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SEDOI 



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17. pildsum, Bieb. (S. Regelii, Hort., not Kuntze). 

 Fig. 3585. Biennial, 2-3 in. high, glandular-pubescent: 

 st. leafy: Ivs. J 3 -J-jjin. long, oblong or oblanceolate- 

 oblong; radical densely rosulate; cauline alternate, 

 rather close together : fls. rose-pink, clustered in a corym- 

 bose cyme, %-l/^ in. diam.; sepals oblong; petals 

 elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed to a broad claw; anthers 

 red. Caucasus and Asia Minor. B.M. 8503. G.C. III. 

 49:347. G.M. 58:37. 



18. villdsum, Linn. Annual, 3-4 In. high: sts. rather 

 simple, erect, viscid-pilose above: Ivs. alternate, sub- 

 terete, rather remote, linear, obtuse: fls. dull rose or 

 white, in a small, rather loose, few-fld., terminal cyme; 

 sepals ovate and green; petals ovate, rather acute. 

 Alpine and X. Eu. One of the few species that likes a 

 moist situation, suitable for a bog or similar location. 



19. hispanicum, Linn. (S. glaucum, Waldst. & Kit., 

 not Smith. . pdllidum, Ten., not Bieb.). Annual or 

 biennial (Masters says perennial), glaucous, glabrous or 

 glandular-pilose above: barren shoots 2 in. long, 

 branched; fl.-sts. 3 1 in. high, reddish: Ivs. densely 

 crowded, about ^in. long, linear, greenish gray, becom- 

 ing reddish, studded with fine hyaline pimples at the 

 tips: fls. 6-merous, pinkish white, in 3-7-branched, 

 umbellate cymes; sepals deltoid; petals oblong, nar- 

 rowed at base. Cent, and S. Eu., Spain is uncertain. 

 Commonly grown under the name of S. glaucum; see 

 also S. dasyphyllum and S. rupestre. 



20. arbdreum, Mast. Perennial, subshrubby, about 

 4-6 in. high, glabrous, evergreen; branching from near 

 the base, with no separate barren shoots: Ivs. of the 

 older shoots deltoid, subulate, terete or somewhat 

 4-sided, J^in. long, horizontally spreading; of the 

 younger shoots more or less crowded, linear, terete: fls. 

 white, 5-merous, about J^in. across, in many-fld. 

 terminal cymes; sepals linear-oblong; petals lanceolate, 

 keeled; filaments white. Hab.(?). 



21. pulchellum, Michx. (S. pidchum, DC.). Peren- 

 nial, glabrous, trailing or ascending: branches slender, 

 3-6 in. long: Ivs. in several rows, linear, scarcely J^in. 

 long, terete, pointed, gibbous at base: fls. rosy purple, 

 y$s.. across, in a 3-4-branched cyme, with fls. erect 

 and crowded in 2 rows along the upper surface, each 

 with a leafy bract: sepals lanceolate, obtuse; petals 

 lanceolate: anthers orange. Va. to Ga., Ind., Mo., and 

 Texas. B.M. 6223. Gn. 27, p. 315. G.C. II. 10:685. 

 The minute Ivs. assume rich tints of red, brown, and 

 purple. The branches of the infl. are 3-^i in. long and 

 gracefully arched. 



22. monregalense, Balb. (S. crucidtum, Desf.). 

 Perennial, glabrous except the infl., which is glandular: 

 barren shoots spreading, erect, or creeping, 1-4 in. long: 

 Ivs. of barren shoots crowded, linear or obovate-oblong, 

 J^-^in. long; those of the flowering shoots scattered, 

 narrower and often spotted pink: fls. white, }<in. 

 across, 5-merous, in a terminal, lax, many-fld. panicled 

 cyme; sepals deltoid, pink-spotted; petals deltoid- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pinkish brown beneath; anthers 

 pinkish. X. Italy and Corsica. L.B.C. 5:464. 



23. Alberti, Regel. Perennial: sts. procumbent, 

 creeping, branched, terete; sterile branches short, 

 densely leafy; flowering much elongated, laxly leafy: 

 Ivs. linear-oblong, J^-J^in. long, semi-terete below, 

 glabrous: fls. white, about J^in. across, short-pedicelled, 

 in an erect corymb, dichotomously erect-spreading, 

 branched; sepals elliptic; petals lanceolate. Siberia, 

 Turkestan. G.M. 56:189. Gt. 29:1019. 



