stems apparently tall, simple, about 1 1/4 lin. thick, terete, opaque, light brown; sheaths not seen, distant, deciduous, leaving a dark brown ring; inflorescence a narrow interrupted erect densely-flowered panicle, 6–8 in. long in the male, 3 1/2–4 1/2 in. long in the female; spathes (only a part of an upper one seen) 1 in. or more long, oblong, expanded, brown, very deciduous, leaving a dark brown ring; branches of the panicle oblong, very densely covered with very dark brown flowers, erect, glabrous; bracts deciduous; bracteoles persistent, 1/2– 2/3 lin. diam., orbicular, concave, very obtuse, more or less lacerated at the margin; perianth-segments of the male flowers unequal, oblong, obtuse, concave; outer scarcely 1/2 lin. long, inner 3/4 lin. long; of the female flowers subequal, orbicular, concave, very obtuse; fruit subglobose, 1-celled, about 1 lin. diam., slightly rugose, blackish-brown. null