shrub 2–3 ft. high; stem subsimple; branches villous; leaves decreasing in size from the base upwards, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, 3–9 lin. broad, mostly obovate or obovate-elliptic, rarely oblong, very obtuse at the base, entire, coriaceous, indistinctly 3–5-nerved, villous with long weak subadpressed hairs; heads sessile, 1 1/2–2 in. long, subcylindric, mostly 3–4-flowered, axillary, aggregated towards the ends of the branches; involucral bracts 4-seriate, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, acute, membranous, coloured, many-nerved, varying from densely shaggy villous to almost glabrous; receptacle densely setose; perianth-tube 1 1/2 lin. long, 4-keeled, glabrous; segments 1 3/4 in. long, linear-filiform, long-villous; limb 3 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous or somewhat pilose towards the base; filament 1/2 lin. long, oblong, swollen, furrowed; anthers 1 1/4 lin. long, linear; apical gland 1/8 lin. long, lanceolate; hypogynous scales 3/4 lin. long, linear, obtuse, white; ovary 3/4 lin. long, subglobose, pubescent; style 1 3/4 in. long, linear, glabrous, only slightly exserted; stigma 1 1/2–2 lin. long, cylindric, subacute, obtuse, slightly kneed at the junction with the style. null
