126 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
3-4.5 cm. longa, + I cm. lata, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata 
acuta basi rotundata sessilia, margine anguste scariosa non- 
nunquam minute erosula carnosa, siccitate plana, glabra ; 
caulina laxe imbricata 1.5-2 cm. longa, lanceolata vel oblanceo- 
lata, sub insertionem in appendiculam rotundatam fere 2 mm. 
longam producta, ceterum basalibus subsimilia. Inflorescentiae 
plerumque tri-ramosae, saepe pluri-ramosae; ramuli multo 
arcuati 3-4 cm. longi complanati glabri floribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis fere continuo praediti; bracteae conspicuae 5-10 mm. 
longae, lanceolatae vel oblongae foliis caulinis haud dissimiles 
atque eodem modo basi appendiculatae; pedicelli 1-2 mm. 
longi. Flores flavi ; sepala 5 lanceolato-deltoidea circ. 2-5 mm. 
longa. Petala lanceolata circ. 5-6 mm. longa apice acuta subin- 
durata; stamina Io; squamulae minutae lineares ; carpella 
5-6. Fructus maturus deest. 
“Plant of 4-7 inches. Flowers brassy yellow. Foliage 
succulent. On ledges of limestone cliffs in dry situations on 
the mountains in the N.E. of the Yangtze bend. Lat. 27° 45'N. 
Alt. 10,000 ft. Sept. 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 11,443. 
A very distinct plant among Chinese and Himalayan species 
of Sedum; with the flowers of a Sedum, it has the habit of a 
Sempervivum ; its strongly arcuate infl very striking. 
age Sedum Purdomii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species haec nana ex affinitate S. Roborowskii, Maxim. esse 
videtur. 
Planta annua erecta humilis 4.5-5.5 cm. alta a basi ramosa 
vel simplex glabra. Folia sparsa carnosa laxe imbricata vel 
remotiuscula linearia + 5 mm. longa vix 1 mm. lata obtusa. 
Bracteae foliis subsimiles. Inflorescentia trifida ; cymulae 3-5- 
florae ; pedicelli 4 mm. longi. Sepala basilibera -- 2 mm. longa 
oblonga obtusa viridia. Petala + 5 mm. longa anguste oblan- 
ceolata obtusiuscula flava. Stamina petalis paululo breviora. 
Carpella infra connata staminibus paulo breviora. 
“High alpine screes. 11,000-12,000 ft. Kansu, West 
China. Early August 1914.” Farrer and Purdom. No. 238. 
A dwarf floriferous annual. Of the N.E. Asiatic species the 
nearest affinity appears to be S. Roborowskii, Maxim. The 
material is unfortunately scanty, but does not match any species 
recorded from China or N.E. Asia. 
weer Senecio glomeratus, J. F. Jeff. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis S. glumaceo, Dunn, qui foliis ovatis 
capitulis unifloris pappo rubrido separatur: a S. triligulato, 
Ham. absentia ligulorum inter alia recedit ; haud procul a 
