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specimens are, however, distinctly stalked (not sessile) ; the petals would be 

 better described as obloiig-oblanceolate than as ligulate acuminate (Hance) ; 

 and the scales as broadly spathulate than as truncate-rotund (Hance). 



A graceful little plant, which in its fibrous roots, stems procumbent and 

 rooting at base. Hat glabrous leaves, and cymose yellow flowers is typical of 

 the series Japonica as establislied by Maximowicz. It appears to be a low- 

 land species, spread along the coastal regions of eastern Asia from Canton to 

 Yokoliama, and is doubtfully recorded from Yunnan (Notes K. 6ot. Sec. Edinb., 

 8 183, 259). 



Sedum lineare Thuuberg. 



Chikuugshan, border of the provinces of Hupeh and Honan, on the divide 

 between the Yang-t.se and Hwai-ho rivers. Lat. about 32'. Alt. 1500-2500 

 feet. June 12 aud 16, 1917. Covering banks with long decumbent shoots 

 (L. H. Bailey, Seduni nos. 6 and 8.) 



One of the earliest known of Japanese Sedums, and long in cultivation in 

 Europe, mostly in a variegated form under tlie name S. cnnieum vanegatum 

 but not hitherto reported from China. In the Kew Herbarium among 

 unname*! material 1 find two Cliinese specimens of tliis species labelled 

 repectively Kewkiang, Lushan Mts., 22 May, 1892 (Bullock); and Kocks, 

 Yangtze bend, 5/03 E. H. Wilson, no. 3631). Its occurrence in these stations 

 tends to confirm the doubtful record from the Luchu Archipelago. 



Sedum quatematum sp. nov. 



Herba perennis, humilis, glabcr. C(nd<« crassitisculi, ad 2 runi. diametro, 

 radicantes, ramo.s sieriles procumlientes vel adscendentes et ranios floriferos 

 adscendentes vel erectos emittentes. Kami simplices vel ramosi, foliosi, 

 tetrapteri ; floriferi 4-6 cm. alti, steriles breviores. Folia ramorum sterilium 

 et floriferorum -1-verticiIlata, internodiis longiora, anguste lanceolata, acuta, 

 sessilia, breviter obtuseque calcarata, 8-10 mm. longa, 1*5-2 mm. lata, 

 carnoAa, pulchre viridia, ea ramorum sterilium apicibus ramorum conferta. 

 Injlcrescenlut teiininalis. cymosa, dichotoma, 2-3 cm. diametro, ramis simpli- 

 cibus vel dichotomis divaricatis. Floos sessiles, pauci, 9 mm. diametro, aurei, 

 bracteis linearibus vuidibus praediti. Sepahi oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, 

 inaequalia, libera. 3-5 mm. longa, viridia. Pelalo. lanceolata, acuminata vel 

 acuta, 5 mm. longa. Stamina 4 mm. longa, filamentis aureis, antheris rubes- 

 centibus. Squamae minutae, "4 mm. longae, quadratae. Carpella sub anthesi 

 erecta, gracilia, 5 mm. longa, in stylos longos graciles attenuata. Fructus 

 etellatue. 



Chikungbhan, border of the provinces of Hupeh and Honan, on the divide 



