Refugiwn Botanieum. | fAugust, 1868. 
TAB, 33, 
Natural Order CRASSULACER. 
Genus Srepum, Linn. 
S. ALBO-ROSEUM, 7. sp. Foliis sparsis pallide virentibus oblongo-spathu- 
latis subacutis ascendentibus denticulatis basi angustatis, corymbis 
amplis densis rotundatis ramis primariis alternis, pedicellis floribus 
dimidio brevioribus, sepalis deltoideis pallide viridibus immaculatis 
petalis triplo brevioribus, petalis albis lanceolatis patulis, stami- 
nibus et carpellis rostratis roseis petalis sequantibus. 
A native of Japan. 
Stems several from a root, ascending, about a foot and a half 
long, glaucous-green, quite naked, like the whole plant. Leaves 
close, arranged in spires of four, never opposite, ascending and 
slightly convex in the lower part, oblong-spathulate, the largest 
about two inches and a half long by half as broad, the point sub- 
acute, the edge of the upper two-thirds slightly inciso-crenate, 
the lower third entire, the base so much narrowed that when the 
leaves fall off they leave a roundish scar, the colour a pale bright 
slightly glaucous-green. Corymb three or four inches broad when 
well-developed, its separate divisions rounded, and the peduncles 
arising from different points, the lowest two or three inches long, 
with large leaf-like bracts. Ultimate pedicels not more than a line 
and a half or two lines long. Calyx about a line deep, pale green ; 
the sepals deltoid, not at all spotted. Petals lanceolate, pure 
white, three times as long as the calyx, spreading when the 
flower is fully expanded from two-thirds of the way down, so that 
the corolla measures about four lines across. Stamens equal, the 
outer row inserted very near the base of the petals, slightly 
pinkish, lke the rose-pink long-beaked carpels just equalling the 
sepals. Hypogynous scales ligulate-spathulate, emarginate at the 
apex. 
This handsome species, though it has been introduced many 
years, does not appear to have been anywhere described. — 
JG. Bb. 
A tall-growing Sedum, suitable for the open border or for rock- 
work. It is perfectly hardy, thriving in any good soil, and in its 
variegated form very ornamental, and producing a pleasing effect 
as a pot-plant.—W. W. S. 
