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5. T. Valenzuelana A. Rich. Plant light-green or red-tinged, 2-5 dm. tall, 
the stems di Or b together: basal leaves with the almost flat tip prise 
curled back; f the flower-stem lax with acuminate tips: spikes with 
the bracts red- ee or red: petals violet, about t 3.5 em. long: capsule slender 
about 3 em i ong. [T. Houzeavi (Chapm. Fl.)]—Hammoeks, S Fla.—(W. I., 
Mex., C. A., 8. A.)—T. sublaxza Baker, seems to be the e simple spiked condition 
of this a 
6. T. hystricina Small. Plant bright-green, 2-3.5 dm the stem usually 
solitary: basal leaves numerous, stiffly spreading, with abripüy ped Pr 
bases and stiff nearly flat knife-like tips; leaves of the flower-stem with stiff 
Ta ie like tips: spikes few, the bracts mostly green: petals violet, pos 
4 cm. long: capsule not seen. —Hammocks, Everglade Keys, S pen. Fla. 
7. T. fasciculata Sw. Plant gray-green, except the Mud tonite 2-6 dm. tall, 
the stems solitary or few together: basal leaves numer recurved- beard tee 
ieee ally attenuate above the widely dilated base; pd of the flower-stem 
h broad erect tips: spikes several to ma ay, the bracts yellow, red, or Atl 
petals violet, 4.5-5 em. long: capsule 3-3.5 em. long. [T. bracteata ‘Chap m.]— 
Hammocks, cypress- puc and rarely pine lands, pen. Fla.—(W. I., Me C2X., 
C. vie S. 4.) —T. Wilsonii S. Wats. was based on seedling plants of this species. 
T. Balbisiana Schult. Plant gray-green to the inflorescence, 2-9 dm 
the stems solitary or few together: basalleaves few, with tips recurved- Gu 
leaves of the flower-stem with lax iis es tips: spikes narrow, ri flat- 
tened, the iol p erect, the bracts red: petals violet, about 3.5 em. long: 
capsule 4—4.5 cm. E [7. juncea ped F1.)]—Ha mmocks E cypress- 
wamps, S Fla.—(W. I., Mex.) 
9 : Pobstachen L. Plant dark gray-green or slate-colored up t 
florescence, 2.5-6 dm. tall fe stems solitary or few together: basal oe pa 
numerous, with long-attenuate slightly involute tips; leaves of the flower-stem 
with rigid, erect, stout-subulate tips: spikes usually spar ingly branched, flat- 
tened, the eral ones erect or ascending, the bracts red or yellow-tinged: 
petals violet, about 4 cm. long: capsule about 4 cm. Duct a. and 
cypress- swamps, S pen. Fla.—(W. I., Mez., C. A., S. A.) 
cx. e osi Schlecht. Plant gray, 1-2 dm. tall, the stems usually clust- 
ered, Mieres s 4-9 together: basal leaves few; lea ves of the flower-stem with 
sheathing een and short ie subulate tips: T simple or sparingly 
branched, flattened, the lateral ones appressed to the main one: bracts gray 
or greenish: petals lavender, reed 3 em. long: pods ar em. long. [T. bulbosa 
(Chapm. Fl.) ]—Hammo eks and Kin swamps, S Fla. —(W I., Mex.) 
11. T. utriculata L. Plant light-green, 3-20 dm. tall, the stems Suc 
leaves numerous, with elongate flat or nearly flat blades attenuate from t 
wide bas leaves of the flower-stem more or less remote, with Edita 
d the lower ones with elongate tips the upper with slender tips or merely 
inflorescence loosely and usually widely branched: spikes with zigzag 
jacks and separ RT Loud s petals cream-colored or ivory- shile, about 
4 em. long: capsul ong. Pw mmocks, cypress-swamps and serub, 
SE Ga. and Fla. ON. 1 N^ A., 8S. A.)— — Our largest wild-pine. The 
plants flower once only and pus soon afterward. 
12. T. aloifolia Hook. Plant t light- green, 2-9 dm. tall, the stems solitary or 2 
or 3 together: basal leaves few, in a cylindric or Rede: opia-like cluster, with 
E horizontally banded bases and broad tips; leaves of the flower-stem often 
separated, only the lower ones with subulate tips: Ee loosely and 
sparingly bran is the pe zigzag: racemes mostly 1-flowered, spreading: 
petals pink, 3-4 em. long: capsule 4-6 em. long. (T. utriculata (Chap m. F1] 
—Hammocks and cypress- swamps, 8 Fla.—(W. I., C. A., 
