464 DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. sedum. 



Hoot perennial. Stem 4—6 inches long, a little angular, slightly 

 scabrous. Leaves about an inch long, broadly obovate, abruptly 

 narrowed at the base, very entire ; tipper leaves narrower. 

 Flowers in a terniinal cyme of about 3 spreading spikes, se- 

 «:und. Segments of the calyx linear-oblong, obtuse, glandu- 

 lar-punctate. Petals white, twice as long as the calyx, linear- 

 lanccolatc. Stamens shorter than the petals; Jilamenta 

 smooth, dilated at the base ; anthers dark coloured, sagittatej 

 obtuse. Stifles attenuate. 



Hab. On rocks in the western parts of Pennsylvania. P ursh, 

 Muhlenberg. May. 



2. S. telephioides Mich. : leaves broad, flat, ovate, acute 

 at each end; corymbs manj-flowered. Mich, F/. I. p. 

 227. PurshFL\.^.224. EIlio 1 1 Sk. 1. }p. 5^9. 



Root somewhat tuberous, thick. Stem about a foot high, erect, 

 simple, leafy, smooth, tinged with purple. Leaves alternate, 

 smooth and fleshy, an inch and a half long, broadly oval, ob- 

 tusely dentate. Corymbs compound, terminal, crowded, leafy. 

 Segments of the calyx lanceolate, obtuse. Petals pale pur- 

 ple, half as long again as the calyx, elliptical-oblong, acute. 

 Stamens 10, shorter than the petals; anthers roundish. 



Hab. On rocky hills near Sparta, New-Jersey. JVuttall 

 This species is nearly allied to S. Telefihium, and perhaps is 

 not distinct. 



ORDER V, 

 D E C A G Y N I A, 



312. PHYTOLACCA. L. 



Caljjx 5-cleft, petaloid. Berrt/ superior, 10-celIed, 

 lO-seeded. Gen. pL 800. JWitt. Gen. I. p. 293. 

 Juss. p. 84. Lam. III. t. 393. Nat. Ord. Atri- 

 r L I c E s .Tiiss. Poke or Poke-hernj, 



P. decandra L. : leaves ovate, acute at each end ; 

 flowers with 10 stamens and 10 styles. Willd. Spec. II. p. 

 822. J/ic/i. JP/. I. p. 27B. P m r s A F/. I. p. 324. Big. 

 Bost. p. 112. Ejusd. Med. Bot. I. p. 39. t. 3. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 530. B art. Veg. Mat. Med. I. t. 48. Wa 1 1. 



