stem erect, branched, terete, with adpressed hairs when young, afterwards glabrous; leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 5 in. long, 9 lin. wide, acuminate, shortly cuneate at the base, at first sparsely short-hairy above, finally scabrous only on the principal nerves and margin, glandular beneath; ochreæ tubular, 1 in. long, truncate, densely clothed with adpressed hairs, ciliate at the mouth with bristles 4 lin. long; racemes 2–3 at or near the apex of the stem, on pubescent peduncles 1 1/2–2 in. long; flowers few in a cluster; pedicels slightly longer than the bracts; bracts 1 lin. long, rounded, ciliate; perianth 2 lin. long, pink; segments oblong, obtuse; stamens about 6, nearly as long as the perianth; ovary compressed, orbicular; styles 2, 1 lin. long; stigmas capitate; nut plano-convex, 1 1/2 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, almost black. null
