branches puberulous or tomentellous, rarely nearly glabrous; leaves dimorphic; the lower up to 3 1/2 in. long, bipinnately divided in the upper half, with the ultimate segments linear or rarely oblanceolate, obtuse, concave on the upper surface, glabrous; the upper erect, entire, 1–2 in. long, 1/2–1 in. broad, broadly obovate in the upper, gradually narrowed to the petiolar base in the lower half, coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, margins not or only very slightly cartilaginous; heads 4-flowered, spicate; spikes terminal, solitary, sessile or on a peduncle up to 1 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. in diam., subcylindric; flowering axis rusty-tomentose, bearing subulate-linear very acute glabrescent bracts about 4 lin. long; floral bracts 4, 1 3/4 lin. long, 1 1/3 lin. broad, ovate, obtuse, densely rusty-villous outside, glabrous within; flowers surrounded at the base by numerous long hairs; perianth-tube about 1 lin. long, nearly glabrous; segments 1 1/4 in. long, very slender; claws shortly pubescent or tomentellous; limb nearly 2 lin. long, linear, apiculate, shortly tomentose outside; anthers 1–1 1/2 lin. long, linear; hypogynous scales 2/3 lin. long, linear, acute; ovary with a ring of long hairs at the base, otherwise only very shortly pubescent; style very slender, 1 1/2 in. long, glabrous, gradually tapered into a very narrow cylindric obtuse stigma 3/4 lin. long and about 1/8 lin. thick; fruits 3 1/2 lin. long, ellipsoid, shortly beaked, glabrous. null
