Crassulaceae 



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31B. Leaves not spine-tipped. 



32A. Leaves glaucous. 



33A. Flowering stems stout, simple, without stolons 32. S. iwarenge 



33B. Flowering stems slender, with innovation-shoots at base 33. S, furusci 



32B. Leaves green 34. 5. aggregeatum 



1. Sedum rosea (L.) Scop. Rhodiola rosea L.; R. (?) S. sicboldii var. erecttim Makino Ezo-misebaya. Glau- 



tachtroei (Fr. & Sav.) Nakai; R. maxima Nakai; R. hideoi cous perennial; stems tufted, 5-8 cm. long; leaves narrowly ob- 



Nakai; R. rosea var. viilgare (Kegel & Tiling) Hara; R. long to oblanceolate or obovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, 



sachalinensis A. Boreau; S. rhodiola DC; S. rhodiola var. obtuse, entire; inflorescence densely flowered; flowers rose-pur- 



vulgare Regel & Tiling; S. rhodiola var. tachiroei Fr. & Sav.; pie, short-pedicelled; sepals lanceolate; petals broadly lanceo- 



S. rosetim var. vtdgare (Regel & Tiling) Maxim.; S. roseum late, 4-6 mm. long, about twice as long as the sepals; stamens 



var. tachiroei (Fr. & Sav.) Takeda Iw.\-benkei. Dioe- slightly shorter than the petals, the anthers dark purple. 



cious glaucous perennial herb with stout brown-scaly caudex; July-Sept. Reported to occur in Hokkaido. The typical 



stems tufted, 7-30 cm. long, erect; leaves fleshy, flat, obovate to phase occurs in Sakhalin and Amur. 



elliptic, sometimes narrowly oblong, 1-3 cm. long, 5-15 mm. 6. Sedum spectabile Boreau. 0-benkei-s6. Rather 



wide, usually rounded with an obtuse dp, sessile, shallowly stout, glaucous perennial; stems erect, 30-70 cm. long, terete, 



toothed especially on upper half; the lower leaves smaller; thick; leaves verticillate or opposite, flat, fleshy, ovate to nar- 



inflorescence dense, many-flowered; staminate flowers yellow- rowly so, 4-10 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, obtuse, sessile, sparsely 



ish; stamens longer dian the petals; pistillate flowers rather undulate-toothed; inflorescence large, densely many-flowered; 



small, often purplish; carpels usually erect, 6-7 mm. long, the flowers about 10 mm. across; sepals lanceolate, acute; petals 



style short-spreading. June-Aug. Hokkaido (rocks in al- broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 5-6 mm. long, about 3 times as 



pine regions and along the sea), Honshu (alpine regions of n. long as the sepals; stamens 6-7 mm. long, prominently longer 



and centr. distr.). Alpine and cooler regions of the N. than the petals, the anthers purplish. July-Sept. Culti- 



Hemisphere. vated in gardens and for cut flowers. Korea and Man- 



2. Sedum ishidae Miyabe & Kudo. Rhodiola ishidae churia. 



(Miyabe & Kudo) Hara; R. stephanii sensu auct. Japon., non 7. Sedum telephium L. var. purpureum L. S. pur- 



Traut\'. & Mey. Hosoba-iwa-benkei, Ao-no-iwa-benkei. pureum (L.) Link ^Murasaki-benkei-so. Stems often 



Resembles the preceding; leaves green, not glaucous, oblanceo- solitary, erect, 30-50 cm. long; leaves glaucous, flat, more or 



late, rather prominently narrowed at each end, deeply toothed, less fleshy, alternate or opposite, narrowly ovate to oblong, 



the margin translucent, slightly uneven; petals slighdy longer; 3-6 cm. long, 12-25 mm. wide, subobtuse, narrowed to tlie 



carpels 7-10 mm. long. June-Aug. Alpine regions; Hok- sessile base, short-toothed; inflorescence densely many-flowered, 



kaido, Honshu (n. distr. and Nikko in Shimotsuke Prov.). rather large; sepals broadly lanceolate; petals lanceolate, acute, 



