. 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. Botany. ORPINE FAMILY. I. Sempervivum tectorum L. Houseleck. Fig. 2143. Semperfivum teclorum L. Sp. PI. 464. 1753. Flowering stems about 1° high, the barren shoots forming lateral nearly globular tufts. Leaves oval or ovate, the lower I'-lJ' long, very thick, short-pointed, Bordered by a line of stiff short hairs; cyme large, dense; flowers sometimes i' broad, pink, sessile a
. 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. Botany. ORPINE FAMILY. I. Sempervivum tectorum L. Houseleck. Fig. 2143. Semperfivum teclorum L. Sp. PI. 464. 1753. Flowering stems about 1° high, the barren shoots forming lateral nearly globular tufts. Leaves oval or ovate, the lower I'-lJ' long, very thick, short-pointed, Bordered by a line of stiff short hairs; cyme large, dense; flowers sometimes i' broad, pink, sessile along its spreading or recurved branches; petals lanceolate, acute, 2 to 3 times as long as the obtuse ciliate sepals. Essex escaped from gardens and reported as well established : Somerset Co., N. J. Native of continental Europe. Summer, ffealing-blade. Aye-green. Bullock's-eye. Poor Jan's- leaf. Jupiter's-beard. Hen-and-chickens. Old English names, homewort, sengreen and thunder-plant; a fancied protection against lightning, as well as fire. Fainily 45. PENTHORACEAE Rydb. N. A. Fl. 22: 75. Virginia Stonecrop Family. Erect perennial scarcely succulent herbs, with alternate sessile serrate thin leaves, and greenish perfect flowers in forked secund cymes. Calyx 5-parted or 6-parted. Petals usually wanting, if present 5 or 6. Stamens twice as many as the sepals, hypogynous; filarrients filiform. Carpels 5 or 6, united to the middle, ovules 00. Fruit depressed, 5-6-lobed, 5-6-beaked, the lobes dehiscent, tipped with divergent styles, many-seeded. The family consists of the following genus. I. PENTHORUM L. Sp. PI. 432. 1753. Characters of the family, as given above. [Greek, five, from the symmetrical flower.]. 1905. Three known species, natives of eastern North A The following is the only one known in North America. Th< Family by some authors and to the Orpine Family by others. Japan and China, the following typical, is referred to the Saxifrage. Please note that the
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