ORDER 4G. CRASSULACE^E. 119 



flj. 5-partcd, small, bluish-purple, blooming in October. Japan. In dense tufts. A 

 pretty plant, and one of the last to flower in the garden. Like most of the Sednms 

 its severed stalks will grow even if suspended in air. 



3. CRASSULA, Haw. Paris of the flower all in 5's, distinct and free 

 Scales at base of ovaries 5. > n Fleshy plants, from S. Africa, remark 

 able for the perfect symmetry of their flowers. 



1 C. ARBORESCENS. Stem shrubby, terete, erect ; Ivs. opposite, fleshy, roundish, cuspi 



date, flattish, glaucous, dotted above ; cyme 3-parted ; flowers handsome, roseate. 



2 C. LACTEA. Stem erect, twisted below, branched ; Ivs. ovate, narrowed to the conna o 



bases, dotted along the margin ; cyme panicled, with many white star-like flowers. 

 Leaves bright green. From S. Africa, as are many other species. 



4. SEMPERVIVUM, L. LIVE-FOREVER. HOUSE-LEEK. Sep. G 20, 

 nearly distinct. Petals and pistils as many, and stamens twice as many. 

 Scales lacerated. > U Leaves thick and fleshy, crowded. 



R. TECTORUM. Lvs. oval-obovate, ciliate-fringed, densely packed at the end? of the off- 

 sets, scattered on the stems; flowers purplish, usually 12-parted. Europe. Will 

 grow on walls and on the roofs of houses (tectorum), or in borders. 



5. BRYOPHYLLUM CALYCINUM. ^ Evergreen, fleshy, 2f. Leaves 

 opposite, 3-5-foliate, with thick, oval, crenate leaflets. Flowers in a loose, terminal 

 panicle, with an inflated calyx and a tubular, exserted, purplish corolla, which has a 

 4-lobed limb. The plant is propagated from the leaves, which produce buds on their 

 margins becoming new plants, like ovules from a carpellary leaf. 



6. ROCHEA, DC. Corolla funnel-form, 5-cleft. Sepals, stamens, ova 

 rics, and hypogynous scales each 5. > Fleshy. S. African. 



1 It. FALCATA. Shrub 2f ; leaves opposite, the pairs some united at base, glaucous, ob- 



long, deflexed-falcate ; flowers in corymbous cymes, red, open, fragrant. 



2 R. COCCINEA. Leaves connate-sheathing, ovate-oblong ; cymes scarlet. Beautiful. 



7. ECHEVERIA, DC. Corolla tubular to bell-form, 5-lobed or parted. 

 Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 10. Ovaries 5, with 5 scales. > U Fleshy. 



1 K. GRANDIFOLIA. Plant 2f, erect, glaucous with a bloom ; Ivs. spatulate to obovate, acute, 



the lowest large, rosulate; flowers urn-shaped, panicled, orange-red. From Mexico. 



2 E. COCCINKA. Plant 2f, erect ; leaves obovate-cuneate, acute, scattered ; flowers car- 



mine outside, yellow within, in a tall leafy spike. Mexico. 



8. DIAMORFHA, N. Fls. 4-parted, with 8 stamens. Carp. 4, united 

 below, at length spreading, opening by an irregular valve on the back, 

 4-8-seeded. (2) Small, fleshy, tufted, with cymes of white or pink flowers. 

 D. pusilla N. Sunny rocks, S. 1 3'. Leaves oval, sessile, I". March, April. 



9. PENTHORUM, L. VIRGINIA STONE-CROP. Calyx of 5 sepals 

 united at base. Pet. 5 or 0. Sta. 10. Caps, of 5 united carpels, 5-angled, 

 5-celled, 5-beaked, dehiscent by an obliquely-terminal valve. Seeds oo, 

 minute, if Not succulent. Lvs. alternate. Fls. yellowish, cynious. 



P. sedoides L. Stem branched and angular above ; leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, 

 acute, serrate ; fls. in secund, radiating raceme' 3t paces. 10 IG'. July Sept. 



