_ obtuse, yellow-green above, palet and of a glaucous hue 
below. Peduncles terminal, solitary, in fact, a continua- 
tion] of the branches, bearing a single, rather large head 
of delicate, rose-coloured, hairy flowers ; surrounded by a 
four-leaved involucre: its leaflets ovate, concave, often 
tinged with red at the margin. Flowers sessile. Perianth 
salver-shaped: its twbe much elongated, slender, clothed 
_ below with very long, spreading hairs: limb of four spread- 
ing, oblong segments, beset with long spreading hairs on 
the under side. Filaments short, exserted. Anthers oblong, 
a deep orange. Germen oblong, green, furrowed, with a tuft 
_ of hairs at the base. : 
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified. 
