; 0 radical leaves densely rosulate, linear, 1 ½ ft; 1 long; 2 1/3 in; 3 broad, tapering to the point, armed with small ascending marginal teeth. inflorescence: peduncle stout, ½ ft; long; bract-leaves crowded, lanceolate, spreading, scariose, 4–5 in; long; fertile part a dense globose capitulum 4–5 in; diam., each flower subtended by an ovate acute red serrated bract about 1½ in; long. flowers whitish, shorter than the bracts.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .