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Plate 2469. 



SEDUM ROTUNDATUM, Hemsl 



Crassulace^. 



S. (§ Rhodiola) rotundatum, IlemsL (s]^^ nov.) ; glabrum rhizomate 



crassissimo colorato inulticauli, caulibus subcarnosis erectis simplicibus, 

 / internodiis quam folia brevioribus, foliis sessilibus carnosis oblongo- 



rotundatis vel interdum vere orbicularibus iiitegris vel interdum 

 obscurissime lobulatis, cymis parvis paucifloris, floribus (masculinis 

 tantum visis) rubris pam'is, sepal is carnosis brevibus ovato-oblongia 

 obtusissimis, petalis linearibus obtusis, filamentis filiformis, carpellis 

 fatuis validis. 



Hab. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 12' N., 90^ 25' E., at 

 about 16,500 feet, St. George E, Littledale, July and August 1895. 



Hhizoma 1 poll, crassum. Caules circlter 6 poll, alti. Folia |-1 



poll, diametro. Cymm fl. masc, vix 6 lin. diametro. Sepala 1 tin. 

 longa. Petala 2-2^ lin. longa. 



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This is most nearly allied to Sedvm lihodiola, from which it differs 

 in having orbicular entire leaves. — W. Botting Hemslky. 



Fig. 1. Flower, enlarged. 2, The same from which the petals and stamens have 

 been removed, much more enlarged, shoTt-ing the glands and empty carpels. 



