluntish, pointed, spreading, in many rows, 
in PL 22. Flowers cymose. Segments of the calyx elliptical, obtuse. [Smith.) 
Specific Character. —Leaves spurred at the base, those of the 
Description, &c. —This very handsome species is found in Wales on moist rocks, particularly near water¬ 
falls, growing in almost inaccessible situations. 
“ Where men who’ve braved the cannon’s roar 
Are pale with speechless dread, 
The Stoneerop calmly mantles o’er 
Tier rugged bed.”— Francis. 
This species bears considerable resemblance to the last species ; but it is distinguished by the bright green 
spreading leaves, which form dense clusters at the extremities of its branches. The flowers are also in a hemi¬ 
spherical cyme. The plant is a perennial, and it flowers in July. 
THE ST. VINCENT’S ROCK STONECROP. (S. rupestre, Lin.) 
This very handsome species is distinguished from the other tall yellow Sedums by its closely-imbricated leaves, 
which are of a dark glaucous green. It is found on St. Vincent s Rocks, near Bristol, and in other similar situa¬ 
tions in Somersetshire ; and on old walls near Darlington, in Yorkshire. It is a perennial, and it flowers in July. 
There is another tall yellow Stoneerop, which is sometimes called S. glaucum , and sometimes S. albescens , 
