stem short; leaves 12–13 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, oblanceolate, subacute, attenuated into a long petiole, distinctly veined, coriaceous, glabrous; petiole flat above, convex on the back; head sessile, erect, 6–7 in. long, about 5 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 10–12-seriate; outer lanceolate, long-acuminate, acute, the lowest glabrous or glabrescent, the following increasingly white-tomentose to felted, inner ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, recurved at the apex, very densely white-felted, shorter than the flowers; perianth-sheath 2 1/2 in. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below for 3/4 in., then attenuated, membranous and very densely white-ciliate on the inner margin, except for a short space above; lip 8 lin. long, 3-toothed, densely whitish-villous on the sides, glabrous on the back; lateral teeth 1 1/2 lin. long; median tooth 1 lin. long; stamens all fertile; filaments 2/3 lin. long, oblong-linear; anthers linear, 3 1/2 lin. long; apical glands 2/3 lin. long, oblong-linear, obtuse; ovary 6–7 lin. long, cylindric, constricted into a short beak and ending with an annular thickening at the junction of the style, covered with long whitish hairs; style 2 1/2 in. long, gently curved, compressed and widened above the ovary, then subulate, terete, glabrous; stigma 3 1/2 lin. long, subacute, faintly grooved, very slender, imperceptibly passing into the style. null
