branches tomentose above; leaves 3 1/2–4 3/4 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. broad, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, emarginate, attenuate at the base into a petiole, distinctly veined, glabrous and vernicose, ciliate below; head sessile, 3 3/4 in. long, about 2 1/2 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 13-seriate; outer ovate, acuminate, obtuse, pubescent, at length glabrous, ciliate; inner oblong or spathulate-linear, glabrous, ciliate, slightly exceeding the flowers; perianth-sheath 2 in. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below, shortly tomentose or villosulous; lip 9–10 lin. long, 3-awned, villosulous; lateral awns 3–4 1/2 lin. long, terete, villous, tomentose with longer hairs intermixed; median awn 1 1/2 lin. long, filiform; filaments 1/2 lin. long, swollen; anthers linear, 2 lin. long; apical glands 3/4 lin. long, oblong, obtuse; ovary covered with long reddish-brown hairs; style 2 in. long, flattened, strongly keeled above the ovary, pubescent below and along the keel up to the middle, glabrous upwards; stigma 2 1/2 lin. long, furrowed, obtuse, tapering into the style. null
