588 SEDACEAE 
W ALL-PEPPER. ae end and stony roadsides, various provinees N of 
Coastal Plain, N. C. to Colo., Ont, and N. S. Nat. of Eu.—Sum.—Another 
Eno aan od peus rop- Sed wm nh iue often cultivated and 
oecasionally escapes ped gardens 
DIAMORPHA Nutt. Annual or biennial slender herbs. Leaves alter- 
nate: blades nearly terete. Flowers borne in corymbose cymes. Sepals 4 or 5, 
about as wide as long. Petals 4 or 5, pink or purple, not contracted below 
the middle. Stamens free. Carpels 4 or 5, united to below the middle, wide- 
spreading in age.—Following are the only known species.—Spr.—ELF-ORPINES. 
Petals elliptic, about twice as long as wide: carpel long-tipped. 1. D. cymosa. 
Petals ovate, slightly longer than wide: carpel short-tipped. 2. D. Smalli. 
1. D. cymosa (Nutt.) Britton. Plant reddish, e em. tall: leaves 2-5 mm. 
long; n ee obtuse: sepals deltoid, pas ut im pii petals elliptic, 3-3.5 
carpels lanceolate silla 
Nutt.]. EN E chiefly granite, Piedm ont to 
Appalachian B bns , Ga S 
and N. C.—Flat E n are the 
bii habit tats of this plant. When in 
, the unusual ni. of the m 
fons large pink areas. 
: 
2. D. Smallii m Plant similar to 
that of D. cym but more slender: 
sepals ut 0.5 n. long: petals ovate, 
2—2.5 : i ek 
Sedum piedi. often occurs intima ded 
associated with these C^ e M 
the growth is abundant e plants of s two genera are sharply diferen- 
tiated by their respective Med 
KALANCHOE Adans. Perennial tufted succulent herbs, or plants some- 
times pos at the base. Leaves opposite: blades simple, usually toothed. 
Flowers perfect, borne in corymbose cymes. Calyx 4-lobed, the tube very short. 
Corolla much exserted, salverform, the tube usually exceeding the calyx, the 4 
lobes spreading. Stamens with united filaments.  Follieles 4, erect. bos sule 
somewhat swollen.—About 20 species, Afri- 
can and Asiatie 
1. K. crenata Haw. Plant often tuft ed, 
mostly 3—7 dm. tall: leaf-blades obovate, 
oval, ovate, or ee 5-12 em. long, ere- 
e 
2 
nate, ho ose er ones narrowed at 
the "iis mbose: e pedi- 
celled: pere does ices 4-5 mm. long, 
minate, minutely glandular- ciliate: cor- 
olla yellow: lobes obovate, oval or ovate, 
6-8 mm. long, longer than the tube, a 
tipped: capsul ie or conic-ovoid, 
ong.—H ocks, waste-places 
—All 
