Erect, stout, rigid, branched, 2-3 ft. high; stem 3 lin. in diam.; branches subflexuous, pubescent, densely leafy; leaves 4-nate, erect, crowded, linear, subobtuse, sulcate, glabrous, 4-5 lin. long; flowers 4-nate, subcernuous; pedicels thick, 2 lin. long; bracts approximate, broad-linear, thinly pubescent, coriaceous, thick, pallid, 3-3 1/2 lin. long; sepals like the bracts, 3 lin. long; corolla urceolate or ovoid-urceolate, mouth contracted, densely white-pubescent, white, about 4 lin. long; segments erect, rounded with, imbricate margin, scarcely 1/5 the length of the tube; filaments rather broad, bent at the apex; anthers included, affixed above the base, narrow-oblong, slightly curved, pale brown, over 1 lin. long, cristate-aristate; awns from an oblong denticulate base, suddenly contracted to subulate-acuminate, 2/3 or 3/4 the length of the cell; style stout, included; stigma simple; ovary deeply lobed, pubescent.
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Erect, stout, rigid, branched shrub, 0.6-0.9 m high. Branches densely leafy and softly hairy. Leaves 4-nate; erect, crowded; blade linear, 8-11 mm long, grooved down back, glabrous or not. Flowers: 4-nate; pedicels thick, 4 mm long, hairy; bracts 3, linear, thinly pubescent, leathery, thick, pallid, 6.0-7.5 mm long; anthers affixed above base, narrow-oblong, slightly curved, included, pale brown, over 2 mm long, broad at base, with aristate or cristate-aristate awns, filaments rather broad, bent at apex; style stout, included; stigma simple; ovary deeply lobed, pubescent; calyx hairy, clasping-boat-shaped; corolla urn-or egg-shaped, mouth contracted, ± 8 mm long, softly hairy, densely white-pubescent; segments erect, rounded with overlapping margin, scarcely 1/5 length of tube, white; Oct.-Mar.
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