Compacta, in genere maxima visa, caule ad 1 cm. diam.; partes herbaceae canae velutinaeque ob papillas capillares minutas; folia fere erecta, supra plana, dorso rotundata, vel superne carinata, carina eccentrica, apice integra obtusaque vel saepius irregulariter dentata vel lobulata, immatura dimidio superiore ad 7-lobata, lobis acuminatis, rubre marginatis, ad 5 mm. longis, ad 5.6 cm. longa, ad 1.5 cm. lata, ad 1.3 cm. diam.; flos diurnus, 5.2 cm. diam. pedunculus valde compressus, 2-carinatus, 7 mm. longus, 4 mm. diam.; receptaculum obconicum, lateraliter compressum, 2-carinatum carinis papillato-ciliolatis, 5 mm. longum, ad 1.1 cm. diam.; sepala 5, 0.7-1.2 cm. longa, apiculata, longiora carinata, carina 1-denticulata; petala 2-seriata, parum inaequilonga, acuta vel obtusa, inferne attenuata, aurea, subtus pallide rubicunda, 2.3-2.5 cm. longa, ad 3 mm. lata; filamenta erecta glabra, inferne alba, superne cum antheris pollineque aurea, ad 8 mm. longa; discus crebre crenulatus; ovarium per 2 mm. elevatum, lobis superne valde eompressis; stigmata 5, sat gracilia, superne leviter attenuata, aurea, 7 mm. longa.
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