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Spikes a 
Spikes simple . : : ‘ . Sp. 98-105. 
Spikes panssiad : : é ‘ . Sp. 106-115. 
80. T. pumita Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 16, non Lindl.— 
Habit of 7’. pruinosa, but the lepidote scales adpressed, not loose. 
Leaf-blade convolute, longer than the dwarf flower-stem. pike 
short, simple ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, squamulose, 
$i C alyx rather shorter than the bract; —- sepal 
oblong, obtuse, the two others acute. Capsule an inch long. 
Hab. Venezuela; no Tovar, alt. 3000 ft., Fendler 2168. 
oa. T. chontalensis, eaves in a dense rosette ; outer 
with a large ovate omens lai 1-14 in. long; blade ‘linear- 
subulate, recurved, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote, 2-3 in. long, 
deeply channelled all down the face. Peduncle 3 in. long; bract- 
leaves crowded, long-pointed. Spike densely simple, 2-3 in. long, 
3-4 In. broad ; bract. pei oblong-lanceolate, acute, thinly ee ee 
3-1 in, long. me din: orter than the bract. Petal-blades oblong, 
convolute, } in. 
Hab. ees Chontales, shit Tate 418! Like T. Fascicu- 
lata on a dwarf scale, with a simple 
32. T. brachypoda, n. sp. i ctce i many in a dense rosette ; 
dilated base ovate, an inc oe blade lanceolate- netnooousl, 
rigidly coriaceous, } ft. lon , 4 in. broad low down, tapering 
gradually to the point, pn finely ecient lepidote. Pe- 
y 
duncle 2-3 in. ei ; bract-leaves crowded, w. ort free points. 
florescence a dense simple spike 4 in tan, din wer- 
tai 
83. T. prurnosa Swartz, Fl. Ind. Oee-i a frre Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. vii. 1206 : Griseb. ae Nacht. 1864, 16; Flora Brit. West. 
Ind : E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1876, 257, t. 16-17. Platy- 
stachys pruinosa Beer, Brom. 265. T’. breviscapa Sagra, Fl. Cub. iii. 
265.—Whole plant 28 in. a Leaves linear-subulate from an 
ovate ventricose base an inch long; blade 3-4 in. long, } in. broad 
base, oarniscilk covered all over both surfaces with loo 
—- 8 duncle very short, quite hidden by the long- 
0 bract- ee 38 Spike dense, simple, erect, oblong, 1-2 in 
lo r-bracts ovate, : 
in. diam.; flow acute, 3-1 in. long, 
laxly a Beate Tepuiolt: Calyx glabrous, reaching to the tip of 
the bract. Petals lilac, connivent in a cylindrical tube 4 in. longer 
than the calyx. Stamens exsert 
Hab. Cuba, Poppig! Wright 686 ! Jamaica, Swartz. Moun- 
tains of Vonnrabin. alt. 5000 ft., Fendler 2448! Para, Llerb. 
Lindley! Brazil, Glaziow 15462! 
34. T. vortuis Klotzsch inedit.; E. Morren in Bourg. Brom. 
No. 97. Platystachys tortilis Beer, Brom - 266. — Leaves densely 
rosulate, linear-subulate, recurved, rigidly coriaceous, 4-6 in. long, 
convolute down tie base, densely clothed ou both surfaces with lax 
