140 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



54. Sedum lenophylloides Rose (fig. 74), 



S. lenophylloides Rose in Contrib. from U.S. Nat. Herb., 13, 298, 1911. 



A distinct little Mexican plant, known by its finely scabrid surface, 

 strict erect stems, with broadly lanceolate leaves usually trough- 



FiG. 74. — S. lenophylloides Rose. 



shaped on face, greenish-white petals, and large orange scales, 

 is not very close to any other species. 



It 



Description. — A slightly scabrid perennial. Rootstock woody. Stems 

 erect, strict, slender, leafy, 2-12 inches high, somewhat branched. Leaves patent, 

 rather crowded, alternate at least above, sessile, entire, broadly lanceolate, 

 tapered at base, bluntly pointed at apex, very fleshy, concave or flat on face, 

 much rounded on back, about i inch long, ^ inch broad, -^ inch thick, green 

 when young, purple when old. Inflorescence a short terminal panicle. Sepals 

 ovate, green. Petals lanceolate, greenish white. Stamens 10. Scales large, 

 orange. Carpels at first erect, later more or less spreading, styles long, slender. 



Flowers September. Not hardy. 



Habitat. — Monterey, Mexico. 



My plants have not done well, but the figure conveys an idea of 

 its habit and leaves. The description is completed from Rose's 

 diagnosis. 



The name refers to its resemblance, particularly in leaf, to 

 Lenophyllum, a small genus of Mexican Crassulaceae. 



