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SEDUM 



SEDUM 



ascending, sometimes 4-8 in. high, simple or sometimes 

 branched: Ivs. of barren shoot forming a terminal rosette 

 \-\ l /2 in. diam. and producing offsets from the base; 

 lower Ivs. obovate-spatulate, Y^ x JMsin.; cauline smaller 

 and clavate: fls. numerous, yellow, J^in. across, in 

 terminal forking cymes, with 3-5 principal branches 

 about 3 in. long, these are 2-divided and bear fls. only on 

 the upper side; sepals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; 

 petals lanceolate, keeled; anthers yellow. N. W. N. 

 Amer. G.C. II. 5:821; 10:377. Gn. 24:462. Gt. 

 21:741. Questionable whether it is hardy in the E. 



32. Palmeri, Wats. Perennial, caulescent, about 6 

 in. high, erect and branching, glabrous and glaucous: 

 Ivs. thick, flattened, l-lj^x%in., spatulate-obovate, 

 slightly apiculate: fls. deep orange, in a racemose pani- 

 cle whose branches are 1-2 in. long; sepals narrowly 

 lanceolate; petals narrowly lanceolate. Mex. 



33. obtusatum, Gray (Gormdnia obtusata, Brit.). 

 Perennial, glaucous or green: sts. prostrate or ascending, 

 2/^-6 in. high; fl.-sts. erect, terete, reddish, ultimately 

 leafless: Ivs. rosulate, 1 x ^in., spatulate, entire, 

 glaucous, becoming reddish green: fls. yellow, J^in. 

 across, in terminal, spreading, umbellate cymes, 1^-2 

 in. diam. ; sepals oblong-acute; petals lanceolate; anthers 

 yellow. Calif. 



34. nicaeense, All. (S. ochroleucum, Chaix. S. altts- 

 simum, Poir.). Perennial, glabrous and glaucous: root- 

 stock thick and 

 woody: sts. 6-8 in. 

 long, at first pros- 

 trate, afterward as- 

 cending; fl.-sts. 

 erect, 10-12 in. high : 

 Ivs. of barren shoots 

 ascending or spread- 

 ing, M-Min. long, 

 glaucous, reddish 

 when old, ovate- 

 lanceolate o r ob- 

 lanceolate, scarcely 

 auricled; of flower- 



3586. Sedum spathulif olium. ( X M) 



ing shoots appressed, lanceolate, distinctly auricled: 

 fls. greenish yellow, 5-6-merous, H m - across, in terminal 

 many-fid., leafless umbellate cymes; sepals deltoid- 

 lanceolate; petals oblong, boat-shaped; anthers yellow. 

 Medit. region. G.M. 57:473. S. ochroleucum is kept 

 distinct by some but does not seem to differ very much. 



35. formosanum, N. E. Br. Annual, about 6 in. high, 

 glabrous: st. repeatedly dichotomously or trichoto- 

 mously branched from near the base, indistinctly 

 4-sided: Ivs. 1-3 in whorls at the branchings of the sts., 

 with 1-3 on the long internodes, 1-1 ^ x H m -> flat, 

 spatulate: fls. sessile, yellow; sepals green, fleshy, spat- 

 ulate; petals lanceolate; anthers at first red, finally 

 black. Formosa. Intro, into S. Calif. 



36. japonicum, Sieb. Perennial, 4-6 in. high, gla- 

 brous: sts. diffuse: Ivs. scattered or opposite, elliptical 

 to spatulate, flat and somewhat reticulate veined, 

 entire, bright green, channeled above: fls. yellow, J^in. 

 across, in loose, terminal and lateral, panicled, many- 

 fld. cymes; sepals oblong; petals lanceolate. Japan. 

 It is extremely doubtful whether this species is or has 

 been common in cult. ; most of the material so named 

 is probably S. alboroseum. Var. aureo-marginatum, 

 Hort., probably is the same as S. kamtschaticum var. 

 aureo-marginatum. Var. macrophyllum, Hort., is 

 offered in the American trade as a compact bush, 15 in. 

 high, with waxy white fls., the centers of which are 

 light pink; presumably this is also S. alboroseum. Var. 

 variegatum, Hort., mentioned in American trade is 

 presumably S. alboroseum var. variegatum, which is a 

 large-lvd. plant with decided yellow-blotched Ivs. 



