52 THE JOUEXAL or BOTANY 



was collected and forwarded alive by Prof. H. M. Hall in June, 

 1915, and flowered in the following year. The group to which it 

 belongs has a well-marked N.W. American range. 



Sedum anoicum, sp. nov. Sedum S. sjyatJinlifoh'o Hooker et 

 S. yosemifensi Britton et speciebus nonnullis generis Gormanice 

 Britton caule foliisque similis ; folia eis S. ( Gor mania) ore(]ani Xuttall 

 persimilia : sed species tres indicatie luteiflorse sunt, hsec albiflora. 

 ^. anoicum foliorum glabrorum spathulatorum pallide viridium rosulis, 

 inflorescentia laxa glanduloso-pilosa, floribus albis longe pedicellatis, 

 facile distinguendum, 



Herha humilis, repens, perennis, sempervirens, pallide viridis. 

 Madices fibratae. Laules graciles ; rami breves, 2-7 cm. longi, glabri, 

 diffusi, foliosi, apice rosulas laxas foliorum majorum et radices 

 edentes ; rosulae apice caulem florif erum, basi ramos breves axillares 

 diffusos steriles emittentes. Caules floriferi erecti vel adscendentes, 

 graciles. 7-10 cm. alti, sparse foliosi, glanduloso-pilosi. Folia alterna, 

 ea rosularum glabra, carnosa, supra plana, subtus subplana, basi 

 cuneata vel attenuato-cuneata, sessilia, lucida, l'5-2-5 cm. longa, 

 7-10 mm. lata ; ea ramorum sterilium sub rosulis glabra, eis rosulainim 

 similia sed minora, percarnosa vel etiam subteretia ; ea ramorum 

 floriferorum eis sub rosulis consimilia, sed glanduloso-pubescentia, 

 distantioi-a, sursum in bracteas minutas decrescentia. In^orescentia 

 paniculata, laxissima, glanduloso-pubescens, 6-12 flores longipedi- 

 cillatos ferens ; pedicelli 12-24 mm. longi ante anthesin decm-vati ; 

 bracte* paucse, minutae. Flores albi, 1 cm. diametro. Sepala 

 carnosissima, ovato-oblonga, subacuta, 3 mm. longa, fere ad basim 

 libera, viridia, rubropunctata, supra plana, glabra, subtus perconvexa, 

 glanduloso-j^ubescentia. Petala oblongo-ovata vel oblongo-obovata, 

 obtusa, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, ad basim suberecta, supra patentia, 

 post apicem apiculum ferentia, dorso carina glanduloso-pubescente 

 prsedita. Stamina alba, petalis paullo bre\dora, filamentis supm 

 attenuatis. Squamce duplo longiores quam latiores, albescent^s, apice 

 truncata?, retusai. Carpella erecta, oblonga, flavo-alba, in stylos 

 breves erectos abrupte conti*acta. 



This distinct little plant is named the " Homeless Sedum," 

 because I have failed to discover definitely its country of origin. 

 I received it along with other stonecrops from the garden of 

 Mr. Murray Hornibrook of Abbeylclx, Queen's County, who cannot 

 supply its history. Mr. Hornibrook has imported many plants from 

 British Columbia, and as the aflinities of the present Sedum are 

 entirely with species of western North America, there is a strong 

 presumption that it belongs to the area mentioned. 



Perhaps most nearly related to >S'. Wootoni Britton, from New 

 Mexico and Arizona, which agrees in its spathulate leaves, stems 

 glabrous below and. puberulous above, and white flowers; but in that 

 Species the leaves are onl}^ half as long as in the present plant, the 

 upper leaves are acute or acuminate (not blunt), the sepals naiTowly 

 oblong (not broadly ovate), and the petals oblanceolate acute (not 

 elliptic blunt). 



