; 0 stout, woody, leafy stem, ½ foot long, ¼ in; 1 diameter at the base, with several spreading or ascending branches; 2 dilated base of the leaves deltoid, ¼ - 1/3 in; 3 broad. leaves spreading, 1 ½ - 2 in; long, subterete, 1/12 – 1/8 in; broad at the top of the dilated base, distinctly grooved down the face, narrowed from the middle to a subobtuse point, densely coated with spreading, linear, pale-brown scales. inflorescence: peduncle about an inch long, 2–3-flowered, with a large lanceolate bract at the middle; bracts lanceolate, ½ in; long. flowers: sepals lanceolate, glabrous, nearly as long as the bract. fruits not seen;.Edited from : Baker 1878. (protologue) A synopsis of the species of Diaphoranthema .