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; 2nd ed. . tonecrop. April-June. 9. Sedum Nevii A. Gray. Nevius 2142. Sedum Nezii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 172. 1S67. Densely tufted, glabrous, stems spreading or decum-bent, flowering branches ascending, 3-5 high. Leavesof the sterile shoots very densely imbricated, spatulateor obovate, narrowed or cuneate at the base, mostlysessile, rounded at the apex, entire, 3-6
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; 2nd ed. . tonecrop. April-June. 9. Sedum Nevii A. Gray. Nevius 2142. Sedum Nezii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 172. 1S67. Densely tufted, glabrous, stems spreading or decum-bent, flowering branches ascending, 3-5 high. Leavesof the sterile shoots very densely imbricated, spatulateor obovate, narrowed or cuneate at the base, mostlysessile, rounded at the apex, entire, 3-6 long, l-2wide, the lower ones smaller; leaves of the floweringbranches spatulate or linear-oblong, alternate; cymeabout 3-forked, its branches usually recurved in flower;flowers close together, 3-4 broad; petals linear,acuminate, longer than the sepals; follicles about 2long, widely divergent, tipped with the short style. On rocks, mountains of Virginia to -Mabama, Illinois andMissouri. May-June. Sedum stoloniferum Gmel., a perennial species, withopposite obovate-cuneate crenate leaves and pale rose-colored petals twice as long as the calyx, occurs on road-sides and in fields in Maine and Nova Scotia. Native ofthe 4. SEMPERVIVUM [Rupp.] L. Sp. PI. 464. 1753. Fleshy perennial herbs, the thick succulent leaves densely imbricated on the short sterileshoots and scattered on the erect flowering stems, with compound terminal usually densecymes of showy flowers. Flowers 6-20-parted. Petals distinct, oblong or lanceolate, acuteor acuminate. Stamens twice as many as the petals. Styles filiform; ovules =c. Folliclesmany-seeded. [Latin, always living.] .\bout 40 species, natives of the Old World, chiefly distinguished from Scdunnumerous parts of the flower, the following typical. by the more
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