. Flowers of the field. Botany. io6 CALYCIFLOR.'E and very thick ; the flowers conspicuous for their star-like form, their white petals spotted with red, and bright purple anthers. Rocky and sandy places, especially near the sea.—Fl. June, July. Annual. 4. 5. dasyphyllum (Thick-leaved Stonecrop).—Very like the last; smaller, slightly viscid ; leaves mostly opposite, globular, and fleshy ; fl^owei's white, tinged pink. Old walls in the south ; an escape. 5. 5. album (White Stonecrop).—Rather taller than 5. Anglicum, and more slender. Flowering-stems 4-6 inches high ; also barren, prostrate stem
. Flowers of the field. Botany. io6 CALYCIFLOR.'E and very thick ; the flowers conspicuous for their star-like form, their white petals spotted with red, and bright purple anthers. Rocky and sandy places, especially near the sea.—Fl. June, July. Annual. 4. 5. dasyphyllum (Thick-leaved Stonecrop).—Very like the last; smaller, slightly viscid ; leaves mostly opposite, globular, and fleshy ; fl^owei's white, tinged pink. Old walls in the south ; an escape. 5. 5. album (White Stonecrop).—Rather taller than 5. Anglicum, and more slender. Flowering-stems 4-6 inches high ; also barren, prostrate stems ; leaves oblong, cylindrical, blunt, spreading, about half an inch long ; cyme much branched, drooping when in bud. Rocks and old walls. Supposed to be indigenous in the Malvern Hills, and not uncommon as an escape.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 6. S. villosmn (Hairy Stonecrop).—A small species, with hairy, viscid stems and leaves and pinkish white flowers. Frequent in Scotland and the north of England.—Fl. June, July. Annual. 7. 5. acre (Biting Stonecrop).—Leaves egg-shaped, fleshy, spurred at the base, sessile ; cymes 3-cleft. Very like S. Angli- cum in habit, but with yellow flowers, and growing in similar situations ; it may, how- ever, be distinguished, when not in flower, by its thicker and more crowded leaves, which are very acrid, and have gained for the plant the name of Wall-pepper. Walls, rocks, and sandy ground; frequent. —Fl. June, July. Perennial. 8. S. sexangitlare (Tasteless Stonecrop). Seddm Acre —Distinguished from the last by its longer (Biting Stonecrop) and more slender leaves, 6 in a whorl. Old walls. Found in the Isle of Sheppey and elsewhere in the eastern counties, but not indigenous.—Fl. July. Perennial. 9. S. riipestre (Rock Stonecrop).—A species allied to S. reflexttm., with slightly flattened leaves, which arc spurred below, and ter- minal ; of large yellow flowers. Found on St. Vincent's Rocks and other limestone cliff
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