214 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



CRASSULACEAE. ORPINE FAMILY. 



PENTHORUM L. Ditch Stonecrop. 



Penthorum sedoides L. (like Sedum, the Stonecrop). 

 Ditch or Virginia Stonecrop. 



Frequent. Ditches, wet places and on muddy shores. July 

 — Aug. 



The plant is medicinal. 



TILLAEA L. 



Tillaea aquatica L. (aquatic). 

 Tillaea simplex Nutt. 

 Pygmy Weed. 



Rare or local. On tidal mud of rivers and creeks : New 

 Haven, plentiful about the upper reaches of tidewater in Mill 

 River, and Milford, sparingly along Beaver Creek (E^mes). 

 Mid- June — July. 



SEDUM L. Stonecrop. Orpine. 



Sedum acre L. (acrid or biting). 



Mossy or Biting Stonecrop. Golden Moss or Chain. 



Local. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides, banks, rocky 

 places and walls in all quarters of the state and plentiful at 

 some stations. Mid- June — ^July. Naturalized from Europe. 



Sedum ternatum Michx. (in threes ; referring to the arrange- 

 ment of the leaves). 

 Wild Stonecrop. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste 

 places: Guilford (W. H. Rowland), East Haddam (Weath- 

 erby), Windsor (Bissell), Cheshire and Oxford (Harger), 

 Norfolk (Miss M. C. Seymour), Kent and New Milford 

 (Eames & E. H. Austin), Milford (Eames), Stamford (W. 

 H. Hoyt). May. At least in part adventive from the South. 



Sedum triphyllum (Haw.) S. F. Gray (three-leaved). 

 Sedum purpureum Gray's Manual ed. 7. 

 Sedum Telephium Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L. 

 Orpine. Garden Orpine. Live-forever. Live-long. Aaron's 

 Rod. Bag-leaves. Witches' Money-bags. Life-of-Man. 



