CRASSULACE^E 



THE FLOWERS: stemless, about one third of an inch broad; 

 the five petals linear-lanceolate, acute; the calyx bell- 

 shaped; the sepals ovate, obtuse; the stamens yellow, 

 prominent, eight to ten. 



THE FRUIT: a follicle. 



Few plants are so suggestively described by their popular 

 names as the Mossy Stone-crop. Here one does not need 

 to query: "What's in a name?" The answer lies sprawl- 

 ing under the fence, on the ground amid the grass, in 

 every place where the plant has scattered en mass its 

 golden wealth of bright flowers "Welcome-home-hus- 

 band-though-ever-so-drunk," as the old English name 

 styles it. The shrubby branches, never raised more than 

 a few inches above the ground bear short, fat leaves set 

 near together on stems crowned with the bright yellow, 

 star-shaped flowers which have pointed petals and promi- 

 nent stamens. 



A drug, made from this plant, is valuable medicinally. 



One other member of the Orpine Family has been re- 

 ported. 



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