DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF 

 CALIFORNIAN PLANTS. 



BY ALICE EASTWOOD, 



Curator of the Herbarium. 



[With Plates liii-lix.] 



Sedum Blochmanae n. sp. Plate liii. 



Stems ascending, 10-15 cm. long, i-several from an 

 oblong or fusiform corm about 15 mm. long (sometimes 

 more than one, forming a roundish bunch, as shown in 

 the figure) : radical leaves wanting, cauline ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute to acuminate, clasping; lower leaves 10-15 

 mm. long, diminishing upwards to the fleshy, triangular 

 bracts: branches of the cyme slightly scorpioid; flowers 

 either secund or alternately opposite on a tortuous axis; 

 pedicels short and fleshy, distant from each other 5-10 

 mm. : divisions of the calyx fleshy, triangular, 5 mm. 

 long, 4 mm. wide, blotched with purplish red; petals 

 white (becoming rose-color) with purplish midvein, oval, 

 obtuse, 5-8 mm. long; anthers dark purple, reniform, on 

 subulate filaments about 4 mm. long; scales of the recep- 

 tacle 3^ mm. broad, obcordate ; carpels stellately spread- 

 ing as they ripen, 5-6 mm. long, including the styles. 



The stem and leaves are blotched with red; the inflor- 

 escence is from 3-12 cm. distant from the base. 



This interesting Sedum grew in clayey soil that was as 

 hard almost as rock, along the road to Pt. Sal, near Cas- 

 mailia Beach, and was collected by Mrs. Ida M. Bloch- 

 man and the writer, May 13, 1896. 



It is with pleasure that I name this plant in honor of my 

 fellow-botanist and the promoter of the trip. 



The type is in the Herbarium of the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences. Duplicates have been sent to the Gray 

 Herbarium and the National Herbarium. 



Proo. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2d Seu., Vol. VI. October 9, 1896. 



