pubescent. — Znvolucral leaves very short, ovate or oblong, 
obtuse, appressed. M/owers numerous, usually forming a 
dense head ; pedicels strict, viscid, much longer than the 
snvolucral bracts. Caly«-tube oblong-cylindric, viscid, teeth 
short, rounded. Corolla rose-purple, tube much longer than 
the calyx, half an inch long; limb one inch diameter ; throat 
naked, yellow, without farina or scales, lobes obcordate, not 
deeply lobed. Stamens in the short-styled form inserted 
shortly below the mouth of the corolla. Ovary globose. 
Capsule as long as the calyx —J. D. #7. 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, calyx cut open, showing the ovary :—magnified, 
