stem erect, simple, leafy throughout, setoso-scabrid and angular below, tomentose above; subradical leaves oblongo-lanceolate, tapering at base into a ribbed petiole, on both sides piloso-setose, prominently 3-nerved, the cauline sessile, broad-based, lance-linear, acuminate, with revolute margins, piloso-scabrid above, beneath cobwebby; corymb loosely much-branched; heads pedicellate, globose; inv.-scales nearly glabrous, loosely imbricated, oval, concave, obtuse, straw-colour, connivent. Stem 1–1 1/2 f. high. Root-leaves few, 2–3 inches long, 1/2– 3/4 inch wide: cauline numerous, 1–1 1/2 inch long, 1–3 lines wide. Heads 3–4 lines diam.—Compared by Dr. Sonder with the original specimens in Hb. Berol., described by Lessing, who had not seen the radical or lower cauline leaves.