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GORMANIA ste gen. nov. 
Low, Sedum-like species, perennial by horizontal rootstocks. 
Leaves spatulate to obovate or nearly abe (hoe of the flower- 
ing stems similar to the basal ones, but sma owers os 
n e 
or thyrsoid, yellow to red. Calyx mostly deeply 5-lobed, the lobes 
acute or obtuse. Petals 5, united below the middle, acute to acumi- 
nate, somewhat spreading above. Stamens 10, borne on the co- 
rolla; anthers mostly oblong. Carpels many-seeded, united below, 
erect or nearly so, even in fruit. 
Named for Mr. M. W. Gorman, of Portland, Oregon, an assidu- 
ous collector 
Type species, Cotyledon Oregonensis 8. Wats. 
1. GormMania Watsontr Britton. 
Cotyledon Oregonensis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 373. 
1882. Not Sedum Oreganum Nutt. 1840. 
Oregon. 
2. Gormania laxa Britton, sp. nov. 
labrous, green, about 3 dm. tall; flowering stems erect; leaves 
spatulate, abou cm. long, obtuse ; inflorescence loose, cymose- 
paniculate, nae to cm. broad and 16 cm. long, its branches lax, 
slender; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
ute, 4-5 mm. long; corolla yellow (?), ro-11 mm. long, its lobes 
lanceolate, acute, united nearly to the middle; anthers about 2 mm. 
long; carpels erect, united at the base. 
Waldo, Oregon, Thos. Howell, June 4, 1884. 
3. GORMANIA oBTUSATA (A. Gray) Britton. 
Sedum obtusatum A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 342. 1868. 
Sierra Nevada of California. 
4. Gormania Hallii Britton, sp. nov. 
Spreading, matted, green, not glaucous, the flowering stems § 
cm. ney or less; leaves spatulate to spatulate-obovate, 15 mm. 
long or less, 4-6 mm. wide, rounded or slightly retuse at the apex, 
a little concave on the upper surface, the upper ones similar, nar- 
rower; calyx about 3 mm. long, its lobes oblong- Fagard obtus- 
ish; corolla about 7 mm. long, bright yellow, its tube somewhat 
shorter than the calyx, its lobes oblong-lanceolate, eerere pedi- 
cels very slender, 2-8 mm. long; cyme little compound, thyrsoid, 
about 3 cm. broad, 3-5 cm. high. 
Vicinity of Tuolumne meadows, in the Canadian zone, at pe 
3100 m. altitude, Yosemite National Park, California, H. M. 
and E. B. Babcock, July, 1902, no. 3545. 
