A shrub, 2 m. tall; upper internodes slender and elongate, densely brown-matted-hairy; leaves lance-ovate, apex somewhat attenuately acuminate, base cordate-auriculate, one side up to 5 mm. shorter at the petiole, the sinus lateral, 11-12 cm. wide X 26 cm. long, or upper leaves smaller, pinnately nerved below the upper third, the nerves 6-7 on each side, branched upward to some extent, with cross-connecting and anastomosing nervules, the nerves pubescent on both sides or only toward the base on the upper surface, drying rather thin, subtranslucent, glandular-dotted; petiole 2.5-4.5 plus 2-5 mm. long, densely brown-hairy, vaginate-winged to the blade; spikes as yet very young, 1 mm. thick X 5 cm. long; peduncle slender, 1 cm. long, densely hairy; bracts subpeltate, bristly.
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