branches glabrous, bark almost black lower down; leaves 3–4 in. long (rarely less than 2 1/2 in. long), 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad, oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, distinctly pinnately veined, glabrous, with thin transparent cartilaginous margins; head (immature) sessile, 1 3/4–2 in. long, about 1 in. in diam., oblong; receptacle slightly convex; involucral bracts 10-seriate, more or less minutely fulvously ciliate; outer ovate, subobtuse, very minutely pubescent below or almost glabrous; inner oblong, obtuse, glabrous, or sometimes minutely pubescent near the apex; perianth-sheath over 1 in. long, dilated and 7-nerved below, glabrous outside, fulvously pubescent within from the widened base upwards; lip 7 lin. long, 3-toothed, glabrous for the greater part, but sparsely hairy towards the teeth and along the sides (but the limb of the anticous perianth-segment fulvously pilose);lateral teeth 3/4 lin. long, oblong, fulvously villous; median tooth 1/2 lin. long, narrower than the 2 lateral teeth; stamens subsessile; filaments concave; anthers linear, 4 1/2 lin. long; apical glands 1/6 lin. long, ovate, swollen on the inner face; hypogynous scales 1/3 lin. long, 1/6 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse; ovary 1 lin. long, covered with long hairs; style over 1 in. long, slender, glabrous; stigma 4 1/2 lin. long, filiform, obtuse, furrowed, almost imperceptibly passing into the style. null
