robust, with corymbose branches; leaves very densely imbricated, broadly subulate, broader at base and sub-cordate, villoso-ciliate, many-nerved; flowers sub-capitate, on very short pedicels; calyces densely villoso-barbate. A coarse, furze-like bush, 1–2 feet high, with bare, woody stems, branched chiefly at the summit. Branches crowded, fastigiate, much divided, the young twigs hairy. Leaves 3/4 inch long, 1–2 lines wide at base, whence they taper to a very slender point, densely crowded, their bases 1 line apart; upper leaves broadest, the young ones villous, older glabrescent, except on the edges, especially towards their base. Flowers 3–4, sub-sessile at the ends of the branches, both calyx and corolla densely hairy. Lower leaves 5–7, upper 12–15 nerved.