8398 CRASSULACER. 
subcarnosa, plana, obovata vel spathulata, 6-12 lin. longa, apice rotundata interdumque retusa, 
basi in petiolum brevem attenuata. Flores rubescentes, sessiles, ad 9 lin. diametro; calycis 
lobi carnosi, ovato-lanceolati, acuti, parum inequales; petala linearia, plana, angustato- 
acuminata, quintuplo longiora calyce, persistentia ; filamenta filiformia ; squamule crassiuscule, 
oblong, emarginatez, plane, persistentes. Carpella 5, stylis subulatis coronata.—H. B. K. 
Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 45. 
SourH Mexico, Pedregal, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 516). Hb. Kew. 
This species was originally described from specimens cultivated in Mexican gardens. 
Bourgeau subsequently found it in a wild state; and it is also in some English gardens 
now. It is easily distinguished among the frutescent species by its purplish-red 
flowers. 
18. Sedum parvum, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars tertia, p. 50. 
Herbaceum, perenne, cespitosum, nanum, ramosum, ramis brevibus crassiusculis, foliis crassis 
carnosis oblongis patentibus, floribus flavis, sepalis carnosis brevibus obtusis, petalis apice 
dorso carinatis fere triplo longioribus quam sepala, squamulis minutis, carpellis maximis 
stylis brevibus rectis vel recurvis coronatis. 
Herba perennis, glaberrima, czspitosa, ramosa, 14-2 poll. alta, ramis crassiusculis. Folia sessilia, 
crassa, carnosa, oblonga, 14-3 lineas longa, patentia. lores flavi, subsessiles, ad 5 lineas 
diametro; sepala carnosa, oblonga, obtusa, brevia; petala lanceolata, acuta, apice dorso 
carinata, persistentia, sepalis fere triplo longiora; filamenta filiformia; squamule minute. 
Carpella 5, inflata, stylis brevibus rectis vel recurvis coronata. 
Nort Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 234). 
Hb. Kew. 
A dwarf species, closely resembling S. acre, but having spreading leaves. 
19. Sedum prealtum, DC. (char. emend.). 
Fruticosum, erectum, ramosum, glaberrimum, ramis cylindricis incrassatis elongatis tortuosis apice 
tantum foliosis, foliis nitidis carnosis lanceolato-spathulatis obtusis subacutisve, floribus 
breviter pedicellatis cymoso-paniculatis, paniculis laxis, calycis lobis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, 
petalis anguste lanceolatis acutissimis, squamulis parvis rotundatis. 
Frutex 5-6-pedalis, erectus, ramosus, glaberrimus, ramis cylindricis, incrassatis, elongatis, tortu- 
osis, apice tantum foliosis. Folia nitida, carnosa, lanceolato-spathulata, obtusa vel subacuta, 
2-24-pollicaria, basi soluta, fere teretia, infra canaliculata. Flores pentameri, ad 8 lin. diametro, 
flavi, breviter pedicellati, cymoso-paniculati, paniculis amplis, laxis ; calycis lobi parvi, carnosi, 
oblongo-lanceolati, obtusi; petala anguste lanceolata, acutissima, calycis lobis quadruplo 
longiora, persistentia; filamenta filiformia; squamule minute, rotundate. Carpella poly- 
sperma, stylis subulatis coronata.—DC. Pl. Rar. Hort. Bot. Genev. x. p. 21. 
Mexico, without localities (Jurgensen, 300; Gregg, 634). Hb. Kew. 
Described from fresh garden specimens of uncertain origin; but an imperfect 
specimen, collected by Jurgensen, in hb. Kew. appears to be the same thing. 
20. Sedum retusum, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars tertia, p. 51. 
Fruticosum, glabrum, ramis crassis carnosis, foliis parvis carnosis sessilibus oblongo-obovatis 
seepissime retusis, floribus albis cymosis, cymis paucifloris, sepalis lineari-oblongis basi solutis, 
petalis fere duplo longioribus quam sepala, squamulis parvis obovatis, stylis elongatis. 
