palmate, spiny, smooth. Bractea of each flower 3-parted, 

 with subulate, spiny, somewhat hairy segments. Calyxes 

 inflated, rigid, reticulated, with a furrowed glandular tube, 

 2-lipped ; the upper lip dilated, erect, the lower rounded, 

 with seven long, unequal, radiating spiny teeth. Corolla 

 yellowish, pilose, shorter than the calyx; galea convex, 

 slightly emarginate, with a somewhat wedge-shaped, equally 

 4-lobed lip. Anthers smooth, distinct. 



J. L. 



