Plants of the Punjab. 



211 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals ununited. 



Sedum tibeticum, 



Crassulacea;. 

 F. B. L ii. 418. 

 Himalaya, 

 12-14,000 ft. 

 Lahul 

 (Jueschke). 



small, smooth, leaves |-| in., loosely overlapping, 

 upper oblong, lower often ovate, flowers often in fives 

 as petals and sepals, pink or pm'ple, sepals on fruit, trian- 

 gular, long-pointed ; other characters like the last species. 



Sedum qudrifidum, 



Crassulace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 418. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-18,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



very Hke the last species, but stems many, leaves 

 nearly cylindrical, flowers red, often with 4 petals 

 and sepals, the latter oblong, styles short, sometimes 

 straight. 



Sedum elongatum, 



Crassulace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 419. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but larger, leaves |-2 in. ob- 

 long, narrowed at the base or oblong with rounded ends, 

 sessile, clusters large, sepals lanceolate-linear, petals black- 

 purple, lanceolate, carpels hardly | in. each. 



Sedum linearifolium, 



Crassulace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 420. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-10,000 ft. 

 Matiana. 

 The Chor 

 (Collett). 

 Jaku, Simla. 



small, smooth or nearly so, rootstock tliick, stems 

 tufted, leaves ^-| in., sessile, narrowly oblong, rarely 

 a few teeth, blunt, radical leaves few, stem leaves many, 

 flowers I in., white, in 2-8-flowered clusters, sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, petals i in. long, broadly lanceolate ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



Sedum Jaeschkei, 



Crassulaoe^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 421. 

 Lahul , 

 Kangra Dist. 



small, annual, branches crowded, leaves, lower 

 crowded, upper scattered or crowded at the end of branches, 

 oblong, prolonged into the stalk, short-pointed, flowers 

 nearly -| in. long, golden yellow, sohtary at the end of 

 branches or in small plants, clustered, sepals ^-^ in. long, 

 green, fleshy, petals twice the sepals, lanceolate, blunt, 

 stamens half as long as the petals, follicles erect in fruit, 

 5 ; otherwise like the last species. 



