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Gormania retusa Rose, sp. nov. 
Rootstock rather thick; flowering stems 1-1.5 dm. tall; leaves 
obovate to spatulate, relatively thin, retuse, 2 as long or less, 
the upper much smailer; inflorescence dense, thyrsoid-cymose, 
about 6 cm. long; pedicels 3 mm. long or less; eee -lobes ovate, 
acute, 3 mm. long; corolla pink or red, 6-7 mm. long, its seg- 
ments oblong-lanceolate, acutish, ae for ee one fourth their 
length. 
Sanhedrin Mountains, Lake County, California, alt. 1,500 meters, 
A. A. Heller, August 6, 1g02. 
10. Gormania Eastwoodiae Britton, sp. nov. 
Rootstocks stout, horizontal; basal leaves spatulate, thick, ob- 
tuse, I-2 ¢ ong, I cm. wide or less, rather pale green, slightly 
glaucous, those of the flowering stems similar, smaller; ring 
stems 10-15 cm. high; cyme dense, 5 cm. broad or less; pedicels 
2-5 mm. long; calyx about 3 mm. long, its triangular-ovate acute 
lobes about twice as long as the tube; corolla red or dark pink, 
about 7 mm. long, its segments oblong-lanceolate, sharply acute, 
united for about one third their length. 
Red Mountain, northern Mendocino County, California, Alice 
Eastwood. 
ALTAMIRANOA Rose, gen. nov. 
Perennial, low, much branched species, often shrubby at base, 
with much more the habit of Sedum than of Acheverta, but petals 
not distinct, flowers purplish or white, rarely yellow, much smaller 
than in Acheverta. Sepals, linear, distinct. Corolla not angled, 
with a distinct tube, campanulate; the lobes broad and spreading. 
Stamens 10, borne on the corolla-tube. Carpels 5, erect 
Named in honor of Dr. Fernando Altamirano, who, as the Di- 
rector of the Instituto Medico Nacional, is doing much to develop 
the scientific resources of Mexico. 
Type species, Cotyledon Batesii Hemsl. 
T have grouped together here certain anomalous species which have 
heretofore been resting in Cotyledon but with the habit of a Sedwmz, 
or in Sedum, but with united petals. It is possible that the species 
here brought together may not all be congeneric. It seems clear, 
however, that they should be taken out of Cotyledon and Sedum. 
Altamiranoa elongata Rose, sp. nov. 
Perennial, at first with slender erect branches, but rather weak 
and becoming prostrate, aiaees root at every joint, finely puberu- 
lent; leaves small, closely set at right angles to the branches, 
appearing imbricate in dried specimens, linear-ovate, acute, puberu- 
lent, 6 mm. long, turgid but somewhat flattened, with a cordate some- 
