branchlets very shortly pubescent; leaves closely overlapping, those of the male smaller than those of the female, the former 2–3 lin. long, 1–1 3/4 lin. broad, the latter 3–7 lin. long, 1 3/4–2 1/4 lin. broad, all obovate or those around the female inflorescence oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, softly adpressed-pubescent on both surfaces, at length becoming glabrous; male inflorescences subcorymbose, solitary and terminal, scarcely 1/2 in. in diam., surrounded by several broad purple bracts; floral bracts 2 1/2 lin. long, oblanceolate-spathulate, pubescent, ciliate; perianth-tube 1 1/4 lin. long, cylindric, pilose; segments 1 1/2 lin. long, pilose; limb 3/4 lin. long, oblong, subacute, glabrous; anthers 2/3 lin. long, linear; style 2 lin. long, cylindric, glabrous; stigma 1/2 lin. long, oblong-cylindric; hypogynous scales?; female inflorescences hidden by the coloured bract-like leaves; floral bracts 4–5 lin. long, oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, pubescent, ciliate; perianth-tube 1 1/2 lin. long, ventricose below, covered with very long hairs; segments 4 1/2 lin. long, linear, pilose with long hairs; limb 5/6 lin. long, oblong-linear, acute, glabrous; anthers 1/2 lin. long, linear; style 3 1/2 lin. long, filiform-cylindric, narrowed to the base, glabrous; stigma not seen; ovary 1/2 lin. long, ellipsoid, glabrous; mature heads subglobose, villous; fruits transversely ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, 3 1/2 lin. broad, not winged. null
