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terminalis, laxa, 5-8 cm. longa et lata, ex ramis 2-4 brevibus, 

 dichotomis, mammillatis, pauce foliosis composita. Flores 4- (non- 

 nunquam 5- vel 6-) meri. Flos c? : sepala linearia, obtusa, carnosa, 

 prope imurn libera, viridia vel purpurea ; petala oblongo-lanceolata, 

 obtusa, concava, 2 mm. longa, sepalis dimidio longiora, patentia vel 

 reflexa, pleruuique purpurea ; stamina petala sequantia, filamentis 

 purpureis, antheris rubescentibus ; sqiiamcB amplae, erectse, parte 

 superiore jDatulae et latse, aplce truncato-retuso-emarginatse, '6 mm. 

 longse, purpureas, nitidic ; carpella minutissima, obtusa, squamis 

 multum breviora, viridescentia vel purpui*ascentia. Flos $ : sepala 

 eis floris masculini similia ; petala patula, sepalis similia et aequilonga 

 vel paullo longiora ; stamina o ; squamcjd eis floris masculini similes, 

 sepalis et petalis paullo longiores ; carpella erecta, lanceolata, sepalis 

 et petalis \- vel | -longiora, viridia vel purpurea, stylis brevibus strictis 

 crassis capiteliatis coronata. 



Hab. Bhutan : mossy rocks at 13,000 feet (Cooper, no. 3517). 

 I have seen the plant at Kew, Edinburgh, Glasnevin, and the Bees 

 Nursery near Chester. The description is taken from specimens 

 which flowered at Glasnevin and in my own garden in 1918. 



When the leaves are pseudo-ternate the plant somewhat resembles 

 a slender >S'. yunnanense Franchet, but the inflorescence is totally 

 different. 



Section Rhodiola, Series Crassipedes. 



Sedum cbassipes Wall. var. nov. cholaense. A very robust and 

 distinct variety was received, in the form of either roots or seeds, 

 from Darjeeling and Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and from Lissadell 

 Nursery. All appear to have had a common origin — the Chola 

 Valley, East Sikkim, where the plant was collected hj Cooper 

 (no. 923). The unusual dimensions of the parts of the plant, coupled 

 with its flowers, wholly' green save for their conspicuous crimson 

 scales, give it a ver}^ distinct appearance. 



Typo robustior. Caudex 12-18 (nee 6-8) mm. diametro. In- 

 ■florescentia densior, bmcteis longis involucrata. Folia ad 40 (nee 

 12-20) mm. longa, 4-5 (nee 1*5-3) mm. lata, prope inflorescentiam 

 maxima. Petala erecta vel suberecta, lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, 

 10 (nee 6) mm. longa, sepalis fere duplo longiora, \aridia (nee 

 lutescentia). Stamina petala sequantia, antheris viridescentibus 

 (nee luteis). Squamae coccinese (nee aureae). Carpella gracilia, 

 petalis parum longiora, ad 12 (nee 9) mm. longa. 



Section Seda genuina. 



Sedum dastphyllum L. var. nov. Sue>'deemanni. 



S. dasyphyllum is a variable species, especially as regards size and 

 the presence or absence of hairiness. I have grown a large series : 

 apart from very large forms, botli hairy and glabrous, wliich may be 

 placed under sub-var. macropliyllum Kouy Si Camus, the most distinct 

 is a plant distributed by F. Siindermann, of Lindau, under the name 

 S. rivulare (but S. rivulare Boissier = aS. melanantherum DC, a 

 quite different plant). It was collected by Siindermann in Spain — 



