. Flowers of the field. Botany. STONECROP FAMILY 175 ;"" .S. ddsyplivlliiin (Thick-leaved Stonecrop)-—A small, very glaucous, pink-tinged, slightly viscid, and prostrate species with fleshy, almost globular leaves, and white JJoKvrs, often streaked with pink.—Occurs as an escape on old walls.—Fl. June, July. I^erennial. 6. S. diiglicuin (English Stonecrop).—A small plant 3—4 in. high, with stems prostrate, ascending; leaves'- small, scattered, crowded, fleshy, spurred at the base beneath, pale green or tinged with red ; flowers star-like, white, spotted with red, in two-forked
. Flowers of the field. Botany. STONECROP FAMILY 175 ;"" .S. ddsyplivlliiin (Thick-leaved Stonecrop)-—A small, very glaucous, pink-tinged, slightly viscid, and prostrate species with fleshy, almost globular leaves, and white JJoKvrs, often streaked with pink.—Occurs as an escape on old walls.—Fl. June, July. I^erennial. 6. S. diiglicuin (English Stonecrop).—A small plant 3—4 in. high, with stems prostrate, ascending; leaves'- small, scattered, crowded, fleshy, spurred at the base beneath, pale green or tinged with red ; flowers star-like, white, spotted with red, in two-forked cymes;/£'/i;7/j-very sharply pointed; antliers\yn^i red.—Rocky and sandy places, especially near the sea.—Fl. June^—August. Annual. <%^- \¥ %M. S^DUM XcR^ {Biting Stonecrof). *** Leaves nearly cyluidrit : floivers yellow 7. ^S. acre (Biting Stonecrop, Wall-pepper).—Very like the preceding in habit and growing in similar situations ; but distin- guished by its thicker, more crowded, and intensely acrid lecvues and golden-yellow flowers in 3-cleft cymes.—Wall, rocks, and sandy ground ; couunon.—Fl. June, July. Perennial, S.* 5. sexangiildre (Tasteless Yellow .Stonecrop), distin- guished from the precedmg l;y its crowded leaves more dis- tinctly in 6 vertical rows, and by its acute sepals, occurs on old walls, chiefly in Kent, but is not indigenous.—FL July. Perennial. 9.* S. reflexiim (Recurved Yellow Stonecrop).—Easily distin- guished from any of the preceding by its slender but tough stems, 6—10 in. high, with spreading, or reflexed, awl-shaped, pointed,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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