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4. Hasseanthus multicaulis sp. nov. 
Perennial oye an ed corm 2-3 cm. long. Stems >S, rathe 
yellow tinged with red, 7-8 mm. long, slightly united at base; 
stamens 10, borne on hace of corolla-segments; carpels widely 
spreading (?) in age. 
nown only from Los Angeles Co., Cal., where it has been 
collected by H. E. Hasse on sterile clay bluffs near Santa Monica, 
April, 1891 (type), May 11, 1891 (no. 5241), and May, 1902, at 
which time flowering specimens were sent to the writer. 
It differs from A. varzegatus in the shape of the corms, stouter 
and not glaucous stems, obtuse buds and subsessile flowers. 
RHODIOLA L. 
Perennials with a woody and somewhat branching rootstock. 
peas broad and comparatively thin. Flowers dioecious or poly- 
gamous, 4- or 5-parted. Corolla el yellowish or greenish. 
Ce erect. Style very short or no 
Type species, R. rosea L. 
1. RuopioLa RosEA L. Sp. Pl. 1035. 1753. 
Sedum roseum Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, 326. 1772. 
Sedum Rhodiola DC. Pl. Grasses, pl. 147. 1805. 
Newfoundland and Greenland to Alaska, south to Maine; two 
isolated stations in eastern Pennsylvania. Also in Europe. 
2. Rhodiola Neomexicana Britton, sp. nov. 
tems ed very leafy, 1-2.5 dm. high; leaves linear-oblong, 
narrowed a oth ends, entire, acute or obtusish, 2-3 cm. lon 
2~3 cm. broad, the pistillate ones smaller; pedicels shorter than the 
petals or equalling them; petals linear-lanceolate, cucullate at the 
apex, longer than the linear calyx-segments; filaments one half 
longer than the petals. 
On White Mountain Peak, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, at 3,500 
meters, collected by E. O. Wooton, Aug. 1, 1901. 
