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with a very small spreading suborbicular reddish blade. Stamens 
and pistil not exserted from the cal 
Hab. ventine Republic, in Provinee of Cordoba, on trees 
near Tarana, Lorentz! Not an <Anoplophytum, as classed by 
Grisebach. 
24. T. se priperasy: . sp. —- Leaves spaced-out over a stem 
, rigi 
a ae - 3 in. long; bract-leaves few, with s 
points. Inflorescence a dense simple spike 1-14 in. long, 4 in. 
teal: flower- bitch chlanes lanceolate, lepidote, } in. long. Calyx 
reaching to the tip of the bract. Petal-blade lilac, obovate-cuneate, 
+ in. long and broad. Stamens 
Hab. Andes of Bolivia, Pentland! 
25. T. soratensis, n.sp.—Leaves — — lanceolate- 
setaceous, 8-10 in. long, 4 in. broad a the base of the blade 
. Spikes i soe : 
panicle, each about an inch long, 4m. broad; branch-bracts small; 
flower- ieapia oblong-lanceolate, glossy, 4 in. long. Calyx a little 
longer than the bract. Petal-limb violet, obovate- enuanie: 4 in. 
. Duratit. 
6. T. Duratu Visiani Ill. i. 28 p. Ann. i. 840. Phytarhiza 
Duratii Visiani = Mem. Instit. Bs Vv. P4855). 840, cum icone; 
Walp. Ann. vi. 69; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, 370. Anoplo 
phytum Duratit foe Brom. ap Wallise Duratii E. Morr 
a 
down, circinate at the apex, channelled down the face, thick 
rigid in texture, densely clothed all over with adpressed lapiiats 
scales. Peduncle stout, hive’ + ong; bract-leaves many, 
br 
vauicie 3-4 in. long, consisting of several ascending dense spikes ; 
main bracts oblong, an ioeh long, epidote; ultimate bracts oblong- 
lanceolate, lepidote, $-§ in. long- yx . i ; sepals acute. 
Petal-blade spreading, orbicular-cuneate, bright r diam. 
sie 70 and style not a m the cal 
Sah ampenet tory, eel Uraguay, Twesdjat Durati’ s 
istinet. 
T. azurea Presl. Rel. Haenk. in. 124, t. it Roem. 
Schulies Syst. vii. 1218. Platystachys azurea Beer B ie 08 
