an acaulescent plant; leaves 6–10 in. long, 3–6 lin. broad at the widest part, linear-oblanceolate, acute, long attenuated at the base into a petiole, rough, glabrous or those surrounding the flower-heads somewhat hirsute below, with very wavy margins; head subsessile, 2 1/2 in. long, about 1 3/4 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 6-seriate, lanceolate, acuminate, acute, densely fulvously woolly-tomentose, lower at length becoming glabrous and dark chestnut-brown; inner not equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath 12 lin. long, gradually dilated, faintly 3-keeled and 5–7-nerved below, membranous, densely villous on the outside excepting at the glabrous base, hairs pallid; lip 3 lin. long, 3-toothed, hairy along the sides and below, glabrescent on the back; tips with a pallid tuft of hairs, at length glabrous; lateral teeth 1/2 lin. long, linear, obtuse, median tooth slightly shorter; stamens all fertile; anthers subsessile, linear, 2 1/2 lin. long; apical gland linear-oblong, 3/8 lin. long, red; ovary 1 1/2 lin. long, oblong, covered with long white hairs; style 14 lin. long, slightly curved, subulate from an obliquely lanceolate compressed base, up to over 1 lin. wide in the lower quarter, pubescent below, otherwise glabrous; stigma 1 1/2–2 lin. long, obtuse, almost imperceptibly passing into the style. null
