STONECROP FAMILY 343 



10, borne on the corolla tube. Carpels 5, united below, erect or nearly so, many-seeded. 

 [Name in honor of Mr. M. W. Gorman, an assiduous collector.] 



A genus of about 9 species, natives of the Pacific Coast. Type species, Cotyledon oregonensis S. Wats. 



Leaves spatulate to obovate-cuneate. 



Plants glabrous or glaucous, not glandular-pubescent. 



Corolla-segments acute or short-acuminate, little exceeding the stamens. 

 Corolla yellow. 



Corolla-segments united one-third their length or more. 

 Corolla-segments united one-fourth their length or less. 

 Corolla rose-red, or white tinged with rose. 

 Corolla-segments long-acuminate, much exceeding the stamens. 

 Plants, at least the inflorescence, glandular-pubescent. 

 Leaves orbicular; flowering stems diffuse. 



1. Gormania Watsonii Britt. Watson's Gormania. Fig. 2205. 



Gormania Watsonii Britt. Bull. N.Y. Bot. Card. 3: 29. 1903. 



Cotyledon oregonensis S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 17: 373. 1882. Not Gormania oregana (Nutt.) Britt. 



Sedum Watsonii Tidestrom, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 40: 119. 1927. 



Plants with a stout horizontal rootstock, the flowering stems rather stout, 7-15 cm. high. 

 Basal leaves spatulate, 15-30 mm. long, 6-12 mm. wide at the rounded apex, fleshy, dull green 

 and somewhat glaucous, those of the stem similar but smaller ; inflorescence paniculately cymose, 

 usually 6-10 cm. long, many-flowered; calyx-lobes ovate, about 3 mm. long, acute; corolla about 

 1 cm. long, yellow. 



Rocky or gravelly slopes, Boreal Zones; Cascade Mountains from Mount Hood to Crater Lake, Oregon. 

 July-Aug. 



2. Gormania obtusata (A. Gray) Britt. Sierra Gormania. Fig. 2206. 



Sedum obtusatum A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 342. 1868. 

 Gormania obtusata Britt. Bull. N.Y. Bot. Card. 3: 29. 1903. 

 Gormania Hallii Britt. loc. cit. 

 Gormania Bumhamii Britt. op. cit. 3 : 30. 



Plants with a rather stout horizontal rootstock, the flowering stems 5-15 cm. high. Basal 

 leaves spatulate, 1-2 cm. long, flat but thick and fleshy, rounded at the apex, pale green and 

 somewhat glaucous ; inflorescence paniculate-cymose, rather narrow, 2-6 cm. long, the branches 

 ascending ; calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, acute, 2-3 mm. Jong ; corolla 5-7 mm. long, pale yellow or 

 cream-colored throughout or pink with cream margins. 



Rocky ridges and slopes, Boreal Zones; North Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada, California. June-Aug. 



3. Gormania laxa Britt. Rose-flowered Gormania. Fig. 2207. 



Gormania laxa Britt. Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 3: 29. 1903. 

 Gormania retusa Britt. op. cit. 3: 31. 1903. 

 Gormania Eastwoodiae Britt. loc. cit. 



Rootstock horizontal; stems erect or ascending, 1-3 dm. high, rather stout, glabrous, pale 

 green or reddish. Leaves of the basal rosettes opposite, those on the flowering stems alternate, 

 broadly obovate-spatulate to cuneate-spatulate, pale green, 15-25 mm. long, 8-18 mm. wide, 

 rounded or retuse at apex, 2-3 mm. thick ; cymes several, somewhat paniculate, 5-10 cm. broad ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long; corolla rose-colored, 7-10 mm. long, the 

 lobes united about one-third their length, oblong-lanceolate, acute; anthers dark red-brown; 

 carpels erect, united at base, reddish. 



Rock ledges, Transition Zones; Coast Ranges and Siskiyou Mountains, Josephine County, Oregon, to Mendo- 

 cino and Lake Counties, California. Type locality: near Waldo, Oregon. 



4. Gormania oregana (Nutt.) Britt. Oregon Gormania. Fig. 2208. 



Sedum oreganum Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 559. 1840. 

 Gormania oregana Britt. Bull. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 3: 30. 1903. 



Rootstock rather slender, creeping, the flowering stems slender, erect or ascending, often 

 curved, 8—15 cm. long, simple or with 3 or 4 branches from near the middle. Basal leaves spatu- 

 late-cuneate, 1-2 cm. long, green and glabrous; inflorescence a rather congested cyme; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 4 mm. long; corolla 10-12 mm. long, yellow usually tinged with 

 rose, the lobes united about one-fourth the way, lanceolate, long-acuminate. 



Among rocks, Boreal Zones; near the coast from Washington to northern California. July-Aug. 



5. Gormania glandulifera (Henderson) Abrams. Glandular Gormania. 



Fig. 2209. 



Cotyledon glandulifera Henderson, Rhodora 32: 26. 1930. 



Perennial with rather long rootstock, whole plant green or often reddish-purple, the upper 

 part including the inflorescence glandular, 15-25 cm. high. Basal leaves oblong-oblanceolate, 

 2-3 cm. long, thick but flat, those of the stem shorter ; cyme few-branched ; pedicels short ; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, 5-7 mm. long, glandular-ciliate ; corolla greenish yellow, 12-14 mm. long, 

 the lobes linear-oblong, erect, acute and apiculate at apex ; carpels erect, 10 mm. long, glandular- 

 papillate. 



Rock outcrops, Transition Zone; Rogue River region, Josephine County, Oregon. 



