crate, some of the branches or peduncles single-flowered, others 
again ternately divided and then again involucrate: leaves of the 
involucre ternate, nearly sessile, the leaflets divided as the radical 
leaves but scarcely petiolulate. Flowers large, handsome, erect. 
Perianth rose-lilac, consisting of from fifteen to twenty oblong- 
obovate, spreading sepals. Stamens numerous. Anthers bright 
yellow. Ovaria numerous, ovate, silky, collected into a globose 
head. Stales extremely short, hooked. 
