leaves densely rosulate, ensiform¬acuminate, a foot long, an inch broad low down, very thick in texture, very circinnate at the apex, densely finely lepidote. inflorescence: peduncle a foot long; bract-leaves long-pointed; panicle lax, 1½–2 ft; long; spikes 20–30, dense, distichous, 2–3 in; long, ¼ in; diam., lower 3–4-nate; floral bracts ovate, ½ in; long. flowers: calyx rather shorter than the bract; petals not seen; capsule-valves linear, under an inch long.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .