stems 1 1/2 ft. high, ascending, striate, glabrous, often tinged with purple, branched; leaves 1/2–1 in. long, 2–6 lin. broad, ovate, obovate or spathulate, obtuse, sometimes excised at the apex, cuneate at the base, apiculate and with more or less undulate margins; nerves elevated beneath; petioles 1/3–1 in. long; flowers in small axillary heads; bracteoles 1 3/4 lin. long, lanceolate, with a strong midrib produced into a hard sharp point; perianth 1 1/2 lin. long; sepals 3, unequal, ovate, subacute, cuspidate; stamens 3; capsule ovoid, 1 1/4 lin. long, narrowed at the apex, circumscissile about the middle, membranous; stigmas 3, about 1/2 lin. long; seeds 1/2– 3/4 lin. in diam., lenticular, with acute margins, dark brown, shining. null
