Tuber unknown. Stem glabrous, wiry, probably unarmed throughout. Bulbils none seen. Leaves alternate, decidedly coriaceous, elliptic or the larger so broad as to be almost circular, sometimes ovate [var. ovalifolia PRAIN & BURK. (1938)], abruptly acuminate (acumen to 10 mm), base just cordiform, to 11 by 9 cm, 5-nerved, the outermost nerves submarginal and the intermediate much nearer to the margin than to the midrib; upper surface somewhat shining, the larger nerves just prominent after the leaf has been dried; petiole xh the length of the lamina. Male flowering axes gathered into large leafless branches up to 70 cm long, the axes directed strictly upwards and flower-less through 2-5 mm at the base, then fertile with about 40 flowers, angled. Buds globose, up to 1 mm long. Female flowering axes to 35 cm and probably at times longer. Capsules broader than in the species immediately following; wings to 20 by 22 mm, apex retuse, base subtruncate.
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