294 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : BOTANY. 



\htflower partly concealed by the uppermost leaves, supported by a i- 

 nerved bractlet. Bracts lanceolate, shorter than the sepals. Sepals united 

 at base. Limb of petals minute, shortly exceeding the calyx. Capsule 3 

 times as long. 



(Argentina) ; epiphytic or on rocks. 



T. COARCTATA PEDICELLATA. 



Scape more or less manifest, tall and naked. 

 (Solinia ; Argentina) ; N. Patagonia. 



T. MYOSURA Gris. 



Stems thickish, divided from a woody base, leafy; to 15 cm. tall. Leaves 

 with dilated sheaths, rather remote, distichous, linear, attenuate, canalic- 

 ulate-convolute, acuminate, tip recurved, scaly above the middle. Pe- 

 duncles axillary or terminal, as long as the stems, exsert. Inflorescence 

 i-5-flowered, distichous. Bractlets longer than the 3-leaved calyx, ex- 

 ceeding the internodes, sepals not united, petal-claws as long as the calyx; 

 lamina deltoid, violet when dry, one fourth as long. Stamens deeply 

 included, slightly exceeding the style. 



(Bolivia, near Mendoza) ; at Lago Narraco, Patagonia. 



3. T. RETORTA Gris. ( T. nappii darwinii L. & N. ) 



Stems short, densely cespitose, leafy, branching above, 7 cm. tall. 

 Leaves with dilated sheath, rather remote, distichous, linear-acuminate, 

 convolute, recurved and apex incurved, lepidote-scaly. Peduncles naked, 

 axillary, equalling the leaf, i -flowered, rarely 2-flowered. Calyx 3-leaved, 

 nearly as long as the bracteole, 2-3 times shorter than the capsule. 

 Petals minute ; stamens deeply included, slightly exceeding the style. 



(Argentina ; Bolivia) ; N. Patagon. 



(Mez. resolves T. bryoides Gris. into 2 species, one T. coarctata Gill., 

 the other T. poly trie hoides Mez. found in Brazil and Argentina.) 



2. FASCICULARIA Mez. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals free, carinate, lepidote-tomentose. 

 Petals free to the base, at anthesis slightly patent only at the tips, other- 

 wise erect, fleshy, apically rounded, and with 2 small ligules inside near 

 the base. Stamens free ; anthers long ; pollen-grains globular, not sul- 



