leaves 40–50 in a rosette, ensiform, 3–4 ft; long, 1 ¼ in; broad at the middle, narrowing slightly downwards and gradually to an acuminate point, rigid in texture, arcuate, plain green and glabrous on the channelled face, obscurely lepidote on the back, armed with middle-sized deltoid-cuspidate upcurved prickles horny at the tip, but stramineous not brown. flowers unknown.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .