branches hairy at the insertion of the leaves, otherwise glabrous; leaves 2 1/4–4 1/2 in. long, 9–12 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate to oblong, obtuse, slightly narrowed at the base, distinctly veined, glabrous or subglaucous; head constricted into a very short scaly stipes, 2 1/2 in. long, about 3 in. in diam.; receptacle slightly concave; involucral bracts 9–11-seriate; outer ovate, subacuminate, obtuse, densely silky-pubescent to tomentose below, glabrescent above; inner oblong, concave, silky-pubescent on the back, glabrescent on the sides and tips, shorter than the flowers; perianth-sheath 1 1/4 in. long, glabrous at the dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved base, increasingly hairy above; lip 8 lin. long, 3-toothed, densely villous on the sides, glabrescent on the back; teeth subequal, 1 lin. long, ovate, acuminate, densely whitish-tomentose; stamens all fertile, sessile; anthers linear, 4 1/2 lin. long; apical glands 1/4 lin. long, ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, swollen on the inner face; ovary 1 1/2 lin. long, elliptic, covered with long reddish-yellow hairs; hypogynous scales 3/4 lin. long, ovate, subacuminate, obtuse; style 1 1/2 in. long, more or less trigonous and grooved, glabrous; stigma 4 1/2 lin. long, filiform, obtuse, faintly swollen and bent at the junction with the style. null
