branches slightly sulcate, puberulous; young branchlets more or less rusty adpressed-pilose; leaves 1 1/4–2 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 1/2 lin. broad, oblanceolate-linear, contracted at the apex into a rather long sharp mucro, chartaceous, glabrous or slightly pubescent; male heads surrounded by a few leaves the inner of which gradually become shorter and broadened at the base, ovoid-triangular or subglobose, about 1/2 in. in diam.; floral bracts 3/4 lin. long, oblong, subacute, villous and ciliate on the upper half; perianth-tube 1 lin. long, subcompressed, pilose; segments 1 1/4 lin. long, spathulate-linear, pilose; limb 1/2 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, pilose; anthers 1/3 lin. long, oblong; style 1 1/2 lin. long, terete, narrowing above, somewhat flattened below, pubescent; stigma 1/3 lin. long, clavate, obtuse; hypogynous scales 1/2 lin. long, linear; female flowers not seen. null
