Sedum. CRASSULACEJC. 209 



* * Flowers solitary : petals oval or ohlonr/ : liypogijnous scales linear : carpels 



several-seeded. — Bulliarda. 



2. T. angUStifolia, Nutt. Stems decumbent, rooting at base, diirusely branched, 

 an inch long : leaves linear, acute, connate, a line or two long : flowers sessile or on 

 very short pedicels : sepals 4, ovate, obtuse, a half shorter than the oblong petals 

 and broad obtuse 8- 12-seeded carpels. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 558. 



Var. (?) Bolanderi, Watson. Stems 2 to 4 inches long, less diffusely branched : 

 flowers nearly sessile, the parts in threes or fours : seeds nearly a half larger. 



Finin Oregon to Coloratlo ; tlio variety on the muddy banks of streams near San Francisco, 

 Bolavder. The typical form may be expected in Nortlicrn California. It is very near the 

 T. Drummjondii, Torr. & Gray, of Texas, being distinguished apparently only by the shorter pedi- 

 cels. The var. Bolanderi has been collected only in truit, and may prove distinct. 



2. SEDUM, Linn. Stone-ckop. 



Sepals 4 or 5, united at base. Petals as many, distinct. Stamens twice as many. 



Carpels distinct or rarely connate at base, few - many-seeded, 1 -seeded in a single 



species. — Herbs, mostly perennial and glabrous ; leaves fleshy ; flowers rarely 



dia3cious, in cymes, often secund. 



About 120 species, inhabiting with few exceptions the cooler and temperate regions of the 

 northern hemisphere, chiefly of the Old World. Fifteen species or more are found within the 

 limits of the United State.s. 



* Stout, perennial: flowers mostly dicecinus, in a regular compact compound cyme, 



deep purple or becoming so: leaves serrate, flat. 



1. S. Rhodiola, DC. Stems simple, nearly erect, from a thick fragrant root, 

 1 to 10 iuclies hij^li, leafy: leaves alternate, oblong-oblanceolate, acute, rarely entire, 

 ^ to 1^ inches long: cyme sessile, often an inch or two l)road : flowers on short 

 naked pedicels, usually 4-merous : .sepals short, oblong : petals 1| lines long, linear- 

 oblong : carpels becoming 3 lines long, shortly beaked. 



In the Sierra Nevada, at 9,000 to 12,000 feet altitude (Brcircr, Bolmider, Ij'.mmon), northward 

 to the Arctic Coast, and eastward across the continent. Also in the mountains of Europe. 



% * Flowers perfect, decandrous, secund upon the branches of a forked cyme, mostly 

 yellow or yellowish : styles filiform : leaves entire, very fleshy: low and comparatively 

 slender. 



+- Leaves narrowed toward the base, obtuse : perennials. 



2. S. spathulifolium, Hook. Glaucous and sometimes n)ealy : stems ascend- 

 ing from a branched rooting caudex, 4 to 6 inches higli, simple : leaves obovate or 

 spatulate, flat, 6 to 10 lines long : branches of the cyme approximate : flowers on 

 short pedicels or sessile, 3 lines long : petals yellow, lanceolate, acute, twice longer 

 than the ovate acute sepals and scarcely exceeding the stamens and styles. — Fl. i. 

 227 ; Torr. k Gray, Fl. i. 559. 



In dry rocky places from Monte Diablo to Vancouver Island. 



3. S. Oreganum, Nutt. Similar in habit, but not glaucous : flowers larger, 4 

 or 5 lines long : petals pale rose-color, narrowly lanceolate and acuminate, nearly 

 twice longer than the stamens: sepals acute or acuminate. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 

 559. 



Mendocino Co. (Rolandcr), and northwanl to Washington Territory. Rarely collected. 



4. S. obtusatum, (^iray. Of similar habit, lint the branchns of tlio cyme 

 usually more numerous and scattered : flowei-s distinctly jicdicellcd, 3 or 4 lines 

 long : petals ol)long-lanceolate or ovate, acute, pale yellow, twice longer than the 

 broad obtusish sepals and little e.xceeding the stamens and sfyle.s. — Proc. Am. 

 Acad. vii. 342. 



