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S E D U M glaucuiri.
G Mucous Stone+crop.
toECANDRIA Pentagynia.
C*ên. Char. Cal. 5-cleft. Petals 5, with 5 nectarî-
ferous scales at the base of the germen. Capsules
5 .
Spec. Char. Leaves glaucous, awtshapéd, scattered,
loosened at the base; those of the branches thread-
shaped. Flowers in a cyme; Segments of the
calyx lanceolate;
Syn. Sedum glaucum: Donn. Cant. ed. 5 . 112.
S. reflexum (3. Sm. Pi. B r it. 4QO.
S. minus hæmàtoides. Ger. em. 512. R a ii Syn. 2bp.
F ö U N D by F . K. Eagle; E sq . near Mildenhall, Suffolk, on
th e southern sides o f some small rough hills, most indubitably
wild , flowering in July or August; We received specimens
through th é hands o f E . Forster, E sq ., who suggests th a t this
is probably w h a t Mr; Haworth, in a late work on Succulent
P lan ts, has marked as th e larger variety o f S. glaucum, the
smaller one b ein g more compact, erec t, and shorter; in its
branches. T h is la st we have not seen; but it is said to be
Cultivated in some gardens.
T h e Sedum before us differs from S. reflexum, t. 6 9 5 , in its
more glaucous hué, and more slender leaves, especially those o f
th e branches. We presume it to be th e plant o f Gerarde, from
his figure and description ; but whether it b e , as the old authors
sa y , usually intermixed with th e reflexum upon walls ; or w h e the
r they , as we have always supposed, distinguished as species
or varieties the two different stages o f growth o f th a t plant,
differing only in th e posture o f th e flowers, we are by n o means
certain. Ther e can however b e no doubt o f the distinction
between our glaucum and reflexum«