glabrous; stem erect, ribstriate, leafy to the base of the diffusely branched corymb (lower portion unknown); lower leaves …; cauline leaves cordate at base and stem-clasping, lanceolate, acuminate, rigidly coriaceous, thick, ciliato-denticulate, glaucescent, conspicuously veiny on both surfaces, on the lower with very prominent, oblique, anastomosing veins and veinlets, many-veined at base; partial corymbs few-headed, pedicels short; heads 10-fl., discoid; inv. nude at base, funnel-shaped, of 5–6 oblong, obtuse, glabrous scales; achenes glabrous. Apparently a tall plant, with the habit of S. isatideus, but leafy throughout, with close-placed, strongly and coarsely veiny, very rigid leaves. I have only seen a single specimen, about 14 inches long, being merely the flowering top of the stem, or of a branch: its leaves are 2–3 inches long, 1/2– 3/4 inch wide at base, very acute. Until the lower part of the stem shall be seen the characters cannot be fully given.
