Caudex short; petioles one-fifth to one-third as long as the blade, 2.5-6.5 cm. long, geniculate 1 cm. below the apex; blades oblanceolate, 13-21 cm. long, 5-6.5 cm. wide, thick but-not coriaceous, membranaceous when dried, attenuate from the upper third to the apex and abruptly acuminate, cuneate-attenuate to the base, the lateral nerves straight, united to form a collective nerve 6-8 mm. from the margin; peduncles 21 cm. long, about equaling the leaves, slender; spathe lanceolate, acuminate, green, 3 cm. long, 8 mm. wide; spadix yellow, borne on a stipe 1 cm. long, green, cylindric, 2.5 cm. long, 4 mm. thick, in fruit as much as 9-15 cm. long; berries ovoid, reddish black, 12 mm. long, 7 mm. thick, slightly attenuate at the apex, dark red above, whitish below, the cells 1-seeded; seeds oblong, 7 mm. long, attenuate at the base, the testa smooth, white.
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