102 ANOIOSPERMJE. 



cymes. Carpels usually as many as petals. Follicles free ; sds. nu- 

 merous, minute. Herbs or Undershrubs, with more or less fleshy 

 stems and tranches. Lvs. fleshy, simple, entire, rarely pinnatifid or 

 pinnate; exstip. 24 gen., 470 spec. Dry regions ; cosmopolitan. 1, 

 KaUnchoe. Erect lierbs or shrubs. Fls. 4i-5-merous, large, in panic- 

 ulate cymes, yellow, purple, scarlet. Lvs. entire, crenate, or pinnati- 

 fid. 30 spec. Trop. Af., Asia, Brazil. 2. Bryophyllum calpcinum. 

 Fls, 4-merous, green-purple, drooping, in elegant racemes ; lvs. pinnate, 

 bearing buds with rts., on the leaf-margins. Q|. herbs ; rocks. Moluc- 

 cas, Madagascar, Mauritius. 3. Sempervivum. Pis. 12-merous, pur- 

 ple, white, yellow. Shrubs or herbs ; chiefly in Canaries. S. tectdrum, 

 HouSELEEK ; lvs. fleshv, rosulate, fls. purple, cymose. Plant, fls., 

 Fig. 148. 4. Rochea. Fleshy shrubs: lvs. opp., connate; fls. 5- 

 merous, in umbelled cymes, white, pink, scarlet. Sev. spec, Cape of 

 Good Hope. S. Sedum, Stoneobop. Fls. 4-5-merous, cymose, yel- 

 low, white, pink, purple. Fleshy, herbaceous, or shnibby, almost 

 epiphytal on rocks and walls. S. pulchellum, Beautiful Stonjsckop, 

 Kentucky Rock-Moss. Spreading and rooting; stems 4''-12' Jong, 

 delicate; lvs. linear, terete, crowded, fleshy; fls. rosy-pink, in uni- 

 lateral, 5-branched, star-like cymes ; 5-merous, the central fl. 4-merous. 

 Fl. plan, Fig. 82. Exquisite; forming great mossy, star-embroidered 

 carpets on bare rocks and clifl's. Va., Ky., to Ga. and Tex. ; abound- 

 ing in Ky. S. ierndtum, spreading ; stems 6' high ; lvs. in 3's, ob- 

 ovate ; cyme 3-branched ; fls. as in last, but white. Penn., W. and 



5. S. Telephium, Orpine, Livblokg. 0\., 2" high ; lvs. oval, fleshy, 

 wavy-toothed ; fls. S-merous, white or purple, cymose. Eur. 6. 

 -Cotyledon orbiculdia. Evergreen undershrub ; lvs. orbicular, fls. 1' 

 long, red, clustered, showy. Cape of Good Hope. 7. Echeveria 

 eoccinea. Shrubby base ; lvs. in rosettes ; fls. 5-merous, yellow within, 

 red without. Mex. 8. Crdssula. Herbs or shrubs. Fls. 5-merous, 

 pink or white, in cymes or heads. 120 spec , chiefly in S. Af. 



Ord. 98. Saxifragaces. — Characters of Crassulacese and Kosacese, 

 but fls. reg., sds. with perisperm. A great Order, varied, cosmopolitan. 

 About 60 gen., 670 species. 6 Tribes, with 2 anomalous genera. 



Anomalous genera. 1. Cephalotus folliculdris, only spec. Fls. 6- 

 merous, white ; sta. 12, petals 0; infl. spicate. Ova. free. Follicles 



6. Perennial herbs ; lvs. dimorphous, radical ; true lvs. spatulate, 

 othei's pitcher-like (resembling Nepenthes), whorled around them. 

 Swamps, S. W. Australia. 2. Baiiera. Fls. 6-10-merous, handsome, 

 nodding, pink or purple. Ova. free. Follicles 2. Small shrubs, with 

 3-fo]iate lvs. Australia. 



Tribe 1. Ova. adh., 1-celled. Fr. a berry.- Shrubs. Lvs. alt., 

 simple. Fls. usually racemed. 1. Ribes. Fls. 5-merous ; lvs. lobed. 

 60 spec, 40 American, from Straits of Magellan (Magalhaens) to 

 Arctic Circle; 20 in temp., regions, Eur., Asia. R. speciosum, 

 Flowering Gooseberry ; straggling climber, prickles few ; fls. red, 

 fuchsia-like. Cal. R. Cfrossuldria, Garden Gooseberry. Shrub, 

 thorny-prickly ; fls. small ; berry large, edible. Fig. 207. Eur., Af. 

 Sev. wild spec, U. S. R. riibrum., Red Currant. Stems straggling ; 

 raceme many-flowered ; fls. small, hemes bright red, edible, but very 

 acid. Eur., Can. R. nigrum, Black C. Berries black, spicy. Eur. 

 R. sanguineum,. Fls. bright red; Oregon, Cal. R. aiireum, Mis- 

 souri C. Fls. yellow, spice-scented. Miss, to Oregon. 



