Plants rather slender, caulescent, 0.5-1.0 m. tall; leaves oblong-oval, abruptly and shortly acuminate or subcaudate-acuminate, base obtuse or rounded, 9-30 cm. long, 5-10 cm. broad, minutely puberulent to glabrous, the lower surface purple, the upper variegated with white or light green; petiole 0.5-2.0 cm. long, wholly callous; sheaths 9-15 cm. long, obtuse, minutely puberulent; spikes ellipsoid-turbinate, 3.5-6.0 cm. long; peduncle 5-12 cm. long, minutely pilosulose; bracts about 5-10, loosely sheathing, obovate, shortly apiculate, 2-4 cm. long, 3-5 cm. broad, membranaceous, white or yellowish at the base, glabrous; flowers 3.5-4.0 cm. long, widely exserted, white.
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