150 CRASSULACE.r,. (onriNK FAMILY.) 



with the petals. Ovaries as many as the sepals, separate or united below. 

 Carpels several-seeded, opening along the inner suture. Seeds anatrojx)us. 

 Embryo straight, in thin albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. SEDUM. Cnrpels distinct. ?(<pals4-5. Stamens 8 or 10. 



2 DIAMOUrilA. Carppls ui:iti>(I at tlie ba>e. Sepals 4- Stamens 8. 



3 rEXTUOilUM. Carpels united above the middle. Sepals 5. Stamens 10- 



1. SEDUM, L. OnnxE. Stonk-crop. 



Sepals 4 -.5. Stamens 8 or 10. Carpels distinct, many-seeded, with an en- 

 tire scale at the base of each. — Herbs smooth and ilc shy. 



1. S. telephioides, INIichx. Stem stout, erect or asccndinf^, very leafy 

 throughout ; leaves ahcniate, oldong-obovatc, toothed or entire ; the lower ones 

 mostly tapering into a petiole, the upper sessile ; cymes coin]iact, erect, many- 

 flowered ; petals flesh-color, ovate-lanceolate, acuiniTiatc ; stamens 10; carpels 

 acuminate, pointed with the slender style. — Dry rocks, along tlic mountains, 

 Georgia, and northward. June. — Stem 7'- 12' high. Leaves I'-li'long. 



2. S. ternatum, ^lichx. Stems low (3' -8'), brandling at the base, ascend- 

 ing ; lowest leaves crowded, spatulate or obovate, 3 in a wiiorl ; the upper ones 

 scattered, oval or lanceolate ; cyme composed of 3 recun-ed branches ; stamens 

 8, those of the central flowers 10. — ^lountain-rocks, Georgia, Tennessee, and 

 northward. May and June. y. — Flowers white. 



3. S. pulchellum, IMichx. Stems ascending (4' -12' long) ; leaves very 

 numerous, alternate, linear, obtuse ; cyme composed of several reeur\ed or 

 spreading branches ; flowers pale purple; sepals much shorter than the ])etals; 

 stamens 8, tliose of the central flowers mastly 10 ; carpels tapering into the long 

 and slender style. — With the preceding. May and June. 



4. S. Nevii, Gray. Stems low (3' -5'), ascending; leaves alternate, scat- 

 tered, linear-clavate, obtuse ; flowers sessile, scattered along tlie widely spread- 

 ing or recur\'ed branches of the simple cyme ; bracts linear, longer than the 

 flowers ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acutish, as long as tlic lanceolate wliite petals ; 

 stamens 8, shorter tlian the petals ; antiiers purplish-brown ; carpels tapering 

 into the short subulate style — Eocky cliffs at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, I\ev. R. 

 D. Nevius. April and May. 



2. DIAMORPHA, Nutt. 



Sepals 4, very sliort. I'ltals 4, oval, concave. Stamens 8. Carpels 4, tmitcd 

 below tlic middle, at length si)rcading, 4-8-seedcd. — A small (\'-4') succu- 

 lent biennial herb, braiidiiiig from the base. Leaves terete, fleshy. Flowers 

 while. 



1. D. pusilla, Nutt. — On flat rocks in the upi)er districts, Alabama to 

 North Carolina. March and April. 



