a short much-branched undershrub; branches alternate, terete, thick, ashy-grey, the younger tomentose; leaves all alternate, few, scattered, cylindric, obtuse, up to 3/4 in. long, about 1/2 lin. broad, glabrous; nerves not conspicuous; heads of flowers reaching 1/2 in. long and rather broader than long; bracteoles 2 1/2 lin. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, glabrous, hyaline; perianth reaching 5 lin. long, silky-hairy; 2 outer sepals longer and broader than the inner, all lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved; filaments rather more than 1 lin. long; staminodes very short, ovate, obtuse; anthers more than 1/2 lin. long, oblong; ovary glabrous; style 2 lin. long; stigma capitellate. null
