Rootstock about as thick as a large quill, blackish when 
old; fibres white. Leaves cuneate, half an inch long, dis- 
posed in rosettes, very smooth, shining, coriaceous, deeply 
toothed at the end with pointed teeth. Scape obsoletely 3- 
cornered, shorter than the leaves, 1- seldom 2-flowered. In- 
volucre nearly of one piece, oblong, chafly. Calyx tubular, 
5-cleft: segments rounded short obtuse. Corolla subsessile, 
often as large-as all the rest of the plant together; faux fur- 
nished with a whitish nap: limb spreading: segments cleft in 
two for half their length, like the letter Y. Capsule very 
blunt, shining. 
Not having had the opportunity of examining the plant 
ourselves, we have offered a version of the description in Mr. 
Lehmann’s Monograph of the genus. 
