418 LIII. CRASSULACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sedum. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 12,000-18,000 ft.; Yeumtong and Mt. Donkiah, J. D. H. t 

 W. T. Blandford. KUMAON, alt. 12,000-17,000 ft., Chumpua and Niti Pass, Strachey 

 $ Winterbottom. 



Dried specimens are a ruddy chestnut colour. Stems 3-8 in. Very like S. Rho~ 

 diola, of which it may be a variety. 



** Cymes 1- few-flowered (except S. tibeticum), or in fruit somewhat lax, 

 branches not bearing leaves (though there may be bracts at their bases). 



4. S. tibetieum, H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 96 ; leaves subentire 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, cymes 4-20-flowered not very dense in fruit, flowers 

 often 5-merous, sepals on the fruit triangular-acuminate. 



ALPINE WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 12,000-16,000 ft.; KUNAWUR (Werang Pass) 

 T. Thomson ; LAHUL, Jaeschke. DISTRIB. Cabul, Griffith. 



Glabrous. Stems 4-10 in. Leaves ^-^ in., loosely imbricate, the upper oblong 

 subacute, the lower often ovate. Petals rose or purple. Follicles and seeds as in 

 S. Ehodiola. 



VAR. Stracheyi, H. f. & T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 96 (sp.) ; leaves ovate often 

 toothed. Alpine Western Himalaya, alt. 12,000-17,000 ft., T. Thomson, Strachey 

 Winterbottom, Dr. Henderson. The leaves sometimes entire, and the upper, oblong : 

 it then seems undistinguishable from S. tibetieum. 



5. S. quadrifidum, Pall. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 407 ; stems 2-5 in. numerous, 

 leaves approximate oblong subterete, cymes 5-1-flowered, flowers red often 

 4-merous, sepals oblong. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 177 ; H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 97. S. coccineum, Royle III t. 48. 



ALPINE WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 11,000-18,000 ft., from KUMAON to KASHMIR, 

 frequent. SIKKIM, alt. 16,000-18,000 ft., J. JD. H. DISTRIB. Arctic Eussia and 

 Siberia. 



Stems and leaves glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 3 in,, sometimes very acute. 

 Petals usually twice the sepals. Hypogynous scales subquadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 

 Follicles with short styles, recurved or sometimes erect, straight. 



*** Cymes lax^ branches bearing leaves, or thejlowers supported by a leafy 

 bract. 



6. S. Himalense, Don Prodr. 212; leaves |- in. loosely imbricate 

 narrow-obovate or lanceolate often dentate towards the summit, cymes large 

 leafy, sepals lanceolate-linear, petals deep purple twice the sepals, pedicels 

 much thickened under the fruit. DC. Prodr. iii. 402 ; H. f. fy T. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 97. S. Himalayanum and S. hypericifolium, Wall. Cat. 7236, 

 7237. 



SIKKIM and NIPAL, alt. 12,000-17,000 ft., frequent; Wallich,J. D. H., &c. 



Stems 4-14 in., usually puberulous or pubescent, sometimes glabrous. Petals 

 lanceolate. Hypogynous scales black-purple, broadly triangular (ex H. f. & T.). 

 Follicles in. long, black-purple. S. atropurpureum, Turcz. of Central Asia differs 

 among other things by its compact cyme. 



7. S. bupleuroides, Wall. Cat. 7229 ; leaves -! in. long loosely im- 

 bricate ovate or ovate-oblong, base cordate or auriculate-bilobate, cymes large 

 leafy, sepals lanceolate-linear, petals lanceolate small black-purple twice the 

 sepals. H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 98. 



NIPAL; Grossain Than, Wallich. SIKKIM, alt. 10,000-14,000 ft. ; Tungu, Lachen 

 J. D. H. 



