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S E D U M reflexurru
Y e llow Stone-crop.
D E C A N D R I A Pentdgynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-cleft. Petals 5, with 5 nectariferous
feales at the bafe of the germen. Cap-
fu les 5 .
Spec. Char. L e a v e s awl-fhaped, fcattered, loofened
at the b a fe ; the lowermoft recurved. F low e r s
fomewhat cym o fe .
Syn. S edum reflex um. Linn. Sp. P i. 6 18 . Sm.
F I. B rit. 490. Hudf. 195. With. 42,9. Hull.
100. Relh. 173. Sibtb. 144. Abbot. 99.
S . minus, luteum, ramulis reflexis. Rail Syn. 2 7 0 . and
S . minus haematoides. Rati Syn. 2 6 9 .
C oM M O N o n w a lls and tha tch ed roofs, flow e r in g in
J u ly . T h e roots are p e r en n ia l, c o n fid in g o f Ample fibres that
fp r in g from th e low e r parts o f th e round, fle fh y , v arioufly
Spreading, en tan g led or p en d en t, Item s. T h e leaves are irregu
la rly b u t n o t d iftan tly placed o n th e b ran ch e s and u p r igh t
flow e r in g Item s, and are e x tr em e ly fu c cu len t, fm o o th , rather
g la u c o u s , o ften reddifh, o f an aw l-fh ap ed figur e, attached by
th e ir flat in n e r -fid e a little ab o v e th e b a fe , fo th a t th e y te rm in
a te b e low in a k in d o f fhor t fpur. W h e n o ld , the y eafily fall
Off. F low e r s in a te rm in a l c ym e , b r igh t y e llow , n um e r ou s,
v e r y g en e ra lly c o n fiftin g o f 6 p etals and g e rm en s, w ith as
m a n y fe gm e n ts o f th e c a ly x , and 1 3 ftam in a , h a v in g (as
L in n s e u s expreffes it) a fifth part added to th e natural n um b e r
in th e f r u c tific a tio n ; a c ir cum ftan c e c om m o n in th e natural
order to w h ic h Sedurn b e lo n g s.
R a y n o tic e s tw o k in d s o f th is S ton e c rop , differing o n ly in
th e b r an ch e s and flow e r -fta lk s b e in g m o r e o r le fs recurved, and
in d e ed h e h im f e lf th o u g h t th em o n ly v a rieties.