stem simple or rarely branched, 1–2 ft. high, with internodes 3/4–2 in. long, minutely velvety-pubescent; leaves erect, subsessile, 3/4–2 3/4 in. long, 1/2–1 1/4 lin. broad, linear or linear-subfiliform, acute, with revolute margins, minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous; umbels 6–13, sessile at the nodes, usually 4–12- (rarely 2–3-) flowered; pedicels 1/2–1 1/2 lin. long, pubescent; sepals 1–1 1/2 lin. long, 1/3– 1/2 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent; corolla-tube 1/2 lin. long, glabrous; lobes spreading or reflexed, 1 2/3–2 lin. long, 3/4–1 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, minutely notched at the subacute apex, thinly pubescent on the back, puberulous or pubescent on the inner face, apparently green or greenish-brown; corona-lobes 3 times as long as the staminal column, white, purplish-tinted on the points; basal part 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, 3/4 lin. broad, subquadrate, 3-toothed at the top, with an appendage and 2 parallel keels on the inner face; lateral teeth minute, usually erect or incurved, rarely horizontally spreading; middle tooth 1 1/4–2 lin. long, subulate, erectly spreading, with the upper half incurved; appendages connivent-erect, 1–1 1/2 lin. long, subulate, sometimes bifid at the apex; basal alternating teeth minute, obtuse; staminal column about 1 lin. long; anther-appendages ovate or rounded, subacute or obtuse, inflexed over the marginal crenatures or tubercles surrounding the central boss of the style-apex; young follicles narrowly fusiform, tapering into a beak, minutely tomentose. null
