Plants rather small, epiphytic, the caudex commonly short, thick, with very short internodes, the cataphylls soon weathering into fibers; petioles slender, one-fourth as long as the blades or usually much shorter, subterete, somewhat dilated at the base, nodose near the apex; blades linear or lance-linear, 15-40 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, acute to attenuate-acuminate, cuneately narrowed to the base, very thick and coria-ceous when dried, dark green above, slightly paler beneath, punctate on both surfaces, the costa rather stout, very prominent, the primary lateral nerves numerous, ascending at a narrow angle, slender, prominent, at least beneath, united near the margin to form a distinct collective nerve; peduncles slender, equaling or more often shorter than the leaves; spathe reddish, linear or linear-lanceolate, usually 3-4 cm. long and much shorter than the spadix, acute or acuminate; spadix reddish brown, sessile, slender-cylin-dric, 4-8 cm. long, 3-5 mm. thick, obtuse, slightly attenuate upward; sepals 1.5 mm. wide, 1 mm. long; pistil depressed-globose, about 1.5 mm. wide and 1 mm. lqng; berries orange-red.
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