branches glabrous, glaucous; leaves 3–4 1/2 in. long, 1–2 in. broad at the widest part, 2 lin. wide at the base, obovate, cuneate, obtuse, distinctly veined, glabrous, glaucous; head sessile, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, about 2 in. in diam., globose; involucral bracts 7–8-seriate, glabrous; outer ovate, subacuminate, subobtuse; inner oblong, slightly convex, equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath 12 lin. long, glabrous excepting for a few reddish setulæ near the lip, dilated, 5-nerved and 3-keeled below; lip 3 lin. long, glabrous or sparingly setulose; stamens all fertile; filaments 1/6 lin. long and broad, thin; anthers linear-elliptic, 2 lin. long; apical glands 1/6 lin. long, ovate, subobtuse; ovary 4 lin. long, oblanceolate in outline, swollen above, covered with long reddish-brown hairs; style over 1 in. long, falcate from a short, almost straight base, 1 lin. wide, tapering upwards, compressed, glabrous; stigma 1 1/2–2 lin. long, linear, obtuse, grooved, almost imperceptibly passing into the style. null
