286 49. CRASSTTLACEJ!. 



Maximowicz identifies a Lucbu figure in the Japanese work 

 cited with this species, which is otherwise a native of Japan. 



16. Sedum (§ Eusedum) polytrichoides, Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate 

 VII. B. fig. 4.) 



Herba humilis, glabra, csespitosa, multicaulis, caulibus graci- 

 liusculis dense foliatis floriferis 3 poll, altis. Folia alterna, 

 conferta, carnosula, linearia, subteretia, 3-4 lineas longa, obtusi- 

 uscula, basin versus latiora, infra insertionem deltoideo-producta. 

 Flores breviter pedicellati, in cymas 2-4-ramosas terminales dis- 

 positi; sepala angusta, obtusiuscula, vix 2 lineas longa; petala 

 Jinearia, acutissima, circiter 6 lineas longa, persistentia. Carpella 

 lata, multisperma, stylo recto elongato coronata ; semina oblonga, 

 minute punctata. 



Chekiang: Ningpo (Faber \). Herb. Kew. 



A very distinct species, readily distinguished from all others 

 with which we are acquainted by its moss-like habit. 



17. Sedum Przewalskii, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 773. 

 Kanstjh : alpine regions of the rivers Tetung and Yussuncha- 



tyma, at 9000 to 10,000 feet (Przewalski ex Maximowicz). 



18. Sedum Eoborowskii, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 771. 

 Kanstth : mountain woods along the Tetung, an affluent of the 



Hoangho, observed only in one place (Przewalski ex Maximo- 

 wicz). 



19. Sedum sarmentosum, Bunge, Fnum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 30 ; 

 Walp. Pep. ii. p. 262 ; Maxim, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 764. 



Sedum lineare, 8. contractual, Mia. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 

 p. 156, fide Maxim. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bunge ! Bushell ! Bretschneider ! Skatch- 

 koffl); Chekiang: Ningpo (Forbes I) ; Kiangsi: Kiukiang 

 (Carmichael, lab. Forbes !) ; Hxtpeh : Ichang and ' Nan to (A. 

 Senry !) ; Corea : Chemulpo (Carles !) ; Coeean Archipelago : 

 Port Hamilton (Oldham, 261 !) ; Kansuh : southern part (PiasezM 

 ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



A Sedum received at Kew from Dr. Duthie, purporting to have 

 been collected at Nusseerabad by Col. Eobarts, is probably this 

 species. 



20. Sedum Sheareri, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 226. 

 Kiangsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



