leaves a dozen or more in a very short rosette, ensiforrn, sessile, 6–9 in; long, ½ - 5/8 in; broad, very thin in texture, plain green on both surfaces, not perceptibly lepidote beneath, narrowed gradually to the point, the marginal prickles close, spreading, minute, deltoid. flowers in a small head in the centre of the small ovate inner leaves; floral bracts ovate, rather rigid, under an inch long. fruits oblong-trigonus, 1/3 in; long, crowned by the withered calyx; corolla not seen.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .