leaves 10–12 to a rosette, very thin, lanceolate, under a foot long, an inch broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the point; panicle a foot long, composed of about 4 lax simple arcuate-ascending spikes 4–6 in; long. flowers subpatent; floral bracts oblong-lanceolate, wrapped tightly round the calyx, 1/3 in; long; sepals oblong, obtuse, much imbricated, ½ in; long; petal-blade oblong-lanceolate, yellow, ¼ in; long.Edited from : Baker 1889. Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .