branches glabrous; leaves 3 1/2–5 in. long, occasionally 1 1/2 in. long, 3–7 lin. broad above, 3/4–1 1/4 lin. broad at the base, linear-oblanceolate to strap-shaped, obtuse or subacute, narrowed or attenuated at the base, glabrous; head sessile, 2 1/4 in. long, about 2 3/4 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 8–10-seriate; outer ovate, obtuse, minutely silky-pubescent on the lower half or glabrous; inner oblong or spathulate-oblong, exceeding the flowers; perianth-sheath 12–14 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below, fulvous-pubescent or villosulous within in the upper part; glabrous outside, ciliate, lip 5 1/2 lin. long, 3-toothed, glabrous or with scattered stiff hairs; lateral teeth 3/4 lin. long, broadly oblong, ciliate; median tooth 1/2 lin. long, ovate, acuminate; stamens all fertile, sessile; anthers linear, 3 1/2–4 1/2 lin. long; apical glands 1/3 lin. long, elliptic, obtuse, swollen on the inner face; ovary 2 lin. long, obovate-oblong, covered with yellowish-red hairs; style 1 1/4 in. long, somewhat flexuous, glabrous, bulbously thickened above the ovary, then constricted, then widening and compressed to the middle, whence gradually tapering; stigma 3 1/2–4 1/2 lin. long, very slender, obtuse, passing gradually or with a small bend into the style. null
