Flower-scapes 4 to 5 in. high, 8~12-flowered, bracteate 
throughout. #racts about a third of an inch long, glan- 
dular on the margin. Pedicels curved downwards before 
the flowers expand. lowers about 11 in. in diameter, 
white with crowded red lines. Sepals 2, broad, fringed 
with stalked glands, overlapping in bud. Petals variable 
in number, usually 9 or 10, spathulate, notched. Stamens 
7 to 10, shorter than the petals. Ovary I-celled; ovules 
few; style equalling the stamens.—W. Borrine Hemstry. 
Cuitivation.—Lewisia Cotyledon was presented to Kew 
in 1906 by Mr. P. B. Randulph, Seattle, Washington; the 
plant came from the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. It grew 
well and flowered freely in May after being potted in sandy 
soil and placed in an unheated frame. Possibly it will 
prove hardy in a sheltered position in the rockery. So far 
it has failed to produce seeds, but it has developed basal 
offsets which when removed soon grew into plants.— 
W. Watson. 
Fig. 1, pedicel bearing bracts and flower-bud ; 2, stamens and pistil; 3 and 
anthers; 5, pistil; 6, longitudinal section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
