474 FLORA. 



1. Sedum roseum (L.) Scop. ROSEROOT. ROSEWORT. (I. F. f. 

 Perennial, glabrous and somewhat glaucous, 1-3 dm. high. Leaves sessile, oval 

 or obovate, dentate or entire, 1-2.5 cm - l n g> tne lower ones smaller; cyme dense, 

 1-5 cm. broad; flowers yellowish-green or purplish, 5-8 mm. broad"; sepals oblong, 

 narrower and shorter than the petals; follicles about 4 mm. long, their tips spread- 

 ing. In rocky places, Lab. and arctic Am. to Me., E. Penn. and on the southern 

 Alleghanies. Also in the Rocky Mts. south to Colo., and in Europe and Asia. 

 May-July. 



2. Sedum Telephium L. ORPINE. LIVE-FOREVER. (I. F. f. 1811.) Peren 

 nial ; stems stout, tufted, glabrous and slightly glaucous, 3-5 dm. high. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate to obovate, obtuse, 2-5 cm. long, coarsely dentate, the upper 

 sessile, the lower larger; cyme dense, compound, 5-8 cm. broad; flowers 5-8 mm. 

 broad; petals purple, twice as long as the ovate acute sepals; follicles about 4 mm. 

 long, tipped with a short style. In fields and along roadsides, Quebec to Ont., Md. 

 and Mich. Nat. from Europe. Blooms sparingly, but spreads freely by its joints. 

 June-Sept. 



3. Sedum telephioides Michx. AMERICAN ORPINE. (I. F. f. 1812.) Similar 

 to the preceding, but more slender, seldom over 2.5 dm. high, glaucous and 

 purplish. Leaves oval or obovate, obtuse, coarsely dentate or entire, 2-5 cm. long, 

 narrowed at the base; cyme dense, 5-10 cm. broad; flowers 6-8 mm. broad; petals 

 pale pink, much longer than the lanceolate sepals ; follicles about 4 mm. long, 

 tipped with a slender style. On dry rocks, S. Penn. to W. N. Y., S. Ind., N. Car. 

 and Ga. Aug. -Sept. 



4. Sedum acre L. WALL-PEPPER. MOSSY STONECROP. (I. F. f. 1813.) 

 Perennial, densely tufted, matted, glabrous; sterile branches prostrate, the flowering 

 ones 2-8 cm. high. Leaves sessile, alternate, ovate, thick, imbricated, yellowish 

 green, entire, about 3 mm. long ; cyme 2-3-forked, its branches 1-2.5 cm - ^ ori g '> 

 flowers sessile, about 8 mm. broad ; petals yellow, linear-lanceolate, acute, 3 or 4 

 times as long as the ovate sepals ; follicles spreading, 3-4 mm. long, tipped with a 

 slender style. On rocks and along roadsides, N. B. to Ont., N. Y. and Penn. 

 Adventive from Europe. June-Aug. 



5. Sedum Torreyi Don. TORREY'S STONECROP. (I. F. f. 1814.) Annual, 

 low, tufted, glabrous, 5-8 cm. high. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong, teretish, 

 sessile, entire, 4-8 mm. long; cyme 2-5 -forked, its branches 1-5 cm. long; flowers 

 sessile or very short-pedicelled, about 7 mm. broad ; petals yellow, lanceolate, 

 acute ; follicles divergent, tipped with the short subulate style. In dry, open 

 places, Mo., Kans. and Ark. to Tex. May. 



6. Sedum stenopetalum Pursh. NARROW-PETALED STONECROP. (I. F. f. 

 1815.) Perennial, tufted, glabrous ; flowering branches 8-18 cm. high. Leaves 

 alternate, crowded but scarcely imbricated, except on the sterile shoots, sessile, 

 linear, 6-16 mm. long, entire ; cyme 3-7 -forked, compact ; flowers mostly short- 

 pedicelled, 8-10 mm. broad ; petals narrowly lanceolate, very acute, yellow ; fol- 

 licles about 4 mm. long, the subulate style-tip at length somewhat divergent. In 

 dry, rocky places, Neb. and Colo, to Dak., the N. W. Terr., Utah, Ore. and Br. 

 Col. May-June. 



7. Sedum reflexum L. CROOKED YELLOW OR REFLEXED STONECROP. 

 DWARF HOUSELEEK. (I. F. f. 1816.) Perennial by a creeping stem producing 

 numerous short barren shoots ; flowering branches erect ; leaves alternate, sessile, 

 imbricated on the sterile shoots, terete, somewhat spurred at the base, 6-18 mm. 

 long ; cyme 4-8-forked, its branches recurved in flower ; flowers 8-12 mm. broad : 

 petals linear, yellow, two to three times as long as the short ovate sepals ; follicles 

 about 3 mm. long, tipped with a slender somewhat divergent style. E. Mass, and 

 W. N. Y., escaped from gardens. Native of Europe. Summer. 



8. Sedum pulchellum Michx. WIDOW'S CROSS. (I. F. f. 1817.) Glabrous, 

 ascending or trailing, branched, 1-3 dm. long. Leaves crowded, terete or linear, 

 sessile, obtuse, slightly auriculate at the base, 6-25 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide ; 

 cyme 4-7-forked, its branches spreading or recurved in flower ; flowers sessile, 

 close together, 8-12 mm. broad ; petals linear- lanceolate, acute, about twice the 

 length of the lanceolate obtusish sepals ; follicles 4-6 mm. long, tipped with a 

 slender style. On rocks, Va. to Ga., Ind.. Kans. and Tex. May July. 



9. Sedum ternatum Michx. WILD STONECROP. (I. F. f. 1818.) Perennial, 



