84 PRAEGER—SOME ASIATIC SEDUMS. 
~himalense, Don and S. purpureoviride, Praeger are tall stemmed 
plants, not at ali near to the present species, and S. Durist is like- 
wise far removed, having a short caudex and a basal rosette of 
leaves. 
S. humile, Hf. et T. 
E. Himalaya: Chakalung La, 16,000 ft. 12.9.12. Sedum 
sp. Coll. Rohmoo Lepcha, No. 314. 
S. indicum, Hamet. 
The type is a common plant in Yunnan and E. Tibet. 
var. densirosulatum, Praeger. 
(1) Yunnan: Sedum vivace, feuilles de la base imbriquées. 
Fl. rouges. ‘Toitures, vieux murs, plaine de Tong-tch’ouan. 
Alt. 2500 m. Novembre. E. E. Maire, No. 232/ 1914. 
(2) Yunnan: Dry situations amongst rocks on the divide be- 
tween the Hoching and Lichiang Valleys. Lat. 26° 40’N. Alt. 
8000 feet. Nov. 1910. Plant of 3-6 inches. Flowers greenish- 
purple. In seed. G. Forrest, No. 7251. 
~ (3) Yunnan: Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 10,000 
feet. Sept. 1918. Succulent plant of 1-3 Sacha All parts 
dull dark crimson. On rocks and stony dry pasture. G. For- 
rest, No. 17,099. 
var. luteorubrum, Praeger, var. nov. (text figure). 
Flores quam in typo majores, scpalis deltoideo-lanceolatis 
-acuminatis 4 mm. longis, 1.5 mm. latis, petalis lanceolatis acum- 
inatis 5-5.5 mm. longis, 1.5 mm. latis, staminibus 5, 4.5 mm. 
longis, squamis nectariferis quadratis emarginatis .75 mm. 
longis, .6 mm. latis, carpellis cum stylis longis linearibus 3—4:5 
mm. longis. 
Yunnan: Mekong-Salwin divide. Lat. 28° 10’ N. Alt. 
11,000 feet. Plant of 4-7 inches. Stems and calices red. .Cor- 
olla pale yellow tipped red. Anthers yellow. Open dry situa- 
‘tions amongst rocks and boulders. Aug. 1914. G. Forrest, No. 
13,377- 
It is with some hesitation that this plant is set down as a var- 
iety of S. indicum, and not as a species, and if leaves were pre- 
sent they might show that the plant is quite distinct. But the 
presence of only 5 stamens, and the peculiar shape of the stamens 
-and carpels are characteristic of indicum, the sepals and petals of 
which are variable in shape and relative length. The character- 
istic thickening on the face of the petal of indicum unfortunately 
