A shrub, about I m. tall; flowering internodes moderately stout and short, glabrous; leaves broad-elliptic, apex gradually acute, base narrowed, obtuse or slightly cordulate, one side 1-2 mm. shorter, 11-14 cm. wide X 20-24 cm. long, pinnately nerved below the upper third, the nerves 7-8 on each side, with inter-mediates and slender cross-connecting and anastomosing nervules, glabrous above, the nerves beneath puberulent, somewhat rugose, glandular-dotted, drying subglossy and green above, paler beneath, papery, translucent; petiole 15-20 plus 1-2 mm. long, vaginate and narrowly winged to the blade; spikes 8 mm. thick X 2 cm. long, apiculate; peduncle stout, scarcely 10 mm. long; bracts triangular-lunate, glabrous, or marginally papillate, pedicel broad, concave; ovary glabrous, stigmas 2, recurved, on a short, stout style.
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