Descr. Perennial. There isan evident stem, rising two 
or three inches above ground, marked with the scars of the 
fallen leaves, the perfect leaves forming a spreading crown 
tothe summit. These are, in our plants, from four to six or 
eight inches in length, obovato-spathulate, irregularly 
toothed at the margin, except in the lower half, quite gla- 
brous and naked (not mealy), obscurely veined, and of an 
uniform pale green colour. Scape from among the lower 
leaves, and longer than they, rounded, glabrous, bearing a 
somewhat drooping Umbel. Involucre, pedicels, and ealy- 
ces densely covered with a white, mealy, or powdery sub- 
stance, in which the fragrance appears to reside. Corolla 
full yellow, infundibuliform, the segments nearly erect, their 
margins incurved. Stamens included. Germen globose : 
Style filiform, as long as the tube. Stigma capitate, glan- 
dular. 
