. An account of the genus Sedum as found in cultivation. Sedum; Crassulaceae. 200 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. In my plant the leaves faded in autumn, but remained withered on the branches, giving them a shaggy appearance. Description.—A minute, glabrous, tufted perennial. Stems rooting below, ascending, barren shoots very short, densely leafy, flowering shoots 1-2 inches, with less dense leaves. Leaves opposite, sessile, entire, obovate-cuneate, blunt, very fleshy, flat on face, rounded on back, dotted with red, J inch long by -5^5^ inch broad. Inflorescence a small, terminal,
. An account of the genus Sedum as found in cultivation. Sedum; Crassulaceae. 200 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. In my plant the leaves faded in autumn, but remained withered on the branches, giving them a shaggy appearance. Description.—A minute, glabrous, tufted perennial. Stems rooting below, ascending, barren shoots very short, densely leafy, flowering shoots 1-2 inches, with less dense leaves. Leaves opposite, sessile, entire, obovate-cuneate, blunt, very fleshy, flat on face, rounded on back, dotted with red, J inch long by -5^5^ inch broad. Inflorescence a small, terminal, few-flowered, cyme. Buds angular. Flowers \ inch across, with pedicels about equalling the calyx. Sepals resembling the upper leaves, separate almost to the base. Petals spreading, but not widely, greenish with a reddish keel, ovate-lanceolate, blunt, 1^-2 times the sepals. Stamens equalling the sepals, filaments green, anthers pale red. Scales pale orange, semiorbicular, emarginate, conspicuous. Carpels green, erect, shorter than the stamens. Flowers May. Hardy. Habitat.—Asia Minor, Caucasus. A little plant of no horticultural value. Very rare in cultivation, but it is grown (as S. tenellum M. B., also a small Caucasian species, but differing in its linear terete leaves, &c.) by Regel and Kesselring of. xl Fig. 113.—5. Stevenianum Rouy and Camus. Petrograd, from whom I received it. Distinguished by its broad- topped leaves and cup-shaped, greenish-white flowers tinged with red. My plant nearly died before I got it drawn, which accounts for the fragmentary character of fig. 113. Owing to the war I was not able to procure further material. The name commemorates the original describer, who named it S. roseum, a name already occupied. 90. Sedum rhodocarpum Rose (fig. 114). S. rhodocarpum Rose in "Contrib. Nat. Herb.," 13, 300, 1911. Illustration.—Loc. cit., pi. 59 (photo). A curious and very distinct species, unmistakable in its winged, triangular stem,
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