3. Sedum sieboldii Sweet. Misebaya. Rhizomes 4-5 mm. long, 3-4 times as long as the sepals, brown-striated 

 stout; stems tufted, 15-30 cm. long, declined above; leaves when dried, about as long as the stamens; carpels erect, rather 



ternate, glaucous, often more or less purplish (white-varie- shorter tlian the petals. Aug.-Sept. Hokkaido, Honshu, 



gated in some garden cultivars), flabellate-orbicular, 10-15 Kyushu. Europe and Siberia. 



mm. long, 13-20 mm. wide, fleshy, sessile, with obsolete 8. Sedum tsugaruense Hara. Tsugaru-misebaya. Erect 

 undulate teeth; inflorescence densely flowered, rather small; glaucous perennial herb, 10-40 cm. high, from a short thick 

 flowers about 6 mm. across, rather numerous, on short pedi- caudex; leaves opposite or alternate, or in lower ones some- 

 eels; sepals narrowly ovate, subacute; petals spreading, acute, times ternate, spreading, ovate to elliptic, 2-A cm. long, 1.2-3.5 

 about 4 mm. long, narrowly ovate; stamens nearly as long as cm. wide, irregularly crenate; cymes 3-5 cm. across, densely 



the petals; anthers red-purple; carpels erect, ovate. Oct.- many flowered, sometimes branched; flowers pedicelled, ovate- 



Nov. Frequently cultivated as a pot plant; recentiy discovered oblong in bud; sepals deltoid-lanceolate, about 1 mm. long; 



in Shikoku (Shodoshima in Sanuki Prov.). petals 5, oblong-lanceolate, pale green, 5 mm. long, spreading; 



Sedum kagamontanum Maxim. Kaga-no-benkei-s6. stamens exserted; carpels 5, rarely 4, die fruiting ones subcrect. 



Stems branched, stouter, the lower leaves ternate, to 3 cm. 4.5-5 mm. long. Sept. Honshu (Mutsu Prov.). 



long, the upper leaves alternate; may be a larger form of S. 9. Sedum verticillatum L. Mitsuba-benkei-so. Stems 



sieboldii. Reported to be spontaneous in Honshu (Kaga erect, 30-60 cm. long; leaves somewhat glaucous, verticillate, 



Prov.). narrowly ovate, oblong or broadly lanceolate, 3-13 cm. long, 



4. Sedum cauticolum Praeg. Hidaka-misebaya. Rhi- 1-3 cm. wide, subobtuse, toothed, often pardy dark brown 

 zomes branched; stems 10-15 cm. long, tufted, ascending to spotted, die veinlets becoming brown and prominent when 

 suberect; leaves opposite, sometimes alternate, glaucous, ovate- dry, the petioles 2-10 mm. long; inflorescence densely many- 

 orbicular to elliptic, 10-25 mm. long, 7-20 mm. wide, obtuse flowered, sometimes lobed; flowers yellow-green; sepals nar- 

 or subrounded, fleshy, flat, broadly cuneate at base, usually rowly ovate, acute; petals oblong-lanceolate, acute, about 4 

 with few undulate teeth, the petioles 2-7 mm. long; inflores- mm. long, 4-5 times as long as the sepals; stamens about as 

 cence densely flowered; flowers rose-purple; sepals linear- long as the petals, the anthers dark-colored; carpels erect in 



lanceolate, sometimes ovate; petals ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 mm. fruit, about 3 mm. long, ovoid. Aug.-Oct. Hokkaido, 



long; stamens nearly as long as the petals, the anthers red- Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Europe and Siberia. 



purple. Sept. Hokkaido (Hidaka and Tokachi Prov.). 10. Sedum erythrostictum Miq. S. alboroseum Baker 



5. Sedum pluricaule (Maxim.) Kudo var. yezoense Benkei-so. Rather stout glaucous perennial; stems 30- 



(Miyabe & Tatew.) Tatew. & Kawano. S. telephium var. 60 cm. long; leaves opposite or alternate, fleshy, elliptic or 



pluricaule auct., non Maxim.; S. yezoense Miyabe & Tatew.; oblong-ovate, 6-10 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide, obtuse, obsolctely 



