. Flowers of the field. Botany. STONECROP TRIBE lo; arc supported on their stalks by their centres, or peltate. The flowers are pendulous and grow in racemes ; 6-12 inches high, of a greenish yellow colour. The leaves are weU known to children by the name " penny ; Rocks and old walls in the south and west of England.— Fl. June to August. Perennial. 3. Sempervivum {House-leek) I. S. tectoritm (Common House-leek).— A common but scarcely indigenous plant growing on the roofs of cottages. The leaves are thick and juicy, fringed at the edges, and grow in compact, rose-like tufts. Ea
. Flowers of the field. Botany. STONECROP TRIBE lo; arc supported on their stalks by their centres, or peltate. The flowers are pendulous and grow in racemes ; 6-12 inches high, of a greenish yellow colour. The leaves are weU known to children by the name " penny ; Rocks and old walls in the south and west of England.— Fl. June to August. Perennial. 3. Sempervivum {House-leek) I. S. tectoritm (Common House-leek).— A common but scarcely indigenous plant growing on the roofs of cottages. The leaves are thick and juicy, fringed at the edges, and grow in compact, rose-like tufts. Each of the purple flowers contains 12 per- fect and 12 imperfect stamens ; the latter, which are arranged alternately with the petals, frequently bearing anthers contain- ing embryo seeds (ovules) like those found in the carpels, but they never attain ma- turity. The leaves contain malic acid, —Fl. July. Sempervivum Tectorum {Common House-leek) 4. Sedum (Stonecrop) 1. S. Rhodiola (Rose-root).—Stamens and pistils on separate plants, the pollen bearers having 8 stamens, the seed bearers 4 carpels. A succulent, broad-leafed plant, with the habit of S. telephium, but stouter. The flowers are greenish yellow, arid grow in compact ter- minal cymes on simple stems 6-12 inches high ; roots thick and knotted, having the perfume of rose-water, whence its English name. Abundant on mountains in Scotland, Ireland, and the north of England, and found also on sea clifts.—Fl. June. Perennial, 2. S. Telephium (Orpine, or Live-long).—Leaves oblong, egg-shaped, serrated; stems erect, 1-2 feet high. The largest British species, and well distin-. guislied, not only by its corymbs of purple flowers, but its large, broad leaves. A common cottage- garden plant, frequently occurring as an escape. 3. 5. Anglicum (English Stonecrop).—Leaves egg- shaped, fleshy, spurred at the base beneath, sessile ; cymes 2-cleft; petals very sharp. A small plant 3-4 inches high, with stems which
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