whole plant usually under 1 ft. high; stem short, woody, covered by the leaf-bases; leaves obovate, up to 2 in. long and nearly 1 in. wide, tapering into a petiole 1 in. long, which expands into a long sheathing base, papillose on both surfaces; panicle corymbose, many-flowered, rhachis and branches tuberculate; spikelets 1-flowered; bracts short, lanceolate; bracteoles ovate, enwrapping the calyx-tube, 4 lin. long, with broad white scarious margins; calyx-tube cylindric, 4 lin. long, pilose in the lower half, strongly 5-ribbed; limb 5 lin. in diam.; lobes 10, rounded, crenate, five 1 lin. long, five 1/2 lin. long; petals oblanceolate, obtuse, 6 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. wide, united at the very base; filaments 3 lin. long, inserted between the anther-cells; anthers oblong, nearly 1 lin. long, verrucose, cells distinct in the lower half, mucronate at the base; ovary oblong, deeply 5-lobed; styles distinct, longer than the petals. null
