leaves thin, lorate, 2 ft; long, 1 ¼ in; broad at the middle, rounded at the apex to a small cusp; marginal prickles nearly obsolete. inflorescence: peduncle slender, much shorter than the leaves; fertile part a very dense subglobose head 1 ½ in; long; floral bracts broad ovate, spine-pointed, ¼ in; long. pistil: ovary with calyx ¼ in; long. flowers: sepals ovate, scarcely cuspidate.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .