478 



PORTULACACEAE 



panicle two pairs of bracts: bracts ovate, acute; leaves in a dense rosulate tuft, 

 spatulate-obovate or -orbicular. liA to 3 inches long; sepals roundish, very 

 obtuse, glandular-denticulate. 2 to 3 lines long: petals 7 to 10. obovate or 



Fig. 96. Leavisi.\ cotyledon Rob. a, plant, x i^. ; b. fully upened flower, x 1. 



oblanceolate. white, strongly pink-veined along the middle, 5 to 7 lines long; 

 stamens 6 to 9 ; petals 8 or 9 ; filaments dilated below and connate into a sheath 

 surrounding the ovary; style-branches 3 (or 2). 



Western Siskiyou Co. and northern Trinity Co. A most attractive species. 

 July. 



