Caudex scandent; petioles slender, 30-35 cm. long, narrowly vaginate to the node, the margins of the sheath entire; blades oblong-lanceolate, commonly 40-50 cm. long and 11-15 cm. wide, cuspidate-acuminate, cuneate at the base, thin, green above, somewhat paler beneath, the lateral nerves very numerous and slender, all subequal, ascending at an angle of about 45 degrees; peduncles 12-15 cm. long; spathe 13-15 cm. long, 9-10 cm. wide when expanded, broadly elliptic, pinkish white outside, dirty pink within, cuspidate-acuminate; spadix white, short-stipi-tate, 8-12 cm. long, becoming 1.5 cm. thick, obtuse, pale pinkish; ovaries 3 mm. long, 4-or 5-angulate; ovary cells many-ovulate.
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