Lenophyllum guttatum (Rose) Rose

Lenophyllum guttatum Rose, Smithson. Misc. Coll, 47 : 160. 1904
Sedum guttatum Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3: 42. 1903.
Much branched at base, shortcaulescent. Leaves 2-4 pairs, glabrous, opposite, 2-3 cm. long, thickish, rounded on the back, broadly channeled on the face, of a sage-gray color blotched with purple-black, obtuse ; inflorescence 3or 4-branched ; pedicels very
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short or wanting ; sepals free nearly to the base, oblong, 3-4 mm. long, equal, green, obtuse ; petals narrowly oblong, 5 mm. long, obtuse, yellow but in old flowers drying reddish, free to the base ; stamens 10, shorter than the petals, the 5 opposite the sepals free to the base, the other 5 borne on the petals, attached about one-third the way up from the base ; scales small, obtuse ; carpels 5, distinct, erect ; styles about as long as the carpels, slightly spreading in age.
Type locality : Summit of hill at Saltillo, Mexico. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.