Crassulaceae 125 



from the Basin; flowering through June 

 and July. 



CRASSULACE^ 

 Stone-Crop Family 



Fleshy smooth herbs with alternate leaves, 

 and perfect flowers in terminal, oftentimes 

 i -sided cymes. Calyx 4~5-lobed; petals 4-5, 

 distinct, stamens twice as many as the petals; 

 carpels 4-5, styles short. 



Sedum Perennial, tufted, smooth, flow- 



stenopet- ering branches 3-7 inches long. 



Leaves alternate, crowded, sessile, 



Narrow 



Petaled linear J-J an inch long, entire. 



Stone-crop. Flowers bright yellow, nearly 

 half an inch broad in a 5-7- forked, compact 

 cyme, petals narrowly lanceolate, very 

 acute. 



Common throughout the Rockies in moist, 

 gravelly or sandy soil, on river shores, and 

 on rocky slopes, flowering in June and 



July. 



