lanceolate, acute at both ends, dotted above: those of the 
involucre scarcely different from the rest, shorter than the 
flowers. These latter are in a rather lax head, and of 
snowy whiteness. Perianth with a long, pure white, slen- 
der tube, quite glabrous, slightly dilated upwards: the 
segments ovate, rather obtuse, spreading. Filaments much 
exserted. Anthers oblong, orange. Style exserted, very 
slender, with a capitate stigma. Germen ovate, green, 
surrounded by a tuft of hairs arising from the receptacle. 
Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Flower: magnified. 
