284 49. CBASSULACEiE. 



Chtttt.t : near Peking (Bretschneider ! Willianisl) ; Kiangsi: 

 Kiukiang {Shearer !) ; Httpeh : Ichang and Nanto (A. Henry !) ; 

 Kwangtung : near Shiuking {Sampson, hb. Hance, 12153!). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Specimens in hb. Forbes, collected by Bretschneider in the 

 mountains west of Peking, and named S. drymarioides by Maxi- 

 mowicz, agree exactly with Franchet's description of S. stellarice- 

 folium ; and as we have seen many intermediate forms, we have 

 no hesitation in reducing the latter from the description alone. 

 The species is very near the European S. alsincefolium, All. 



8. Sedum dumulosum, Franchet in Nouv. Archiv. v. t. 16. 

 fig. 3, et PI. David, p. 129. 



Chihli: Pohuashan (David, 2288, ex Franchet). 



9. Sedum elatinoides, Franchet in Nouv. Archiv. v. t. 16. 

 fig. 2, et PI. David, p. 131. 



Httpeh : Ichang (A. Henry !) ; Shensi : Hanchongfou (David 

 ex Franchet). 



We have seen no authenticated specimens of this species, but 

 Dr. Henry's one specimen agrees well with the description. 



10. Sedum (§ Cepsea), filipes, Hemsl, n. sp. (Plate VII. A. 

 figs. 1-3.) 



Herba annua ? 6-12 poll, alta, habitu Sedi drymarioidei glaber- 

 rima, caulibus gracilibus debilibus adscendentibus infra medium 

 cito defoliatis, verticillatim vel dichotome ramosis. Folia inferiora 

 non visa, caulina opposita vel 3-4-natim verticillata, subcarnosa, 

 distincte petiolata (suprema excepta), rotundata, usque ad 8 lineas 

 diametro, Integra, rubro-punctata. Flores minuti, albi, in cymas 

 corymbosas terminales laxiusculas dispositi, pedicellis gracillimis ; 

 sepala brevissima, obtusa ; petala angusta, acuta. Garpella lata, 

 saepius 2-3-sperma, stylo brevi coronata ; semina matura non visa. 



Httpeh : Ichang and immediate neighbourhood, under a drip- 

 ping rock (A. Henry X). Herb. Kew. 



Yar. ? major, Hemsl. 



Humilior, robustior, foliis usque 2 poll, longis, floribus duplo 

 majoribus. 



Htjpeh : Nanto and mountains northward (A. Henry !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



There is little doubt that this is a variety, or rather form, of 



