branches glabrous; leaves oblanceolate, obtuse with a minute callous blunt point, cuneately attenuated at the base, 1 1/4–2 in. long, 1/3 to almost 1/2 in. broad, thickly coriaceous, subglaucous, drying reddish-brown, glabrous, obscurely veined; head subsessile, about 2 in. long and wide; involucral bracts about 6–7-seriate, those of the first 5 or 6 series gradually increasing in size, those of the last exceeding the preceding by almost 1 in.; outer ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, finely silky-pubescent, soon glabrescent; inner oblong-linear to spathulate-linear, obtuse, fulvously villosulous, more or less glabrescent at length in the upper part, equalling the dull red flowers; perianth-sheath somewhat over 1 in. long, slender, fulvously and spreadingly villous down to the middle of the widened 5-nerved and 3-keeled base, then glabrous; lip 4 lin. long, 3-toothed, membranous, fulvously villous along the sides and on the teeth, glabrous on the back; lateral teeth 1 1/2 lin. long, intermediate 3/4 lin. long; stamens all fertile; filaments filiform, slightly wider above, 1–1 1/4 lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. long; apical glands 1/3 lin. long, ovate, subacute; ovary covered with reddish-fulvous hairs; style rather strongly curved, 1 1/2 in. long, laterally compressed, 3/4 lin. broad below, gradually tapering upwards; stigma 1 1/2 lin. long, obtuse, grooved, set off from the style by a slight and sudden bend. null
