branches softly hirsute above, at length glabrous; leaves 3/4–1 3/4 in. long, 2–2 1/2 lin. broad, narrowly oblanceolate-acute, with a recurved mucro, distinctly veined beneath, very minutely and loosely pubescent, at length glabrous; head sessile, 1 1/2 in. long, about 1 1/2 in. in diam., pendulous; involucral bracts 7–8-seriate; outer ovate, subacuminate, obtuse, silky-pubescent or tomentose on the lower half, with membranous margins, ciliate; inner oblong, incurved above, slightly concave, minutely pubescent outside, exceeding the flowers; perianth-sheath 9 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 3-nerved below, rufous-pilose outside in the uppermost part; lip 2 1/2 lin. long, 3-toothed, setose below with a few stiff rufous hairs; teeth subequal, glabrous, 1/3 lin. long: stamens all fertile: anthers linear, 1 1/4 lin. long; apical glands 1/8 lin. long, ovate; ovary oblong, covered with long reddish-brown hairs; style 10 lin. long, curved to falcate, compressed, obliquely dilated above the ovary, then gradually tapering, glabrous; stigma 1 1/2 lin. long, filiform, obtuse, almost imperceptibly passing into the style. null
