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14. Sedum moranense. 
Ramosum, repens, parvifolium, glabrum, caulibus apice paucifloris, foliis sparsis basi solutis crasso- 
carnosis ovato-oblongis obtusis, floribus racemosis secundis subsessilibus, petalis oblongo- 
linearibus obtusiusculis. 
Herba glabra, basi lignosa, ramis repentibus, superne adscendentibus, teretibus, apice paucifloris. 
Folia sparsa, sessilia, basi soluta, crasso-carnosa, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 2 lin. longa. Flores 
racemosi, secundi, brevissime pedicellati, magnitudine floris Sedi albi, bracteis foliis simillimis ; | 
' calycis lobi inzequales, oblongi, obtusi, plani, carnosi; petala oblongo-linearia, obtusiuscula, 
lobis calycinis triplo longiora; stamina 10, alterna breviora, filamentis lineari-subulatis, parum 
brevioribus quam petala; squamule parvee, carnose, obovato-truncate. Carpella 5, stylis 
subulatis erectis coronata.—H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 44. 
Soura Mexico, near Real de Moran at 7800 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
15. Sedum miserum. 
Herbaceum, annuum, carnosum, procumbens, foliis inferioribus sparsis teretibus, superioribus 
semicylindraceis, floribus solitariis terminalibus. 
Herba annua (glabra?), carnosa, procumbens, ramis 9-12-pollicaribus. ola inferiora sparsa, 
teretia, depressa, superiora ovato-linearia, semicylindracea, aggregata. Flores parvi, virides, 
sessiles, solitarii, terminales; sepala carnosa, foliis simillima; petala ovata, cucullata, apiculata, 
dorso aspero-carinata, sepalis breviora; stamina 10, alterna petalina breviora; squamule 
cuneatze, retusee.—Lindley, Bot. Reg. xxiv. Misc. p. 65. 
MEXICco. 
Formerly cultivated in English gardens from seeds imported by G. F. Dickson, Esq. 
16. Sedum napiferum. 
« Annuum, glaberrimum, radice napiformi, foliis teretiusculis ovoideis basi solutis rotundatis vel 
subtruncatis, cymis cincinoideis bi-, tri-, plurifurcatis 3-7-floris, pedicellis patentissimis, petalis 
roseis, squamulis cuneato-spathulatis seepe bidentatis.” 
“ Herba annua, glaberrima, viridis. Radix napiformi-fusiformis, parte incrassata 2-5 lin. longa, 
medio vel infra medium circiter 2 lin. lata, apice plerumque rotundata et subito in filum 
tenuissimum attenuata. Caulis 1-3-pollicaris, a basi ramosus, ramis floriferis, subfastigiatis. 
Folia 14-1 lin. ab invicem remota, teretiuscula, ovoidea, 2-1 lin. longa, patentia vel adpressa, 
basi soluta, rotundata vel subtruncata, apice obtusiuscula vel acuta. Cyme cincinoidee, bi-, 
tri-, plurifurcatee, foliaceo-bracteate ; pedicellis patentissimis, 13-2 lin. longis ; calycis lobi fere 
wquilongi, 1-2 lin. longi (in sicco $1 lin. lati), carnosi, ovoideo-oblongi, basi soluti, sub- 
truncati, apice obtusi; petala calyce 14-2 longiora, stellatim patentia, rosea, lanceolata, 
obtusa, argute versus apicem carinata, trinervia; squamule minute, cuneato-spathulatz, apice 
rotundate vel truncate, integerrime vel emarginate; stamina 10, calyce duplo longiora, 
filamentis subulatis, purpureis. Carpedia 14 lin. longa, basi vix coalita, acuminata, patentim 
assurgentia.”—Peyritsch in Linnea, xxx. p. 50. 
Sourn Mexico, near the city of Toluca, at 8000 feet (Heller, 497). 
Description after Peyritsch, agreeing with no specimens we have seen. 
17. Sedum oxypetalum. 
Fruticosum, glabrum, ramosissimum, foliis alternis obovato-spathulatis basi attenuatis, floribus 
sessilibus rubescentibus, petalis linearibus angustato-acuminatis. 
Frutex orgyalis, ramosissimus, compactus, glaberrimus, ramis carnosis brevibus. Folia sparsa, 
