Shrub (?); flowering internodes short and slender, densely hairy, hairs of various lengths, the longest up to 1 mm. long; leaves elliptic-or lance-oblong, apex acuminate, base with one side slightly shorter at the petiole, both sides obtuse or mostly cordulate, 3-4.5 cm. wide X 10-13 cm. long, pinnately nerved throughout, the nerves 5 or more on each side, more promi-nent downward, submarginally loop-connected, with cross-connecting-anastomosing nervules, glabrous above or sparsely pubescent at the very base, crisp-pubescent beneath, the nerves densely so and with interspersed long hairs, drying firm, subopaque; petiole scant 5 mm. long, densely hairy, vaginate at the base; spikes as yet young, 2 mm. thick X 5 cm. long, mucronate; peduncle 5 mm. long, pubescent; bracts triangular-subpeltate, marginally fringed; ovary ovoid (?); stigmas sessile; fruit not developed.
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