leaves lorate, nearly 2 in; broad at the middle, deltoid at the tip with a small cusp, the marginal teeth distant, middle-sized, ascending, deltoid cuspidate. inflorescence a lax panicle a foot long, composed of about 30 subglobose strobiliform spikes ½ - ¾ in; long, the uppermost sessile on the main axis, those below single and shortly peduncled, the rest sessile spaced out on erecto-patent branches; branch-bracts small, lanceolate; floral bracts 1/3in; long, broad ovate, with a small cusp. flowers: calyx with ovary as long as the flower-bract; petal-blade very small.Edited from : Handb. Bromel. 49. (1889)