no THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



Order XXXH.— CRASSULACE^. 



Flowers regular, in terminal or axillary cymes ; sepals 

 and petals usually 5 ; stamens usually 10; carpels usually 

 5, distinct, maturing into many-seeded follicles. Herbs 

 or small shrubs with succulent leaves. A rather large 

 order, distributed chiefly through the colder and tem- 

 perate regions. 



I. Rhodiola, L. 



Flowers unisexual ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 or o ; stamens 8. 



R. rosea, L. (Sedum Rhodiola, DC), Rose-root ; stem 

 erect, leafy, flowers small, reddish-yellow, leaves fleshy, 

 ovate-lanceolate, serrate towards the tip ; moist rocks ; 

 Switzerland, Jura, Vosges, Pyrenees. 



2. Sedum, L. 



Flowers bisexual, in unilateral cymes, star-like ; sepals 

 and petals usually 5 ; stamens usually 10; carpels usually 

 5, distinct or slightly connate at the base. Very succu- 

 lent, and (except Sections A., B.) all wall or rock plants. 



A . Leaves flat, succulent ; stem erect or decumbent ; 

 flowers very numerous ; stamens 10: — 6^. Anacanipseros, 

 L. ; flowers light purple or pink, stems numerous, decum- 

 bent, leaves obovate, entire; Western and Southern 

 Switzerland, Tirol, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. wS. maximum, 

 Sut. ; flowers yellowish, petals somewhat hooded, stems 

 numerous, erect, leaves cordate-oblong, dentate, the upper 

 ones often opposite or in whorls of three ; stony thickets ; 

 Switzerland, Jura, Dauphiny. 5. Telephium, L. {pur- 

 purascens, Koch), Orpine ; flowers pink or purple, stem 



