Underground parts unknown. Plant glabrous. Stem unarmed in the upper parts. Bulbils none seen. Leaves opposed, herbaceous, oblong-ovate, shortly and abruptly acuminate, drying a dark brown colour; base rounded or very obtuse, to 6 by 2½ cm on the parts collected (but larger leaves certainly occur below the horizon of flowering), 5-nerved; petiole short, only about 1½ cm long. Male flowering axes 1-3 together on leafless branches of moderate length or on leafless branch-ends, 4-5 cm long, angled, with 20-30 flowers spaced their own diameter apart. Buds globose, except that the base is flat, 1 mm long. Female plant unknown.
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