CRASSULACE^E. 



691 



7. UMBILICUS, DC. 



1. Umbilicus pendulinus, DC. 

 Hab. Madeira ; on the summit of Pico Ruivo. 



8. SEDUM, Linn. 

 1. Sedum nudum, Ait. 

 Hab. Madeira ; along the coast east of Funchal. 



2. Sedum Peruvianum, Sp. Nov. 



S. glabrum, pumilum; caidibus adscendentibus ; foliis sessilibus ovatis 

 oblongisve planis ; cyma pauciflora subracemiformi ; fetalis (ut videtur 

 albis) ovatis acuminatis. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, from Obrajillo to Culnai ; on rocks. 



The specimens in the collection are extremely meagre and imper- 

 fect. There is also one from the same region in the Hookerian her- 

 barium, gathered probably by Matthews or M'Lean. The root is 

 most likely annual. Stems ascending, low (3 or 4 inches high), fleshy, 

 glabrous, as is the whole plant. Cauline leaves sessile, scattered, ovate 

 or oblong, plane, but very fleshy, small. Flowers few, racemose- 

 cymose; the terminal one sessile, the others short-pedicelled. Sepals 

 5, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat carinate. Petals ovate or broadly oval- 

 obovate, acuminate, nearly 3 lines long, one-third longer than the 

 calyx, carinate, one-nerved, scarious-persistent, apparently white. 

 Stamens 10. Carpels ovate, many-seeded. 