24. lydium, Boiss. Perennial, glabrous, cespitose: 

 barren shoots 2-3 in., erect, reddish; fl.-sts. 4-5 in. high: 

 Ivs. crowded, J^in. long, linear, subterete, greenish or 

 red-tipped, base auricled, with numerous fine pimples 

 at the tip when seen under a lens: fls. pinkish, Tfrin. 

 across, in a many-fld., corymbose cyme; buds 5-angled; 

 sepals oblong, reddish; petals lanceolate, rather obtuse; 



3585. Sedum pUosum. (X}i) 



anthers reddish. Asia Minor. G. 37:25. A good plant 

 for rockeries. Some of the material grown in gardens as 

 S. pulchellum and A. anglicum are really this species. 

 Var. aureum, Hort., was offered in the trade. Var. 

 glaucum, Hort., is offered in the trade as a glaucous- 

 Ivd. form. 



25. album, Linn. Perennial, about 4-6 in. high, 

 glabrous, cespitose: barren sts. erect or creeping, root- 

 ing, olive-brown; fl.-sts. erect, pinkish: Ivs. alternate, 

 spreading, linear-oblong, about Jiin. long, obtuse: fls. 

 white, about K m - across, in corymbose cymes, which 

 are much branched, about 2-3 in. diam.; calyx-tube 

 cup-shaped, segms. broadly ovate to subrotund, obtuse; 

 petals lanceolate; anthers reddish. Eu., Temp. Asia, 

 and N. Afr. Gn. 27, p. 315. G.M. 57:469. Some of 

 the plants grown as S. neglectum probably belong to 

 this species. 



26. Kirildwii, Regel. Perennial, rhizome destitute of 

 shoots of preceding years, green, glabrous: sts. up to 

 1 % ft. high, slender: Ivs. spreading, elongate-linear, 2-3 

 in. long, attenuate, more or less serrate toward the tip: 

 fls. dioecious, yellow, 5-merous, rather small, in a dense, 

 many-fld., corym- 

 bose cyme, which 



is commonly leafy; 

 sepals and petals 

 linear. Soongaria, 

 China, and Turkes- 

 tan. Allied to S. 

 roseum. 



27. rdseum, Scop. 

 (Rhodiola rosea, 

 Linn. S. Rhodiola, 

 D C. ). Perennial, 

 4-8 in. high: root- 

 stock thick, fleshy, 

 exhaling a perfume 

 of rose-water: sts. 



annual, several from the same stock, erect and un- 

 branched: Ivs. scattered, glaucous, 1 x J^in., sessile, 

 flat, spatulate, obovate or oblong, obscurely 1-nerved, 

 slightly toothed at apex: fls. dioecious, greenish or 

 reddish purple, in a terminal flat-topped, subglobose 

 cyme, about 1 in. diam.; sepals 4, lanceolate or oblong; 

 petals 4, linear-oblong; stamens 4 in the .male, lacking 

 in the female fls. Eu., N. Amer., and Himalaya. Gt. 

 12:403 (as var. lanceolatum). B.B. (ed. 2) 2:207. A 

 neat-growing species well adapted to the rockery. Var. 

 linifdlium, Hort., is offered in the trade. 



28. dendroideum, MOQ. & Sesse. Shrub, 4-12 in. 

 high, much branched, smooth: Ivs. flat, fleshy, obovate 

 or spatulate, sessile, %-lM in. long: fls. sessile or 

 nearly so, bright yellow, in a paniculate cyme, numer- 

 ous; calyx-lobes ovate; petals lanceolate. Mex. 



29. Woddwardii, N. E. Br. Perennial, glabrous: sts. 

 simple, about 1 ft. high, green: Ivs. alternate, lax, 

 1 VT^A x M-l/4 in- obliquely cuneate-obovate, irregu- 

 larly and obtusely dentate above, green, flat: fls. yel- 

 low, sessile, about %in. across, in dichotomously 

 branched, 2-5-parted, rather flat, rather lax cymes, 

 which are 2J^-4 in. diam.; sepals linear-subulate; 

 petals lanceolate. China(?). Resembles S. Aizoon, but 

 differs in the obliquely obovate, obtusely toothed Ivs. 

 and larger, looser cymes. 



30. oreganum, Nutt. (Gormdnia oregdna, Brit.). 

 Perennial, glabrous: fl.-sts. erect, simple, 3-6 in. high: 

 lower Ivs. about %in. long, all spatulate-cuneate, 

 rounded at apex: fls. yellow, changing with age to pink, 

 in a compound cyme; sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceo- 

 late; petals linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, more 

 than J^in. long. Alaska to N. Calif. 



31. spathulifdlium, Hook. Fig. 3586. Perennial with 

 slender rootstocks, glaucous, ultimately reddish: barren 

 shoots creeping or ascending, 3-4 in. long; fl.-sts. 



