Root stock about as thick as a large quill, blackish when 

 old ; fibres white. Leaves cuneate, half an inch long, dis- 

 posed in rosettes, very smooth, shining, coriaceous, deeply 

 toothed at the end with pointed teeth. Scape obsoletely 3- 

 cornered, shorter than the leaves, 1- seldom 2-flowered. In- 

 volucre nearly of one piece, oblong, chaffy. Calyx tubular, 

 5-cleft : segments rounded short obtuse. Corolla subsessile, 

 often as large as all the rest of the plant together ; faux fur- 

 nished with a whitish nap: limh spreading: segments cleft in 

 two for half their length, like the letter Y. Capsule very 

 blunt, shining. 



Not having had the opportunity of examining the plant 

 ourselves, we have offered a version of the description in Mr. 

 Lehman n*s Monograph of llie genus. 



