The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Sedum (To the species and varieties)

Selaginella
Selaginella

To the species and varieties described on pp. 403-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

S. edulis (edible). A synonym of Cotyledon edulis.

S. formosanum (Formosa). fl. bright yellow, mostly sessile, bracteate; petals lanceolate, acuminate, spreading. Summer. l. one to three, whorled, 1in. to 1 1/4in. long, 1/3in. broad, flat, spathulate, obtuse, recurving towards the apex, softly succulent. Stem repeatedly branched from near the base. h. about 6in. Formosa, 1885. A glabrous, half-hardy or greenhouse annual.

Selaginella
Selaginella

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