Voi,. II. ] 



7. Sedurn reflexum L,. 

 Reflexed Stonecrop. 

 leek. (Fig. 



ORPINE FAMILY. 



Crooked Yellow or 

 Dwarf House- 

 1816.) 



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-S-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 \W long, tipped with 

 a very slender somewhat divergent style. 



Eastern Massachusetts and western New York, escaped from 

 gardens. Native of Europe. Summer. 



8. Sedum pulchellum Michx. Widow's 

 Cross. (Fig. 1817.) 



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



Perennial (?), glabrous, ascending or trailing, 

 branched at the base, 4 / -i2 / long. Leaves densely 

 crowded, terete or linear, sessile, obtuse at the 

 apex, slightly auriculate at the base, 3 // -i2 // long, 

 about \" 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 and Texas. May-July. Cultivated in 

 the South under the above name. 



g. Sedum ternatum Michx. Wild Stonecrop. (Fig. 1818.) 



5. ternatum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 277. 1803. 



Perennial, glabrous, tufted, stems creeping, 

 flowering branches ascending, 3'-8' high. 

 Lower leaves and those of the sterile shoots 

 flat, obovate, entire, 6 // -i2 // long, sometimes 

 9 /x wide, rounded at the apex, cuneate at the 

 base or narrow r ed into a petiole, verticillate 

 in 3's; upper leaves oblanceolate or oblong, 

 alternate, sessile; cyme 2-4-forked, its 

 branches spreading or recurved in flower; 

 flowers rather distant, often leafy-bracted, 

 about 5" broad; petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, white, nearly twice the length of the 

 oblong obtuse sepals; follicles lYz" long, 

 tipped with the slender style. 



On rocks, New York and New Jersey to Geor- 

 gia, west to Indiana and Tennessee. Also es- 

 caped from gardens to roadsides in the Middle 

 and Eastern States. Ascends to 3000 ft. in Vir- 

 ginia. April-June. 



