leaves linear-subulate from an ovate base, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote; panicle lax, a foot long. inflorescence: spikes many, dense, ascending, simple, 3–4 in; long, above ½ in, broad; lower branch-bracts oblong-lanceolate with a subulate point; floral bracts oblong, acute, an inch long, ⅓ in; broad. flowers: calyx rather shorter than the bract; petals and capsule not seen.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .