a bush 8–10 ft. high; branches tomentose, at length glabrous; leaves 1 1/4–3 3/4 in. long, 4–16 lin. broad, elliptic, more or less oblong, rather narrow, obtuse or subacute, rounded or subcordate at the base, reticulately veined, the younger pilose, at length glabrous, ciliate; head sessile, 4 in. long, 2–2 1/2 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 11-seriate; outer ovate, subacuminate, obtuse or subacute, minutely whitish silky-pubescent, ciliate; inner elongated-oblong, yellowish-white silky-pubescent, with a fringe of long cilia equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath 2 1/2 in. long, slender and thin above the middle, dilated and 3-keeled below, shortly villous, the upper slender half spirally coiled in old flowers; lip 8–10 lin. long, 3-toothed, sparingly hairy on the sides, glabrous on the back or nearly all over; lateral teeth up to 2 lin. long, hirsute or villous; stamens all fertile, subsessile; anthers 6 lin. long; apical glands 1/4 lin. long, lanceolate, swollen on the inner face; ovary 1 1/2 lin. long, ovoid, densely covered with long reddish-brown hairs; style 3 in. long, slender, straight, subterete, grooved on one side, finely glabrous; stigma 6–8 lin. long, filiform, with slightly thickened tips, gradually tapering into the style. null
