Plants terrestrial and probably also epiphytic, the caudex creeping or scandent, slender, with short or elongate internodes; cataphylls linear, acuminate, finally deciduous; petioles less than half as long as the blades, 9-18 cm. long, slender, geniculate 1 cm. or less below the apex; blades epunctate, thin when dried, oblong-lanceolate, 20-25 cm. long, 5-7 cm. wide, acute or acuminate, slightly paler beneath, obtuse or rounded at the base, the primary lateral nerves 15-18 on each side, ascending at an angle of about 45 degrees, united to form a distinct, promi-nent collective nerve near the margin; peduncles longer or shorter than the petioles; spathe lanceolate, acuminate, green, about 4 cm. long; spadix borne on a stipe 4-5 mm. long, obtuse or acute, cylindric, 4-5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick.
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