leaves rigid, linear, very acuminate, 3 ft; or more long, under an inch broad above the dilated base; prickles middle-sized, falcate. inflorescence: peduncle 1 ½ ft; long; fertile part a dense oblong terminal central capitulum 1 ½ in; long, 1 in; diam; floral bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, spine-edged, ½ in; long. flowers: calyx with ovary shorter than the bract; petals lingulate, shortly protruded.Edited from : Baker 1889. (protologue) Handbook of the Bromeliaceae .