leaves 20 or more in a rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base 2 in; broad, a foot long, 1½ in; broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to the point. inflorescence: peduncle longer than the leaves; lower bract-leaves with lanceolate free points; fertile part a lax simple spike 6–8 in; long, 2½- 3in; broad. flowers 12–20, erecto- patent; floral bracts oblong, obtuse, 1 - 1½ in; long, an inch broad; calyx half inch longer than the bract; sepals obtuse; corolla not scen; capsule-valves 2 in; long, ½ in; broad.Edited from : Baker 1888. (protologue) Synopsis of Tillandsieae (continued) .