PRAEGER—SoME ASIATIC SEDUMS. 79 
plants agree with discolor as far as is to be expected in this vari- 
able group. As Franchet’s description is somewhat short and 
‘includes only the hermaphrodite plant, I append the description 
and figure which I had prepared before it had appeared that the 
‘specimens might be placed under S. discolor, amplifying from 
Franchet where required by notes in parenthesis. 
Species S. bhutanico, Praeger, S. purpureoviridi, Praeger, S. 
bupleurcidei, Wall. consanguinea. Sedo bhutanico proxima, sed 
caudice gracili repente (nec crasso erecto), foliis minoribus 
angustioribus brevipetiolatis (nec sessilibus) subtus glaucis (nec 
viridibus), sepalis floris feminini deltoideis (nec linearibus), 
squamis floris masculini multo minoribus, carpellis floris mas- 
culini multo majoribus, differt. A S. purpureoviridi caulibus 
foliisque glabris (nec pubescentibus), caudice gracili repente, 
(nec crasso erecto) etc. differt. A S. bupleuroide caudice gracilt 
repente (nec crasso erecto), foliis angustioribus brevipetiolatis 
(nec sessilibus) plerumque dentatis (nec integris) subtus glaucis 
(nec viridibus) marginibus revolutis (nec planis), etc. differt. 
Herba perennis, glabra, caules steriles non edens. Caudex 
gracilis, sinuosus, elongatus, ramosus, hypogaeus, 3-5 mm. dia- 
metro, in senectute apice ad 5-8 mm. incrassatus, per longitud- 
inem radices fibratas emittens, apice squamas longe deltoideas 
(ovato-lanceolatas ex Franchet) acuminatas et caules floriferos 
erens. Caules solitarii, raro bini vel terni (plures ex Franchet), 
erecti, simplices, glabri, foliosi, 12-40 cm. longi, 1.5-3 mm. 
crassi; caules vetusti per 2-3 annos nonnumquam persistentes. 
Folia alterna, internodiis longiora, suberecta, oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, raro ovato-lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata vel ovata, (ob- 
longo-linearia ex Franchet), obtuse dentata vel integra, maxima 
9-25 mm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, (2-3 mm. lata ex Franchet), apice 
acuta vel acuminata, basi auriculata vei rotundata, breviter peti- 
olata, supra viridia, subtus albo-glauca, marginibus revolutis ; 
petiolus 1 mm. longus; folia infima minora, saepe minutissima. 
Inflorescentia cymoso-paniculata, in planta bene evoluta 3-5 cm. 
onga, 5-10 cm. lata, laxa, in planta minore 1 cm. longa, I.5 cm. 
lata, densa, e ramulis circa 4, 2-3-plo furcatis composita, sparsim 
foliosa, bracteis foliis similibus sed minoribus. Flores 4-meri 
(saepius 5-meri ex Franchet), dioici vel raro hermaphroditi (her- 
maphroditi ex Franchet), pedicellis breviores. Flos masculinus : 
—Sepala longe deltoidea, obtusa, 1 mm. longa, .5 mm. lata, 
parte superiore erecta. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, per- 
concava, patentia vel deflexa, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Stamina 
8, epipetala brevissime adnata, 1.5 mm. longa; episepala 
2mm. longa. Squamae nectariferae oblongae, integrae, .5 mm. 
longae et latae. Carpella erecta, 1 mm. longa. Flos hermaphro- 
ditus :—Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, I mm. longa, .5 mm. 
