Plant c. 2.5 m high. Leaves not preserved, (from a sketch) ovate-oblong, c. 30 cm long. Inflorescence cauligerous, spiciform, 2 cm long, puberulous, inter-nodes 7-10 mm long; bracts leafy, ovate, 4.5-13 by 2.5-8 mm, puberulous on both surfaces. Pedicel and ovary c. 17 mm long, puberulous. Perianth when folded in side view ± orbicular in outline, c. 7 cm ø, cordate at base, sinus c. 12 mm deep, distinctly bi-auriculate; perianth deeply lobed, lobes ± orbicular, c. 7 cm ø, puberulous outside, loosely glandular hairy inside, veins rather loosely reticulate. Stamens in 2 whorls: upper row c. 18, lower c. 24; filaments glabrous, very short or 0; anthers oblong, 1.5-2 mm long. Style column c. 3 mm long, lobes c. 12, c. 1.5 mm. Capsule siliquiform, slightly curved, 15-21 cm long, slightly 4-angular, narrowed at both ends, puberulous. Seeds broad-ellipsoid, triangular, 3.5 by 2 mm, transverse-rugose, deeply grooved.
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