Drscr. Densely tufted; rootstocks short, much branched, 
clothed below with withered remains of old leaves. Leaves 
densely rosulate, spreading, one-half to one inch long, 
linear with a dilated rounded or spathulate tip, thickly 
coriaceous, glaucous blue with cartilaginous margins, 
edged with a crust of lime, quite glabrous or the young 
slightly hairy. Flowering-stems from the centre of the 
rosettes of leaves, five to seven inches high, very slender, 
bright red-brown, as are the branches, peduncles, and 
pedicels of the thyrsoid or subcorymbose erect open panicle; 
bracts and leaves on the flower-stem small, erect, linear, 
red-brown. Flowers one-half to three-quarters of an inch 
in diameter. Calyx red-brown, tube hemispheric ; lobes 
small, ovate, obtuse. Petals spreading, obovate, tip rounded, 
pure white. Filaments short; anthers small. Styles short, 
recurved.—J. D. HH, 
Fig. 1, Vertical section of flower ; 2, stamen; 3, style; 4, transverse section of 
ovary :—all enlarged. 
