A number of plants, grown in the Herbarium experimental ground at Kew which had flowered in the previous summer were examined in December. They had formed dense tufts of leaves which were developed on short lateral branches and which were held erect instead of being adpressed to the ground in a rosette. It is possible that, in the rather more severe conditions of its native habitat, the species might die after flowering. Whether C. lanata agrees with C. incurva in this respect, or whether it is strictly monocarpic it is difficult to judge from herbarium material.