branches glabrous; leaves up to 5 1/2 in. long and 14 lin. broad, lanceolate, subacute, slightly narrowed at the base, distinctly veined, with the midrib prominent in the lower half, glabrous; head contracted at the base into a scaly stipes, 2–2 1/2 in. long, and as wide, receptacle shortly conical; involucral bracts about 10-seriate; outer ovate, subacuminate, green or more or less pink, evanescently silky-pubescent below, ciliolate; inner oblong, rose-colour, glabrous, shorter than the flowers; perianth-sheath 12 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 5-nerved below, membranous, glabrous, excepting at the sides which are rufo-pubescent within, middle portion spirally coiled in old flowers; lip 5 lin. long, orange, 3-toothed, 3-keeled, glabrous excepting at the minutely hirsute tips; teeth subequal, 1/2 lin. long; stamens all fertile, subsessile; anthers linear, 3 lin. long; apical glands 1/8 lin. long, elliptic, swollen on the inner face; ovary up to 2 lin. long, oblong in outline, covered with long reddish-yellow hairs; style 1 1/4 lin. long, distinctly swollen above the ovary, almost equally wide up to 3/4, then strongly curved and tapering, glabrous; stigma 3–3 1/2 lin. long, filiform, obtuse, slightly wavy at the junction with the style. null
