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Scleranthacese. Crassulaceae. 
45. Scleranthaceae. 
205. Scleranthus. Scleranth. Y, 130. X, 29. 
1. Cal.-lobes linear-oblong, obtuse, with a broad white- 
scarious edge. Perenn. pis. — Dry sandy places, hills, 
grassy places, not everywhere (wanting in G. B. A. U.). 
5, 6.perennis L. 859. 
— Cal.-lobes triangular-oval, or lanceolate, acute, with a 
narrow white edge or almost none, Ann. or bienn. pis 2 
2. FI. small, 2‘/2 mm long. Cal.-lobes almost without scarious 
edges. Stems 3—8 cm .—Grassy places; W. Y. 4, 5 
verticillatus Tausch. 860. 
— FI. distinctly larger. Cal.-lobes with narrow, scarious 
edges ......... 3 
3. Stem dichotomising loosely almost from the base up¬ 
wards; fls solitary in the axils of the branches and 
clustered at the ends. Ann. pis.—Fields; distrib. 6 
annuus L. 861. 
— Stem gen. lower than in the last, simple or branching 
shortly only in the upper part. Clusters of fls sessile 
at the joints of the stem. Pis lasting through the winter, 
but monocarpic. S. biennis Reut.— Hills, mountain-fields ; 
probably distrib. 4, 5 . . collinus Horng. 862. 
OBS. Reichenbach, the father, has of late years distinguished a number 
of species which still require further investigation and verification: e. g. S. 
subcrinitus , spectabilis, Tabernaemontani, Sprengelii, engadineus , Delorli 
Bill. &c. 
46. Crassulaceae. 
206. Seduni. Stonecrop. X, 14. V, 148. XXII, 25. 
1. Ls broad, flat ........ 2 
— Ls narrow, cylindric or demi-cylindric . . 6* 
2. Fls dioecious, gen. 4-merous, yellowish, tinted with red. 
Ls standing very close, toothed towards the top. Rho- 
diola rosea L.—Alp.; G. T. \Y. 7 Rhodiola Dec. 863 
— Fls hermaphrodite, gen. 5-merous ... 3 
3. Ann. pis Fls in a lax panicle. — Stony, thickety places; 
T. W. V. 6.Cepaea L, 864. 
— Perenn. pis. Fls in a compact corymb ... 4: 
4. Ls entire. Stem prostrate, 20cm long,—Alp.; \Y. Y. 7 
Anacampseros L. 865. 
— Ls toothed. Stems erect or ascending, 40—60 cm. Type 
of S. Telephium L. ...... 5 
5. Pets greenish-yellow. Ls often opp. or in whorls of 3- 
the upper ones with rather broad base, often clasping, 
