plant dwarf, slightly branching from the base; stems erect, densely leafy, unifariously villous; leaves exceeding the internodes, 3/4–1 in. long, 2–4 lin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, subtruncate-hastate at the base, with revolute margins, scabrid-pilose above, glabrous beneath; umbels lateral at the nodes, few-flowered; peduncle as long as the leaves, erect, pilose; pedicels unequal, 3–4 times as long as the flowers, pilose; sepals half as long as the corolla, lanceolate, acute, pilose; corolla-lobes erectly-spreading, 3 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, obtuse, with reflexed margins, glabrous on both sides; corona-lobes ovate, 3-toothed at the apex, with an appendage on the inner face; lateral teeth erect, much larger than the minute inconspicuous middle tooth; appendage deeply bifid, with erect obtuse segments not exceeding the lateral teeth of the lobe; anther-appendages ovate, very obtuse, inflexed on the style-apex; caudicles attached to the middle of the ovoid pollen-masses. null
