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CRASSULACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



2, Sedum telephioides Michx. American Orpine. 

 Wild Live-forever. Fig. 2135. 



Sedium telephioides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 277. 1803. 



Similar to the preceding species, but more slender, seldom 

 over 10' high, very glaucous and purplish throughout. 

 Leaves oval or obovate, obtuse, coarsely dentate or entire, 

 i'-2' long, all narrowed at the base and petioled or the 

 uppermost sessile; cyme dense, regular, 2'-4' broad; flow- 

 ers perfect, 3"-4" broad, 5-parted; petals pale pink, much 

 longer than the lanceolate sepals ; follicles about 2" long, 

 tipped with a slender style. 



On dry rocks, southern Pennsylvania and Maryland to west- 

 ern New York and southern Indiana, south to North Carolina 

 and Georgia. Reported from farther north. Ascends to 4200 

 ft. in North Carolina. Sweet-heart. Aug.-Sept. 



Sedum Sieboldi Sweet, an Asiatic species commonly culti- 

 vated, is occasionally found as an escape ; its leaves are nearly 

 orbicular and mostly whorled in 3's. 



3. Sedum acre L Wall-pepper. Biting 

 or Mossy Stonecrop. Fig. 2136. 



Sedum acre L. Sp. PI. 432, 1753. 



Perennial, densely tufted, spreading and 

 matted, glabrous ; sterile branches prostrate, 

 the flowering ones erect or ascending, 1-3' 

 high. Leaves sessile, alternate, ovate, very 

 thick, densely imbricated, light yellowish 

 green, entire, about li" long, those of the 

 sterile branches usually arranged in 6 rows ; 

 cyme 2-3-forked, its branches 4'-i' long; 

 flowers sessile, about 4" broad ; petals bright 

 yellow, linear-lanceolate, acute, 3 or 4 times 

 as long as the ovate sepals ; central flower of 

 the cyme commonly S-parted, the others usu- 

 ally 4-parted ; follicles spreading, i¥'-2" long, 

 tipped with a slender style. 



On rocks and along roadsides, escaped from cultivation. Nova Scotia to Ontario, southern New 

 York and Virginia. Adventive from Europe. Native also in northern Asia. Also called bird's- 

 bread. Creeping Jack or Charlie. Pricket. Golden-moss. Little houseleek. Gold-chain. Wall- 

 moss. Tangle-tail. Rock-plant. Pepper-crop. Mountain-moss. Ginger. Poor-man's pepper. Prick- 

 madam. Treasure-of-love. Love-entangled. June-Aug. 



Sedum Nuttallianum Raf. Nuttall's 

 Stonecrop. Fig. 2137. 



Sedum Nuttallianum Raf. Atl. Journ. i : 146. 

 1832. 



Sedum Torreyi Don, Gard. Diet. 3: 121. 1834. 



Sedum sparsiflorum Nutt. ; T. & G. Fl. N. A. I : 

 559. 1840. 



Annual, low, tufted, glabrous, 2'-3' high. 

 Leaves alternate, scattered, linear-oblong, 

 teretish, sessile, entire, 2"-6" long; cyme 2- 

 5-forked, its branches ¥-2' long; flowers ses- 

 sile or very short-pedicelled, about ^i" broad; 

 petals yellow, lanceolate, acute, somewhat 

 longer than the ovate sepals; follicles widely 

 divergent, tipped with the short subulate style. 



In dry, open places, Missouri and Arkansas to 

 Texas. May. 



