Plants relatively slender, resembling a Canna, 1-3 m. tall; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or broadly acute at the base, 30-100 cm. long, 12-20 cm. broad; inflorescence erect or slightly nodding in fruit, the peduncle relatively slender, 6-45 cm. long, glabrous, the rachis straight or slightly flexuose; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acumi-nate, 4-15 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, laxly spreading in flower, nearly horizontal or somewhat deflexed in fruit, glabrous or essentially so, green to yellowish or reddish; perianth 3-4 cm. long, greatly exserted, greenish, yellowish, or reddish; fruit broadly trigonal, conspicuously truncate, 0.4-0.5 cm. long, 0.5-0.7 cm. broad, deep purple.
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