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young-leaved globose bud in centre. Rosettes about 4-7 cm. across. Offsets 

 a few to many, the offset lastly free. Raceme erect, densely or rather 

 laxly flowered, cylindrical ; bracts ovate, oblong-ovate, or oblong-spathulate, 

 shortly acuminato- acute, longer or slightly shorter than flowers, green. 

 Flowers shortly pedicellate, but nearly sessile above, bi-bracteolate ; bracteoles 

 subulatelanceolate, virescent. Sepals lanceolate or subulato-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, virescent. Corolla campanulate or erect-patent, I J or 1| as 

 long as sepals ; petals oblanceolate, or angustato-oblanceolate, acute, white. 

 Stamens exserted ; filament filiform ; anther purplish, with yellow pollen. 

 Hypogynous scales minute, rectangular-spathulate, truncate at the top. 

 Ovaries sessile, erect, oblong-ovate, narrowed below, gradually attenuated 

 above to a gracile style, often rose-coloured after anthesis ; ovules minute, 

 many, cylindrical. 



Umbilicus malacophyllus DC. Prodr. III. p. 400; Bunge Enum. PI. 

 Chin. Bor. p. 104, n. 181; Bot. Mag. tab. 4098; Ledeb. Fl, Ross. II. p. 

 174; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 114, et Ind. Fl. Pekin. in Ibid. p. 472, 

 et Ind. Fl. Mongol, in Ibid. p. 482; Regel Tent. Fl. Ussur. p. 68, n. 198 

 Fr. Schmidt Reis. im Amurl. u. Ins. Sachal. p. 131, n. 163. > 



Orostachys malacophylla Fish. 



Sedum malacophyllum Franch. PI. David. I. p. 129. 



Umbilicus stamineus Ledeb. 1. c. 



Hab. Prov. Shiribeshi in Hokkaido (Ezo) : Okushiri (K. Miyabe and 

 Y. Tokubuchi ! Herb. Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, July 31, 1890) ; Prov. 

 Rikuzen : Sendai, cult, from Daitogasaki in Shobuda {A. Yasudal Nov. 16, 

 1900) ; Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! 1. c. 

 Oct. 1888 ; T. Mahino ! Oct. 1893). 



This is littoral species of Northern Japan. The Japanese plant is 

 smaller in all parts than the type, and usually not tinged with purple colour 

 towards the margin of the leaves and bracts. The radical rosulate leaves 

 perish in winter, leaving a young central bud as mentioned above. My 

 thanks are due to Mr. K. Koriba, who has kindly sent me the living 

 specimens, which were collected from a rocky promontory in Shobuda (where 

 they are wild) in the province of Rikuzen. 



Sedum Sieboldi Sweet var. erectum Makino nov. var. 



Stem erect, simple ; internodes short, much shorter than the leaves. 

 Leaves 3-nate, approximate, patent, obovato-orbicular, broadly cuneate towards 

 the base, entire -margined, not crenate. Flowers as in the type. 



