"Repent or scandent," glabrous; flowering internodes slender and short, granu-lar-scurfy; leaves strongly inequilaterally, somewhat falcately, oblong-elliptic, the margin on one side quite straight and subparallel with the midrib to near the apex, the other side strongly curved from the base to the tip, apex sharply acuminate, base inequilateral with one side about 2 mm. shorter, the longer side obtuse or cordulate-auriculate and covering the petiole, 3.5-5.5 cm. wide X 13-20 cm. long, pinnately nerved from below the upper third, the nerves 4-6 on each side, strongly curved toward the apex, with strong cross-connecting veinlets and finely nervulose with anastomosing nervules, finely granular beneath, drying rather firm, translucent; petioles nearly obsolete, 1-2 plus 2 mm. long, scurfy; spikes 2 mm. thick X 4-8 cm. long, somewhat curved; peduncle slender, 4-7 cm. long; bracts small, tri-angular-subpeltate, smooth or granular-papillate; fruit obpyriform-trigonous, granular-papillate; stigmas sessile.
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