1. S. pulchéllum, Michx. Stems ascending or trailing (4--12´ high); _leaves terete, linear-filiform_, much crowded; spikes of the cyme several, densely flowered; _petals rose-purple_.--Va. to Ga., west to Ky., E. Kan., and Tex.; also cultivated in gardens. July. 2. S. Névii, Gray. Stems spreading, simple (3--5´ high); _leaves all alternate_, those of the sterile shoots _wedge-obovate or spatulate_, on flowering stems _linear-spatulate_ and flattish; cyme about 3-spiked, densely flowered; _petals white_, more pointed than in the next; the flowering 3 or 4 weeks later; leaves and blossoms smaller.--Rocky cliffs, mountains of Va. to Ala. 3. S. ternàtum, Michx. Stems spreading (3--6´ high); _leaves flat, the lower whorled in threes, wedge-obovate_, the upper scattered, _oblong_; cyme 3-spiked, leafy; _petals white_.--Rocky woods, N. Y. to Ga., west to Ind. and Tenn. [+][+] _Flowers yellow._ S. ÀCRE, L. (MOSSY STONE-CROP.) Spreading on the ground, moss-like; leaves very small, alternate, almost imbricated on the branches, ovate, very thick; petals yellow.--Escaped from cultivation to rocky roadsides, etc. July. (Nat. from Eu.) 4. S. Torrèyi, Don. Annual; stems simple or branched from the base (2--4´ high); _leaves flat_ or teretish, scattered, _oblong_, 2--3´´ long; petals rather longer than the _ovate sepals_; carpels at length widely divergent.--Mo. to Ark. and Tex. [*][*] _Flowers in a terminal naked and regular cyme or cluster, more or less peduncled; leaves flat, obovate or oblong, mostly alternate._ [+] _Flowers perfect, 5-merous, 10-androus._ 5. S. telephioìdes, Michx. Stems ascending (6--12´ high), stout, leafy to the top; leaves oblong or oval, entire or sparingly toothed; cyme small; _petals flesh-color_, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed; _follicles tapering into a slender style_.--Dry rocks, N. J. to Ga., west to western N. Y. and S. Ind. June. S. TELÉPHIUM, L. (GARDEN ORPINE or LIVE-FOR-EVER.) Stems erect (2° high), stout; leaves oval, obtuse, toothed; cymes compound; _petals purple_, oblong-lanceolate; _follicles abruptly pointed with a short style_.--Rocks and banks, escaped from cultivation in some places. July. (Adv. from Eu.) S. REFLÉXUM, L. Glabrous, erect, 1° high; _leaves crowded, cylindric, subulate-tipped, spreading or reflexed; flowers yellow_, pedicelled.--Coast of Mass.; western N. Y.; rare. (Nat. from Eu.) [+][+] _Flowers diœcious, mostly 4-merous and 8-androus._ 6. S. Rhodìola, DC. (ROSEROOT.) Stems erect (5--10´ high); leaves oblong or oval, smaller than in the preceding; flowers in a close cyme, greenish-yellow, or the fertile turning purplish.--Throughout Arctic America, extending southward to the coast of Maine, and cliffs of Delaware River; also in the western mountains. May, June. (Eu.) ORDER 37. DROSERÀCEÆ. (SUNDEW FAMILY.)