stem simple, 1/2–1 1/2 ft. high, glabrous; leaves 2–3 1/2 in. long, 3–8 lin. broad, oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute or subobtuse, long attenuated at the base, indistinctly veined, with a distinct midrib, glabrous; head sessile, 1 1/2 in. long, about 1 1/2 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 6-seriate, glabrous or the outermost sometimes minutely silky-pubescent; outer ovate, subacuminate, obtuse; inner oblong, equalling the flowers; perianth-sheath 9 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below, fulvous-villosulous within in the upper part; lip 5 1/2 lin. long, 3-toothed, glabrous; lateral teeth 3 lin. long, oblong; median tooth 1/2 lin. long, ovate, acuminate, setulose; stamens all fertile, subsessile; anthers linear, 2 3/4 lin. long; apical glands ovate, obtuse, swollen on the inner face; hypogynous scales 1 lin. long, elliptic, acuminate, obtuse; ovary 2 1/2 lin. long, oblong in outline, covered with reddish-brown hairs; style 10 1/2 lin. long, slightly flexuous, bulbously thickened above the ovary, then constricted and subterete; stigma 2 3/4 lin. long, very slender, obtuse, slightly wavy at the junction with the style. null
