by a rosule of spreading leaves. Involucre of many closely-imbri¬ 
cated, mostly subulate scales, the outer ones shorter and broader, 
and sometimes spinous at the mai*gin; the inner ones longer 
and narrower and cdiated at the tips. Florets numerous, the 
segments of the perianth linear-spathidate, clothed with yellowish 
silky hairs. Anthers sunk in the hollow of the spathulate apex. 
Style longer than the flower, tipped with a rather small cylindrical 
glabrous stigma. 
Fig. 1, Floret:— magnified. 
