Sedum.'] Liri. crassulace^. (C. B, Clarke.) ' 419 



Stems 6-14: in. high, glabrous, or the cyme puherulous. Hypogynous scales black 

 pttrple, broadly cuneate-quadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 



;uin. Wall 



10086; petals lanceolate black-purple, H. f. ^ T. in Jaurn. Linn, i 



Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. 



otCTHS 8—20 in _ Til f>}i crl n/hrmi a as avfn thft 1 Afl.VAS_ 



cymes 



Sepals lanceolate-lineai 

 Follicles scarcely ^ in. 



res. Cymes puberul 

 cuneate-Quadrate (ex 



9. S. fastigfiatuxn, -H"./. 4* ^' *'^ Joum. Linn. -Sloe. ii. 98; stems numer- 

 ous, leaves \-^ in. long crowded terete oblong-linear, cymes 3-8-flowered, sepals 

 lanceolate, petals \ in. long linear twice the sepals. 



F 



Sikkim, alt. 14,000-17,000 ft.; Kankola,Lama Kangra, J. D, H. 

 _ Sterns 2-5 in., curved, glabrous, as are the leaves. Cymes puberulo-pubescent. 

 Hypogynous scales quadrate. Follicles more than \ in. long, black-purple. — A species 

 resembling S, quadrifidum but larger with larger flowers and fruit. 



10. S. humile, H.f, ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii, 99; densely tufted, 

 atems 1-2 in. glabrous or minutely pubescent, leaves ^ in. long, linear or 

 ™ear-oblong, cymes 1-4-flowered, sepals ovate acuminate, petals lanceolate 

 ^der upwards twice the senals. 



Tunkra Pass, J. D, H, 

 J scales broad quadrate 



coriaceuzn 



stems num 



ues and leaves on both surfaces 

 "with few leaves. JET. f, & T. in <7i 



NiPAL, JVallich. 



^ 



^ Like 8. tibeticum, vax. Strachevi. but wholly puberulous ; the leaves obovate and 

 ^^ cymes few-fiowered. 



cfc« "^^' II- _^ootstock thick. 



im 



Folli- 



narrow 



y ^^curved. Seeds eUipsoid, compressed, testa loose produced beyond the end 

 t^e nucleus, often as a short bent tail. 



^ ^^' 3. asiaticum, I>C. Prodr. iii. 401 ; stems 



cyme 



«^sipe8, Wall 



H.f. 



Wall. Cat. 7239. S. 

 ?oe. ii. 99. Rhodiola 



Sikkim to Kishmie. alt. 11.000-16.000 ft., frequent ; Wdlich, Falconer 



Glab 



slinrt , "^ ''"® cyme branches i 

 ort Bubquadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 



puberulous. Hypogyn 



t 60. ', ^<'ilichianum, H. f. ^ T. in Journ. lAnn. Soc. u. 100 (sp.) ; ^oojc.lc. n. 

 &J\l}^^^^« broader more denticulate sometimes subpinnatifid.— H. f. & T. say 

 ^ this diflfers by its red flowers : but Sir W. Hooker says that the plants which 

 o^ered at Kew had yellow flowers. 







