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SOME >EW SPECIES UF SEDUM 41 



Pekin. Received also from the University Botanic Garden, vSapporo, 

 Japan, under the name of S. spectalile. I have had the plant in 

 cultivation for two years ; it appears distinct from S. spectahile, to 

 ^^, which it is closely related. 



"^ Sedum (§ Telephium) cauticolum, sp. nov. 



Species japonif^a aS*. Sieholdii Sweet valde afRnis, sed foliis oppositis 

 nee ternatis, purpureo-punctatis nee rubro-suffusis, petiolatis nee ses- 

 silibus, inflorescentia laxa perfoliosa nee densiuscula nee parce foliosa, 

 pedicellis longioribus, stylis carpella subsequantibus nee multum 

 brevioribus, carpellis basi cuneatis nee abrupte contractis, sessilibus 

 nee distincte pedicellatis, squamis rectis nee sursum valde curvatis, 

 albidis nee aureis, retusis nee subintegris, faciie distinguenda. 



Planta perennis glauca, caides steriles epigieos non edens, Caudex 

 brevissimus incrassatus, caules floriferos a basi adscendentes et cauli- 

 culos hypogseos gracillimos et radices carnosas emittens. Caules annui 

 circa 15 cm. longi, procumbentes vel diffusi, teretes, glabri, atro- 

 purjDurei. Folia opposita raro alterna, petiolata, 2*5-3 cm. longa ; 

 lamina orbiculari-spathulata, obtusissima, obtuse pauci-dentata, glauca,, 

 subtus et nonnunquam supra purpureo-punctata, circa 2-2'25 cm. 

 longa, 1 '50-1 "75 cm, lata ; petiolus circa 5 mm. longus. Inflor- 

 escentia laxa, valde foliosa, planiuscula, umbellato-cymosa, pedicelli;* 

 gracillimis flores superantibus. Calyx in segmenta lineari-lanceolata 

 acuta glauca 2*5 mm. longa ad inium fissus. Petala ovato-lanceolatay 

 acuta, patentia, 1 cm. longa, roseo-pur])urea. Stamina petalis sequi- 

 longa, filamentis roseis, antheris purpureis. Squamae patentes, recta?,, 

 oblongse, retusse, albidse. Carpella erecta basi cuneata, stylos erectos 

 suba^quantia, pulchre rosea, albo-maculata. 



Received from Prof. Miyabe, of Sapporo University, as '' Sechnn sp. 

 aff. >S'. Sieholdii, with opposite leaves and early-flowering habit. 

 Cliffs, southern coast of Yezo." A handsome plant, interesting as 

 being nearly related to the well-known *S'. Sieholdii, one of the most 

 distinctive of the Telephium section of the genus. It commences to 

 >^bloom in September, three weeks before its ally. 



^ Sedum (ser. Aizoonta) Ellacombianum, sp. nov. 



Species japonica S. Aizoonti L. et S. Jtomtschaiico Fisch. & Meyer 

 valde aflinis. Cum priore concordat caule simplice, inflorescentia 

 densa, flore fructuque persimilibus ; sed caudice baud multum incras- 

 sato, radicibus non tuberosis, caulibus permultis brevibus diffusis (nee 

 altis nee erectis), foliis spathulatis (nee lanceolatis), crenato-serratis 

 (nee acute serratis), bene differt. Ad >S'. namtscliaticnm appropinquat 

 habitu atque caudice supra ramosissimo (qua de causa S. Aizoonti 

 valde dissimilis), sed caulibus simplicibus, foliis latioribus crenatis, 

 inflorescentia densa, floribus minoribus differt. 



Planta perennis glabra, caules steriles non edens, arete csespitosa, 

 Caudex supra ramosissimus, ramulis ultimis gracilibus. Caules annui, 

 numerosi, simplices, diffusi, 10-15 cm. longi, 2 mm. diametro. Folia 

 opposita, circa 3-5 cm. longa, 1*75 cm. lata, breve petiolata, obovata 

 vel spathulata, basi cuneata, supra medium crenato-seri-ata, pulchre 

 viridia. Inflorescentia planiuscula, compacta, umbellato-cymosa,. 

 3-5 cm. lata, Flores 1-5 cm. diametro ex toto aurei. Sepala,. 



