involucrate, involucre of several imbricated, brown, pubescent 
scales, shorter than the heads. Pedice/s as long as the perianth. 
Perianth of four spathulate pale yellowish-white sepals, the apices 
concave, reflexed. Sty/e very long, a little dilated at the apex, and 
there bearing a nearly cylindrical stigma. W. J. H. 
Fig. 1. Section of a leaf. 2. A pair of flowers from a capitulum :—magnified. 
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