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florescence a terminal, flattish cyme of 2 to 3 forked branches with flowers in the 

 forks, I i to 3 inches across, with bracts resembUng the leaves, but smaller. Flowers 

 yellow, J inch across, on short thick pedicels. Sepals green, spreading, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, shortly spurred. Petals yellow, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 i-nerved, patent, \ longer than the sepals. Stamens slightly shorter than the 

 petals, the epipetalous ones inserted \ way up from the base, and shorter than the 

 episepalous ones, anthers yellow. Carpels spreading, connate at base, thrice as 

 long as the slender styles, patent in fruit. 



Habitat. — E. China, Japan. 



Var. senanense Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 19, 67, 1905. 



Synonym. — 5. senanense Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 16, 213, 1902. 



Differs from the type in its much smaller leaves, more slender 

 stems, being much suffused with red &c., and is a Japanese alpine form 

 of the species. 



The type is stated by Miquel to flower in July, while the variety 

 flowers (in Tokyo) in May. Both appear to be frequent in Japan. 



123. Sedum alpestre Villar (fig. 150). 



S. alpestre Villar, " Prospectus Plant. Dauph.," 49, 1779 ; " Hist. Plant. 

 Dauph.," 3, 684, 1789. 



Synonym. — 5. repens Schleicher. 



Illustrations. — Reichenbach, " Flor. German.," 23, tab. 58. Hallier, 

 " Flor. Deutschland," 26, pi. 2651. Cusin and Ansberque, "Herb. Flor. 

 Franfaise, Crassul.," tab. 26. 



A tiny, rather dull, plant, easily known by its bright-green flattened 

 leaves, rather broader towards the tip, and few terminal inconspicuous 



Fig. 150. — S. alpestre Villar. 



greenish-yellow flowers with erect petals. Of no horticultural value, 



it is only occasionally found in cultivation. I saw it at BerUn (from 



the Riesengebirge), and Bremen (from the Carpathians), and Mr. E. 



Bowles sent it to me from the Alps and Apennines. Named alpestre 



from its mountain habitat. 



Description. — Minute evergreen perennial, glabrous, bright green. Stem 

 creeping, with ascending barren and flowering shoots. Leaves oblong-obovate, 

 flattened, very fleshy, blunt, tapered and slightly spurred below, larger and more 

 crowded at the ends of the shoots ; barren shoots short, with leaves forming 

 rosettes at their ends ; flowering shoots taller (2 to 3 inches). Flowers y\ inch 

 long, several together at the summit of the stems. Sepals resembling the leaves. 