37. Selskianum, Regel & Maack. Perennial, spread- 

 ing, pilose: sts. 1-1 % ft. high, erect: Ivs. sessile, ascend- 



ing, upper 1H by less than y#R., lanceolate from a 

 broad base, ciliate, apical third serrate-margined: fls. 

 numerous, yellow, about J^in. across, in a many- 

 branched terminal cyme which is hollow-topped and 

 leafy; sepals linear; petals lanceolate; anthers yellow. 

 Amurland, Manchuria. Gt. 11:361. Close to S. 

 Aizoon, but differs in the pilose sts. and the narrower 

 and pilose Ivs. 



38. Middendorffianum, Maxim.; also spelled Mid- 

 dendorfii. Perennial, 4-16 in. high, cespitose, glabrous: 

 lys. ]/2 to nearly 3 in. long, lowest spatulate; the rest 

 linear-spatulate, upper part serrate, upper surface chan- 

 neled: fls. yellow, j^s-^gin. across, in many-fld. cymes; 

 sepals linear-oblong; petals fusiform, base rather broad, 

 apex long-acuminate; anthers dark purple. Amurland. 

 Some of the taller material grown under this name 

 probably does not belong to this species. Var. hybridum, 

 Hort., a form said to have fine autumn tints, is offered 

 in the trade. 



39. hybridum, Linn. Perennial: sts. creeping, gla- 

 brous or glandular: Ivs. alternate, petioled, about 1 or 

 more by H m -, spatulate, upper half coarsely toothed, 

 lower part entire and tapering; teeth red-tipped: fls. 

 numerous, yellow, in terminal, much-branched, um- 

 bellate, inversely pyramidal cymes which are 2-3 in. 

 diam.; sepals linear; petals apiculate; anthers orange. 

 Siberia and China. 



40. asiaticum, Spreng. (S. Wallichidnum, Hook.). 

 Perennial, 6-12 in. high: sts. annual, erect, unbranched, 

 glabrous, slender: Ivs. opposite, decussate, sessile, 

 %-l in. long, linear, oblong, coarsely and irregularly 

 toothed: fls. numerous, greenish yellow, bisexual, in 

 compact, terminal, globose cymes; sepals oblong-lan- 

 ceolate; petals oblong; anthers orange-brown. Him- 

 alayas. Readily distinguished by its almost pinnatifid 

 foliage. In India the fls. are said to be sometimes red. 

 It seems to suffer from wetness in winter and probably 

 should be wintered under glass or otherwise protected 

 from the wet. 



41. Maximowiczii, Regel. Perennial, about 1 ft. 

 high, glabrous: sts. erect, terete or somewhat 4-sided, 

 greenish: Ivs. subopposite or alternate, subsessile, 1-1 3^ 

 in. long, oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, regularly 

 toothed; upper Ivs. longer and narrower: fls. yellow, 

 numerous, in a dense flat spreading cyme; buds flask- 

 shaped; sepals unequal in size, lanceolate, rarely some- 

 what spatulate at apex; petals lanceolate. Japan, 

 Amurland. Gt. 15:528. Gn. 19, p. 203; 27, p. 316. 

 Similar to S. Aizoon and by some considered a variety 

 of it. Differs in having unequal sepals and the peculiar 

 flask-shaped buds. A good border plant. S. Lehmannii 

 of some gardens belongs here. 



42. kamtschaticum, Fisch. & Mey. Perennial, gla- 

 brous: branches 6-10 in. long, greenish or pinkish; 

 fl.-sts. erect, 46 in. high: Ivs. alternate or opposite, 

 about l%xK m -> oblong-ovate, deep green, coarsely 

 but regularly toothed above the middle, tapering 

 gradually to the petiole: fls. numerous, yellow, %in. 

 across, in terminal, umbellate inversely pyramidal 

 cymes which are 1-3 in. diam.; sepals greenish, del- 

 toid; petals lanceolate, apiculate, keeled; anthers sub- 

 globose, orange. Kamschatka, Korea, and Japan. 

 Var. aureo-marginatum, Hort., is offered in the trade; 

 S. japonicum var. aureo-marginatum probably is the 

 same thing. Var. variegatum, Hort., is offered in the 

 trade as having variegated Ivs. and yellow fls. By some 

 dealers the fls. of the plants are said to be purple and 

 the material so named is undoubtedly misnamed and is 

 probably some form of S. Telephium or one of its close 

 allies. 



43. Aiz6on, Linn. Peremnial, glabrous, 1 ft. or more 

 high, usually lJ^-2 ft.: sts. several, unbranched, erect, 

 subangular: Ivs. alternate, sessile, distant, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 2 l /z x %in., coarsely and irregularly toothed: 



