A herbaceous perennial, branched at the crown of the root with many stiff erect subsimple finely grey-downy stems a foot high. Stipules 1/4 in., lanceolate, persistent. Petioles 1 line. Leaves few, simple, ovate-oblong, reaching 2 1/2–3 in. long, 15–18 lines broad, blunt, coriaceous, dull green on both sides, finely grey-silky beneath. Flowers subsessile in many dense small close round or oblong peduncled terminal heads, the lower ones with a linear bract and three setaceous bracteoles. Calyx 1/8 in., tubular, densely grey-silky, teeth linear, densely ciliated, as long as the tube. Corolla whitish, slightly exceeding the calyx. Ovary densely grey-silky, subsessile. Pod not seen.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo,2400–3800 feet, Dr. Welwitsch!
