nate tip. Peduncle stiffly erect, central, overtopping the 

 leaves, hidden by the imbricated ascending lanceolate bract- 

 leaves. Inflorescence a dense, simple, globose capitulum, 

 about three inches in diameter ; bracts densely imbricated, 

 ovate-lanceolate, erect, one-flowered, about two inches 

 long, bright scarlet, often tipped with yellow. Calyx an 

 inch long ; tube short ; lobes oblong. Corolla pale yellow ; 

 tube subcylindrical, longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong. 

 Stamens inserted at the throat of the corolla-tube, shorter 

 than the lobes; filaments very short, flattened. Ovary 

 ovoid; style long, with three short, much undulated 

 stigmatose branches. Capsule cylindrical, apiculate, an 

 inch and a half long;. — J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1, Bract and flower; 2, vertical section of corolla, with stamens; 

 8, front view of anther ; 4, back view of anther ; 5, pistil : — all more or less 

 enlarged. 



