478 



PORTULACACEAE 



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

 spatulate-obovate or -orbicular, iy 2 to 3 inches long; sepals roundish, very 

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



Fig. 96. LEWISIA COTYLEDON Bob. a, plant, x % ; b, fully opened 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. 



