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7. Sedum refléxum L. Crooked Yellow or 
Reflexed Stonecrop. Dwarf House- 
leek. (Fig. 1816.) 
Sedum reflexum J,. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 618. 1762. 
Perennial by a creeping stem producing numerous short 
barren shoots, the flowering branches erect, 8/14’ high. 
Leaves alternate, sessile, densely imbricated on the sterile 
shoots, terete, somewhat spurred at the base, 3//-9’’ long; 
cyme 4-8-forked, its branches recurved in flower; flowers 4//— 
6’’ broad; petals linear, yellow, two to three times as long as 
the short ovate sepals; follicles about 114’ long, tipped with 
a very slender somewhat divergent style. 
Eastern Massachusetts and western New York, escaped from 
gardens. Native of Europe. Summer. 
8. Sedum pulchéllum Michx. Widow’s 
Cross. (Fig. 1817.) 
Sedum pulchellum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 277. 1803. 
Perennial (?), glabrous, ascending or trailing, 
branched at the base, 4’-12’ long. Leaves densely 
crowded, terete or linear, sessile, obtuse at the 
apex, slightly auriculate at the base, 3//-12/’ long, 
about 1/’ wide; cyme 4-7-forked, its branches 
spreading or recurved in flower; flowers sessile, 
close together, 4’/-6’’ broad; petals rose-purple, 
pink, or white, linear-lanceolate, acute, about twice 
the length of the lanceolate obtusish sepals; follicles 
2//-3// long, tipped with a slender style. 
V7 2 On rocks, Virginia to Georgia, west to Indiana, Ken- 
WV Fs) tucky, Missouri and Texas. May-July. Cultivated in 
YP the South under the above name. 
g. Sedum ternatum Michx. Wild Stonecrop. (Fig. 1818.) 
S. ternatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 277. 1803. 
Perennial, glabrous, tufted, stems creeping, 
flowering branches ascending, 3/-8’ high. 
Lower leaves and those of the sterile shoots 
flat, obovate, entire, 6’’-12’’ long, sometimes 
9/’ wide, rounded at the apex, cuneate at the 
base or narrowed into a petiole, verticillate 
in 3's; upper leaves oblanceolate or oblong, 
alternate, sessile; cyme 2-4-forked, its 
branches spreading or recurved in flower; 
flowers rather distant, often leafy-bracted, 
about 5’’ broad; petals linear-lanceolate, 
acute, white, nearly twice the length of the 
oblong obtuse sepals; follicles 2%’’ long, 
tipped with the slender style. 
On rocks, New York and New Jersey to Geor- 
gia, west to Indiana and Tennessee. Also es- 
caped from gardens to roadsides in the Middle 
and Eastern States. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Vir- 
ginia. April-June. 
