Stem simple, 22 mm long. Leaves ovate, acute, appressed, 1½ mm. Flowers with an involucre of 3 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5½ mm long bracts. Perianth urceolate in the basal part, bilabiate-zygomorphous in the upper part. Outer perianth lobes 2½ mm, broad-ovate at the base, rounded, with a subulate appendage inserted below the top. Inner lobes linear to filiform, subulate, 5 mm. A thick, fleshy upper lip bent over the perianth mouth; on the back of the upper lip 1 inner and 2 outer perianth lobes. The other 2 inner lobes between the 2 lips. The third outer lobe inserted on the middle of the lower lip. Stamens rounded and ciliate at the free, apical margin; thecae elongate; outer side of the stamen provided with scattered hairs. The 3 stigmas connate to a capitate, 3-lobed stigma. Ovary obconical.
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