Descr. ‘“ Leaves (seven inches across) bright green 
above, paler below, all radical, subpeltate, cordato-palmate, 
hairy above and below, with seven strong radiating nerves, 
very prominent below, lobes lanceolate, oblong, undulate, 
sinuate, unequal, the central (four inches from the insertion 
of the petiole to its apex) being the largest, the others gra- 
dually smaller to the sinus ; petiole rather shorter than the 
middle lobe, densely covered with long, coarse, entangled 
crystalline hairs, which, in fading resemble yellow wool. 
Scape (two feet high) tapering upwards, straight, pretty 
closely covered with oblong, red streaks, from which spring 
long, tortuous, acute, crystalline hairs. Bracteas in op- 
posite pairs, at each division of the flower-stalks, serrated, 
ovate, hairy, dentato-ciliate, nerved, smaller in every suc- 
ceeding pair. Peduncles dichotomo-deliquescent, streaked 
like the scape, and somewhat hispid. Flowers rose-colour- 
ed, dipetalous, petals round, entire: male flowers in the 
cleft of the peduncles, expanding before the female. Sta- 
mens yellow, ascending : filaments cohering only at their 
base; anthers spathulate ; connective extending beyond the 
Joculaments.” Graham. Capsule triquetrous, with three 
obtuse, membranous, brownish wings, of which, two are 
comparatively short, the third much larger, and pointing 
upwards. 
Fig. 1. Stamens. 2. Capsule nearly ripe :—magnified. 
