96 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



Oeder LI. CRASSULACEtE. 



Calyx 4-5.cleft, persistent. Petals 4-5, with as many hy. 

 pogynous scales at the base of the ovary. Ovarys 5, generally 

 distinct. Ovules numerous. Carpels many seeded, opening 

 by the inner suture. Seeds anatropous. Succulent plants. 



Genus I. SEDUM. 



Calyx 5-cleft, inferior. Corolla 4-petaled. Stamens 10. 

 Styles 5. Capsules 5, with 5 nectariferous scales at the base 

 of the germ. 



1. S. Telephioides. 5^6771 erect, branching. Zeaves broad-lanceolate, al- 

 ternate at the base, glabrous, toothed. Flowers in terminal coryrnbs, dense. 

 Stamens 10. Petals ovate-lanceolate. Live forever. 



Pale purple. %. June— Aug. Mountains. 1 foot. 



2. S Ternatum. Stem creeping, branching from the base. Leaves flat, 

 glabrous, entire, the lower ones verticillate by threes, broad, cuneiform, obo- 

 vate, the upper ones sessile, oval or lanceolate. Flowers in a tliree spiked 

 cyme. Stamens 8, with the exception of the terminal ones, which has 10. 

 Petals linear-lanceolate, acute. Stone crop. 



White. %. May— June. Mountains. 



3. S. PuLCHELLTJM. ^em glabrous, assurgent. Zeaues linear, flatt'sh, ob- 

 tuse, scattered, sessile numerous. Flowers in a many spiked cyme, crowded 

 unilateral, sessile, octandrous, terminal one commonly decandrous. Sepals 

 lanceolate, obtuse. Petals lanceolate, acute. 



Purple or rose color. %• May— June. Mountains. 4--12 inches. 



Genus II. DIAMORPHA. 



Sepals 4, united at the base, obtuse. Petals 4, concave. — 

 Stamens 8, with purple, nearly round, anthers. Carpels 4, with 

 minute, obcordate scales at their base. Seeds 4-8. A sucu- 

 lent, biennial herb, branching from the base. 



1. D. PusiLLA. Leaves alternate, oblong, nearly terete. Flowers small, 

 in corymbose cymes. Fruit not dehiscing, l5y either sutures. 

 White. (^. March. On flat rocks, upper part of Georgia. 



Genus III. PENTHORUM. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5 or more. Stamens 10. Carpels 

 5, united, into a 5-angled, 5-celled capsule with 5 diverging 

 beaks. Seeds minute, numerous. Perennial plants, with al- 

 ternate, serrate leaves. 



1. P, Sedoides. Stem branching, terete at the base, angled above. Leaves 

 fanceolate, nearly sessile, glabrous, doubly serrate. Flowers in paniculate 

 spikes. Calyx with ovate serrate segments. Seeds eliptical. 



Virginia Stone-crop. 

 Greenish Yellow. % July— Sept. Wet places. 1-2 ft. 



