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florescence a terminal, flattish cyme of 2 to 3 forked branches with flowers in the 
forks, 1 1 to 3 inches across, with bracts resembUng the leaves, but smaller. Flowers 
yellow, ^ inch across, on short thick pedicels. Sepals green, spreading, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, shortly spurred. Petals yellow, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
I -nerved, patent, \ longer than the sepals. Stamens slightly shorter than the 
petals, the epipetalous ones inserted J way up from the base, and shorter than the 
episepalous ones, anthers yellow. Carpels spreading, connate at base, thrice as 
long as the slender styles, patent in fruit. 
Habitat.— E. China, Japan. 
Var. senanense Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 19, 67, 1^05. 
Synonym. — S. senanense Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 16, 213, 1902. 
Differs from the type in its much smaller leaves, more slender 
stems, being much suffused with red &c., and is a Japanese alpine form 
of the species. 
The type is stated by Miquel to flower in July, while the variety 
flowers (in Tokyo) in May. Both appear to be frequent in Japan. 
S. alpestre Villar, " Prospectus Plant. Dauph.," 49, 1779 ; " Hist. Plant. 
Dauph.," 3, 684, 1789. 
Synonym. — S. repens Schleicher. 
Illustrations. — Reichenbach, " Flor. German.," 23, tab. 58. Hallier, 
" Flor. Deutschland," 26, pi. 2651. Cusin and Ansberque, "Herb. Flor. 
Fran9aise, Crassul.," tab. 26. 
A tiny, rather dull, plant, easily known by its bright-green flattened 
leaves, rather broader towards the tip, and few terminal inconspicuous 
greenish-yellow flowers with erect petals. Of no horticultural value, 
it is only occasionally found in cultivation. I saw it at BerUn (from 
the Riesengebirge), and Bremen (from the Carpathians), and Mr. E. 
Bowles sent it to me from the Alps and Apennines. Named alpestre 
from its mountain habitat. 
Description. — Minute evergreen perennial, glabrous, bright green. Stem 
creeping, with ascending barren and flowering shoots. Leaves oblong-obovate, 
flattened, very fleshy, blunt, tapered and slightly spurred below, larger and more 
crowded at the ends of the shoots ; barren shoots short, with leaves forming 
rosettes at their ends ; flowering shoots taller (2 to 3 inches) . Flowers inch 
long, several together at the summit of the stems. Sepals resembling the leaves. 
123. Sedum alpestre Villar (fig. 150). 
Fig. 150. — S. alpestre Villar. 
