70 PRAEGER—SOME ASIATIC SEDUMS. 
tegra, carnosissima, orbicularia vel orbiculari-obovata vel orbi- 
culari-rhomboidea, apice rotundata vel apiculata, 9-12 cm. longa 
et lata, supra et subtus in sicco valde argentea. Folia ramorum 
floriferorum alterna vel opposita, plana, sessilia, integra, inter- 
nodiis breviora, oblanceolata vel oblonga, apice obtusa, 7-9 mm. 
longa, 1.5-3 mm. lata. Inflorescentia corymbiformis, laxa, 12- 
25 mm. longa, 25-35 mm. lata, sparsim bracteata ; bracteae foliis 
similes sed minores, lineari-oblongae, obtusae. Flores herma- 
phroditi, 5-meri, anguste campanulati, 4 mm. longi, in vivo 
pulchre rosei, in sicco pulchre purpurei, pedicellati; pedicelli 
ea bue plerumque longiores, sursum incrassati, purpurei. Sep- 
ala fere libera, aequilonga, erecta, carnosissima, oblongo-linearia, 
obtusa, 3.5-4 mm. longa, (raro 2.5-3 mm. longa), .75-1 mm. lata. 
Petala sepalis plerumque breviora, raro ea aequantia, erecta, 
ovato-deltoidea, acuta, 2.5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Stamina § 
episepala, antheris amplis .7 mm. longis, filamentis 1.3 mm. 
longis, longissime deltoideis. Squamae nectariferae minutae, 
semi-ellipticae, integrae, .5 mm. longae et latae. Carpella 
robusta, erecta, 2 mm. longa, stylis brevibus erectis capitellatis. 
(1) Yunnan: Mekong Valley, arid region, 7000 feet. June 
1913. F. Kingdon Ward, No. 391. 
(2) Yunnan: Mekong Valley. Lat. 28° 30’ N. Alt. 6coo- 
7000 ft. June, 1917. Plant (succulent) of 3-5 inches. Flowers 
8 rose. Open dry rocks and rocky slopes. G. Forrest, No. 
15,04 
( a" ‘Srechnan : Szechuan austr. reg. Knapic prope Tatiao Ko, 
in rupestr. calc.; fl. rubri et paullo violacei. May 23, 1914. 
Alt. circiter 2800 m. C. Schneider, No. 1362. 
A curious plant, apparently nearest to S. indicum, Hamet. 
The material is poor as regards the barren shoots, the indications 
are that they continue growing slowly with rosulate foliage prob- 
ably for more than one year, and then shoot up, flower, and die, 
being replaced by offsets at their base; this growth-form is close 
to that found in the Mexican Sedums of the group Sedastrum, 
Rose, which the present plant also matches in its broad, entire, 
very fleshy leaves. The plant is known by its very fleshy, round 
leaves, silvery on both sides when dry, bright rose flowers and 
pedicels (bright purple when dry) and oblong, erect sepals ex- 
ceeding or equalling the erect petals. The bright red coloration 
of the inflorescence—unusual in the Seda Genuina-—is caused 
mainly by the high pigmentation of the sepals and pedicels. 
In the general form of the flower and in its five stamens in 
particular the plant recalls S. indicum, especially the curious 
form named var. Forresti by Hamet, which has similarly some of 
the leaves nearly orbicular and opposite; it is a tall, straggling 
plant of which the only specimen looks like a perennial. But 
