on 11 GW 81 t/ui)6Fol©s sligli'tXy ligliton ,colop6d witli cicmkop tips^ soiii6*b 11 x 10 s 
bla.ci.cj t^op CGiitcF of plant a mass of wool and spinosj flower, sessile, 
from near* top or plant, tubular, aoout d nini, in diameter j petals about 12 
oblong oblanceolate j stamens clustering round pistil, which is slightly 
longer; filaments rich purple, slender; anthers sraall; stigma lobes 4, 
dirty yello?/; axils of old tubercles bearing woo3. much darker than newer 
tubercles; axils bearing small spines, most abundant or visible where no 
wool 
sc thus in old axils. 
Collected in 1910 by C. A. Purpus , no. 16. 
