GENUS 3. 



ORPINE FAMILY. 



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5. Sedum stenopetalum Pursh. Narrow-petaled 

 Stonecrop. Fig. 2138. 



Sedum stenopetalum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 324. 1814. 



Perennial, tufted, glabrous; flowering branches erect, 3 '-7' 

 high. Leaves alternate, crowded but scarcely imbricated, 

 except on the sterile shoots, sessile, terete or linear, 3 "-8" 

 long, entire; cyme 3~7-forked, compact, the branches V-i' 

 long; flowers mostly short-pedicelled, 4"~s" broad; petals 

 narrowly lanceolate, very acute, yellow, much exceeding the 

 calyx-lobes; follicles about 2" long, their subulate style-tips 

 at length somewhat divergent. 



In dry rocky places, South Dakota to Alberta, Nebraska, Oregon 

 and California. May-June. 



6. Sedum reflexum L. Crooked Yellow or Reflexed 

 Stonecrop. Dwarf House-leek. Fig. 2139. 



Sedum reflexum L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 618. 1762. 



Perennial by a creeping stem producing numerous short 

 barren shoots, the flowering branches erect, 8'-i4' 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 ii" long, tipped with 

 a very slender somewhat divergent style. 



Eastern Massachusetts and western New York, locally escaped 

 from gardens. Native of Europe. Summer. Indian-fog. Love- 

 in-a-chain. Prick-, trip- or trick-madam. Creeping Jennie. Ginger. 



7. Sedum pulchellum Michx. Widow's Cross. 

 Rock- or Mountain-moss. Fig. 2140. 



Sedum pulchellum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 277. 1803. 



Perennial (?), glabrous, ascending or trailing, 

 branched at the base, 4'-! 2' long. Leaves densely 

 crowded, terete or linear, sessile, obtuse at the apex, 

 slightly auriculate at the base, 3"-i2" long, about i" 

 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. 



On rocks, Virginia to Georgia, west to Indiana, Ken- 

 tucky, Missouri, Kansas and Texas. May-July. Culti- 

 vated in the South under the above name. Flowering- 

 moss. 



