branches tomentose; leaves 1 1/2–2 in. long, 6–14 lin. broad, elliptic-oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, rounded or attenuated at the base, with the venation more prominent beneath than above, the younger leaves villous-tomentose, soon woolly glabrous; head sessile, 1 1/2–2 in. long, about 1 1/3 in. in diam.; receptacle flat; involucral scales 5-seriate, silky-tomentose, at length becoming glabrous; outer ovate, obtuse; inner oblong, ciliate round the apex, equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath tube 8 lin. long, membranous, rufous-hirsute excepting at the 3-keeled glabrous base; lip 7 lin. long, tridentate, glabrous; teeth subequal, 1/2 lin. long, obtuse; stamens all fertile; filaments 1/4 lin. long, dilated and concave; anthers linear, 5 3/4 lin. long; apical glands 1/4 lin. long, lanceolate, with a swelling on the inner face; style 1 1/2 in. long, slightly curved or flexuous, compressed and dilated below, glabrous; stigma 5 3/4 lin. long, filiform, gradually passing into the style. null
