. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ORPINE FAMILY. I. Rhodiola rosea L. Roseroot. Rose wort. Fig 2133. Rhodiola rosea L. Sp. PI. 1035. 1753. Sedum roscum Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, 326. 1772. Sedum Rhodiola DC. Plantes Gras. pi. I43- 1805. Perennial, branched at the base, or simple, erect or ascend- ing, glabrous and somewhat glaucous, 4-12' high. Leaves sessile, oval or slightly obovale, acute or obtuse at the ap
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ORPINE FAMILY. I. Rhodiola rosea L. Roseroot. Rose wort. Fig 2133. Rhodiola rosea L. Sp. PI. 1035. 1753. Sedum roscum Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, 326. 1772. Sedum Rhodiola DC. Plantes Gras. pi. I43- 1805. Perennial, branched at the base, or simple, erect or ascend- ing, glabrous and somewhat glaucous, 4-12' high. Leaves sessile, oval or slightly obovale, acute or obtuse at the , narrowed or rounded at the base, dentate or entire, 6"-i2" long, 3"-5" wide, the lower ones smaller; cyme terminal, dense, i'-z' broad; flowers dioecious, yellowish-green or purplish, 2J"-4" broad; sepals oblong, narrower and shorter than the petals; staminate flowers with 8 (rarely 10) stamens, the pistillate ones with 4 (rarely s) carpels; follicles purple, about 2" long, only their tips spreading. In rocky places, Labrador and arctic America to Maine and Ver- mont; Chittenango Falls. New York; cliflfs on the Delaware "' in eastern Pennsylvania. Northern and alpine Europe and Root rose-scented. Snowdon rose. May-July. 3. SEDUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. PL 430. 1753. Fleshy mostly glabrous herbs, erect or decumbent, mainly with alternate, often imbricated, entire or dentate leaves, and perfect flowers in terminal often l-sided cymes. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, distinct. Staihens 8-10, perigjnous, the alternate ones usually attached to the petals. Filaments filiform or subulate. Scales of the receptacle entire or emarginate. Car- pels 4-5, distinct, or united at the base, spreading; styles usually short; ovules =». Follicles many-seeeded or few-seeded. [Latin, to sit, from the lowly habit of these plants.] About 200 species, mostly natives of temperate and cold regions of the northern hemisphere, but many in the mountains of Mexico and a fe
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