leaves few in a rosette, lanceolate from a slightly dilated base, a foot long, ½ - ¾ in; broad at the middle, thin, subglabrous, acute. inflorescence: peduncle arcuate, shorter than the leaves; spikes simple, moderately dense, 3–4 in; long. flowers appressed to the axis; floral bracts oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, ½ in; long; calyx nearly as long as the bract; petals not seen; capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long.Edited from : Baker 1889. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .