. An account of the genus Sedum as found in cultivation. Sedum; Crassulaceae. ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 177 The leaves of the Spanish S. gypsicolum incline to flatness, but its flowers place it close to S. album. dasyphyllum Linn. hirsutum All. hrevifolium DC. Lydium Boiss. anglicum Huds. gracile C. A. Meyer. album Linn. Alberti Kegel. gypsicolum Boiss. and Reut. 76. Sedum dasyphyllum Linn. (fig. 97). 5. dasyphyllum Linn., "Species Plantarum," 431, 1753. Masters in Gard. Chron., 1878, ii. 716. Illustrations.—Sowerby, " English Bot.," ed. 3, pi. 530. Re
. An account of the genus Sedum as found in cultivation. Sedum; Crassulaceae. ACCOUNT OF GENUS SEDUM AS FOUND IN CULTIVATION. 177 The leaves of the Spanish S. gypsicolum incline to flatness, but its flowers place it close to S. album. dasyphyllum Linn. hirsutum All. hrevifolium DC. Lydium Boiss. anglicum Huds. gracile C. A. Meyer. album Linn. Alberti Kegel. gypsicolum Boiss. and Reut. 76. Sedum dasyphyllum Linn. (fig. 97). 5. dasyphyllum Linn., "Species Plantarum," 431, 1753. Masters in Gard. Chron., 1878, ii. 716. Illustrations.—Sowerby, " English Bot.," ed. 3, pi. 530. Reichenbach, " Flor. ; 23, tab. 56. Curtis, "Flora Londin.," 1, pi. 115. Tenore,. Fig. 97.—S. dasyphyllum Linn. " Flor. Napol.," tab. 229. Jacquin, " Hort. Vindobon.," 2, tab. 153. Cusin and Ansberque, " Herb. Flor. Fran9aise, Crassul.," tab. 23. Recognized by its very small size, pinkish-grey colour, pinkish- white flowers, and opposite, egg-shaped, more or less hairy leaves. Even when the barren shoots are nearly without hairs, the inflorescence shows the characteristic pubescence. Description.—A small evergreen tufted perennial, 1-2 inches high. Stems wiry, much branched below, with ascending branches, the barren ones short, densely leafy with opposite leaves, the flowering shoots taller, with larger more distant leaves which are opposite or alternate. Leaves ovoid to obovoid, slightly flattened on face, glaucous, more or less glandular-pubescent, \ to ^^ inch long. Buds obovate, very blunt. Inflorescence small, 2-branched, pubescent, of 2-4 flowers, pedicels equalling the flowers. Flowers usually 5-, sometimes 6-parted, J inch across. Sepals small, ovate, very fleshy, separate to the base. Petals oblanceolate, apiculate, white on face with a yellowish base, pinkish on back, wide-spreading, thrice the sepals. Stamens slightly shorter than petals, filaments white, anthers purple. Scales yellow, spathulate. Carpels
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