



Refugium Botanicum.] (June, 1878. 
TAB, 337. 
Natural Order CRrASSULACEA. 
Genus Srepum, Linn. 
S. sparnurirotrum (Hook. Flor. Bor. Amer. i. 227). Breviter 
caulescens, ramis sterilibus dense foliatis, foliis oblongo- 
spathulatis sessilibus planis glabris subobtusis nitide vitl- 
dibus, ramorum floriferorum similibus laxioribus, floribus 
scorpioideo-cymosis in paniculam thyrsoideam vel corym- 
bosam dispositis, sepalis ligulatis obtusis basi in cupulam 
connatis, petalis luteis lanceolatis calyce triplo longioribus, 
staminibus 10 carpellis «quilongis petalis distincte breviori- 
bus.—Torrey & Gray, Flor. N. Amer, 1, 599. 
A native of Oregon and California. 
Shortly caulescent, the whole plant quite glabrous. Stems 
terete, the old ones half an inch thick, marked with the scars of 
the fallen leaves. Leaves crowded on the barren shoots, laxer 
but quite similar on the fertile ones, oblong-spathulate, an inch 
to an inch and a half long, bluntish, bright green, half to five- 
eighths of an inch broad above the middle, flattish on the face 
and back, narrowed into a distinct haft like those of an Mcheveria, 
the young ones spreading, the old ones recurved. Jlowers sessile, 
a quarter of an inch deep, arranged in copious close scorpioid 
cymes forming a corymbose thyrsoid panicle. Calyx a third as 
long as the petals, the blunt ligulate lobes united into a distinct 
cup at the base. Petals lanceolate, bright yellow. Stamens 10, 
like the carpels one-third shorter than the petals. 
Tan. 837. —1, a single flower closed; 2, one opened: both mag- 
nified.—J. G. B. 
This Sedum is an old inhabitant of the garden, and has much 
the appearance of a species of Echeveria. I do not know the 
source from which my plants were obtained. We treat it as 
a cool greenhouse plant. It grows freely in a light sandy soil, 
and should have but little water in the winter season.—W. W.S. 
