Sedum.'} LIII. CRASSULACB-ZB: (C. B. Clarke.) 419 



Stems 6-14 in. high, glabrous, or the cyme puberulous. Hypogynous scales black 

 purple, broadly cuneate-quadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 



8. S. elong-atum, Wall Cat. 7233; leaves -2 in. long loosely im- 

 bricate oblong narrowed at base almost petioled or elliptic sessile, cymes large 

 loose, petals lanceolate black-purple. H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 98. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, from SIKKIM to KASHMIR, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. 



Stems 8-20 in. high, glabrous, as are the leaves. Cymes puberulo-pubescent. 

 Sepals lanceolate-linear. Hypogynous scales broad, cuneate-quadrate (ex H. f. & T.), 

 Follicles scarcely in. 



9. S. fastig-iatum, H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 98; stems numer- 

 ous, leaves \-% in. long crowded terete oblong-linear, cymes 3-8-flowered, sepals 

 lanceolate, petals in. long linear twice the sepals. 



SIKKIM, alt. 14,000-17,000 ft.; Kankola,Lama Kangra, J. D. H. 



Stems 2-5 in., curved, glabrous, as are the leaves. Cymes puberulo-pubescent. 

 Hypogynous scales quadrate. Follicles more than in. long, black-purple. A species 

 resembling S. quadrifidum but larger with larger flowers and fruit. 



10. S. humile, H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 99; densely tufted, 

 stems 1-2 in. glabrous or minutely pubescent, leaves %~k ' m - lon g> linear or 

 linear-oblong, cymes 1-4-flowered, sepals ovate acuminate, petals lanceolate 

 wider upwards twice the sepals. 



SIKKIM, alt. 15,000-16,000 ft. ; Yeumtong and Tunkra Pass, J. D. H. 

 Flowers large for so small a plant. Hypogynous scales broad quadrate (ex H. f. & 

 T.). This species is distinct from the other Indian species by its sepals. 



11. S. coriaceum, Wall. Cat. 7238 ; rootstock thick, stems numerous 

 pubescent, cymes and leaves on both surfaces puberulous, leaves in. flat 

 obovate, cyme with few leaves. H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 99. 



NIPAL, Wallich. 



Like S. tibeticum, var. Stracheyi, but wholly puberulous ; the leaves obovate and 

 the cymes few-flowered. 



SECT. II. Rootstock thick. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely imperfect. Folli- 

 cles narrow oblong-lanceolate ; style nearly straight, slender, not (or scarcely at 

 all) recurved. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, testa loose produced beyond the end 

 of the 'nucleus, often as a short bent tail. 



12. S. asiaticum, DC. Prodr. iii. 401; stems 6-12 in., leaves 1-1| 

 in. approximate near the cyme linear remotely dentate, cymes dense, flowers 

 yellow, petals lanceolate-spathulate twice the sepals. Wall. Cat. 7239. S. 

 crassipes, Wall. Cat. 7234; H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 99. Khodiola 

 asiatica, Don Prodr. 213. 



SIKKIM to KASHMIR, alt. 11,000-16,000 ft., frequent ; Wallich, Falconer, J. D. H., 

 &c. 



Glabrous or the cyme branches minutely puberulous. Hypogynous scales very- 

 short, subquadrate (ex H. f. & T.). 



VAR. Wallichianum, H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 100 (sp.) ; Hook. Ic. PI. 

 t. 604 ; leaves broader mere denticulate sometimes subpinnatifid. H. f. & T. say 

 that this differs by its red flowers ; but Sir W. Hooker says that the plants which 

 flowered at Kew had yellow flowers. 



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