except on the mid-rib, sparsely woolly above, at length 

 becoming glabrous. Peduncle 9 mm. long, terete, sparsely 

 woolly, at length becoming glabrous. Tube of involucre 9 mm. 

 long, 8 mm. in diameter, sparsely woolly, intruse at the base ; 

 lobes in three rows ; the outer 4 mm. long, less than 1 mm. 

 broad, linear, subacute ; the innermost ovate, subacuminate, 

 subobtuse, with reddish-brown margins. Ray-florets neuter, 

 corolla tube 7 mm. long, cylindric ; limb red with a dark- 

 coloured mark at the base, 1*9 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, 

 obovate, rounded and minutely 3-fid at the apex, with two 

 prominent veins beneath. Disc-florets hermaphrodite. Corolla- 

 tube 7 mm. long, more or less angled, glabrous ; lobes *5 mm. 

 long, ovate, subacute. Anthers 3 mm. long. Pappus of long 

 delicate linear scales connate in the lower half and encasing 

 the base of the corolla tube, free in the upper half. Ovary 

 densely clothed with long silky hairs ; style elongating up to 

 1*3 cm. long, filiform ; stigmas about 0*75 mm. long. 



Plate 69. — Fig. 1, limb of ray flower ; Fig. 2, longitudinal section of 

 involucre ; Fig. 3, ray flower ; Fig. 4, segment of leaf enlarged. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



