stem decumbent; branches softly hirsute, then glabrescent; leaves 4–6 in. long, 4–6 lin. broad above, 1 1/2 lin. broad below, oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, subacute, long attenuate at the base, more or less vernicose, indistinctly veined, with a distinct midrib, glabrous or scantily hirsute with long soft hairs, particularly towards the base and along the margin; head sessile, 2 in. long, about 2 1/2 in. in diam.; receptacle conical; paleæ ovate, acute; involucral bracts 6-seriate; outer ovate, obtuse, silky-pubescent, at length glabrous, inner spathulate-oblong, concave, silky-pubescent, ciliate, equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath 9 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 5-nerved below, the membranous upper part at length spirally coiling up, glabrous; lip 4 lin. long, 3-keeled, glabrous, dentate; lateral teeth 3/4 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, villous; median tooth 1/2 lin. long; stamens all fertile; filaments 1/4 lin. long, dilated, concave; anthers linear, 2 lin. long; apical glands 1/4 lin. long, ovate, swollen on the inner face; hypogynous scales ovate, obtuse; ovary 2 lin. long, oblong in outline, covered with numerous long dark-brown hairs; style 10 lin. long, slightly curved, tapering above, compressed, swollen above the ovary, glabrous; stigma 2 lin. long, grooved, obtuse, almost imperceptibly passing into the style. null
