nches long, erect, terete, one-flowered, loosely clothed with 
erect, linear, acute succulent bracts, half an inch to one inch 
long. Heads erect or inclined, an inch and a half long. In- 
volucre terete, without any small scales at the base ; leaflets 
eight to ten, linear, acute. Forets bright vermilion-orange. 
Corolla-tube slender; lobes linear-oblong. Pappus scabrid, 
unequal.—J. D. H. ee 
Fig. 1. Vertical section of involucre and receptacle. 2. Floret. 3. Pap- 
pus. 4. Stamen. 5. Style and stigmas :—all magnified. 
