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SEDUM , in See also:botany, a genus of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Crassulaceae, containing about 120 See also:species, natives chiefly of the See also:north See also:temper-See also:ate and frigid regions, and mostly perennial herbs with succulent leaves of varied See also:form, but never See also:compound. The See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white or yellow, rarely ,See also:pink or See also:blue, See also:flowers are usually small and grouped in cymes. They have a calyx of See also:fine sepals, as many petals, usually ten stamens and five distinct carpels, which have as many glands at their See also:base and ripen into as many dry See also:seed-pods. Several species are See also:British, including some with tuberous roots and large leaves (Telephium), and others of smaller See also:size, chiefly found on rocks, walls and dry See also:banks; S. See also:acre is stonecrop (see fig. I), well known also in gardens, a variety of which, aureum, is in cultivation with See also:golden-yellow tips to the leaves and shoots. Many others are cultivated for the beauty of their foliage or flowers, and many are remarkable for their vitality under adverse circumstances. They succeed on rockwork, old walls or as border See also:plants; some, e.g. S. Lydium, a native of See also:Asia See also:Minor, are excellent for See also:carpet bedding.
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