498 PENTHORACEAE 



Plants perennial: petals white: leaf -blades broader. 



Bracts oblong: sepals much shorter than the petals. 5. 5. ternqtum. 



Bracts linear: sepals as long as the petals or nearly so. 6. S. Nevii. 



1. Sedum telephoides Michx. Plants 1-4 dm. tall, glaucous: leaf -blades 

 obovate, oval or ovate, 2-7 cm. long, coarsely toothed or entire: sepals linear-lanceo- 

 late, 2-2.5 mm. long: petals pale pink, oblong-lanceolate, 4.5-6 mm. long: follicles 

 erect, the body 3.5-4 mm. long, long-beaked. 



On rocks and cliffs, western New York to Pennsylvania, Indiana and Georgia. Summer. 



2. Sedum icre L. Plants in depressed mats, yellowish green: leaf -blades very 

 thick, ovate, 2-5 mm. long, imbricated: sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-2.5 

 mm. long: petals yellow, lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long: follicles spreading, the body 3-4 

 mm. long, short-beaked. 



In dry soil and on rocks, Nova Scotia to Ontario and North Carolina. Naturalized 

 from Europe. Spring and summer. 



3. Sedum Nuttall&num Baf. Plants 3-11 cm. tall, deep green: leaf -blades 

 narrow, 3-15 mm. long: sepals lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 1.5-2 mm. long: petals 

 yellow, lanceolate, about 3 mm. long: follicles spreading, the body 3.5-4 mm. long, 

 short-beaked. 



In dry soil, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. Spring. 



4. Sedum pulchellum Michx. Plants 5-30 cm. tall, bright green : leaf -blades 

 narrow, 9-25 mm. long: sepals linear-oblong to lanceolate or rarely linear, 2-3 mm. 

 long: petals purple, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long: follicles spreading, 

 the body 3-4 mm. long, short-beaked. 



On rocks, Missouri to Virginia, Georgia and Texas. Spring and summer. 



5. Sedum ternqtum Michx. Plants matted: leaves, at least the lower ones, in 

 3's: sepals linear, 3-4 mm. long: petals oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 6-8 mm. 

 long: follicles 5.5-8 mm. long. 



On shaded banks and rocks, New York to Michigan, Georgia and Tennessee. Spring. 



6. Sedum Nevii A. Gray. Plants matted: leaves alternate: sepals narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate to linear, 5-6.5 mm. long: petals lanceolate, 5-7 mm. long: follicles 

 2.5-4.5 mm. long. 



On wooded banks in the mountains, Virginia to Missouri and Alabama. Spring. 



7. BRYOPHYLLUM Salisb. 



Perennial coarse herbs. Leaves opposite: blades simple or pinnately compound. 

 Flowers perfect, borne in simple or compound cymes. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla ex- 

 serted, 4-lobed. Follicles 4. 



1. Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) S. Kurz. Plants 4-15 dm. tall, glaucous: 

 leaves 1-3 dm. long; blades of the leaflets oblong to elliptic, crenate: panicles 1-4 

 dm. long: calyx becoming 3-3.5 cm. long: corolla reddish, longer than the calyx; 

 lobes lanceolate to narrowly ovate. 



In hammocks and waste places. Florida. Native of Asia. LIFE PLANT. 



FAMILY 3. PENTHORACEAE Rydb. VIRGINIA STONECROP FAMILY. 



Caulescent plants. Leaves alternate: blades toothed. Flowers perfect, 

 borne in terminal cymes. Calyx of 5 or 6 sepals. Corolla of 5 or 6 incon- 

 spicuous veinless petals, or wanting. Androecium of twice as many stamens as 

 the sepals. Gynoecium of 5 or 6 carpels united to the abruptly contracted 

 middle. Fruit depressed of 5 or 6 follicles with the bodies obliquely adnate to 

 the receptacle, each one cireumscissile near the base of the free portion. 



1. PENTHORUM L. 



Perennial herbs with rootstocks. Flowers borne along one side of the cyme- 

 branches. Follicles ascending. 



