shrub, 4 ft. high; branches minutely woolly tomentose; leaves ovate, oblong or subelliptic, obtuse, rounded or truncate at the apex, entire or callously 2–4-toothed, cordate at the base, 1–2 3/4 in. long, 1/2–1 1/4 in. broad, dull green, almost glaucous, distinctly veined, glabrous or minutely crisped-pubescent when young, usually decreasing in length upwards; heads solitary, without a definite involucre of barren bracts, peduncled, 1 1/2–2 in. in diam. excluding the styles; peduncle 6–9 lin. long, tomentose, with numerous imbricate, often recurved, ovate, suddenly or gradually acuminate, tomentose bracts; receptacle cylindric, about 9 lin. high, 3 lin. in diam.; floral bracts broad ovate or obovate to obovate-cuneate, suddenly contracted into a subulate acumen, 4–6 lin. long, very densely and long-tomentose up to the truncate and minutely tomentose top, acumen finely tomentose and ciliate; adult flower-bud almost 1 in. long; perianth-tube 3–4 lin. long, glabrous; adaxial and lateral claws permanently connate into a concave or flattened-out sheath 6–7 lin. long, and flattened out over 1 lin. wide, shortly villous or pubescent along the sides only, abaxial claw free except towards the apex, hairy all over; limbs oblong-ovate, subacute, 1 1/2 lin. long; stamens subsessile; anthers oblong-ovate, 1 lin. long; hypogynous scales linear, obtuse, 5/6 lin. long; ovary oblong, 3/4 lin. long, very finely pubescent, surrounded by whitish hairs, 1 1/2–2 lin. long; style nearly 2 in. long, rather stout, acutely quadrangular above, glabrous; stigma obliquely turbinate (hoof-shaped), face with a prominent longitudinal ridge; fruit subglobose, 3 1/2 lin. long, very sparsely puberulous. null
