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nearly as long as the calyx. Style and stamens longer than the 
petals. 
Hab. Mexico, near Cordoba, teste Morr Mountains of 
Venezuela, alt. 83000 ft., Fendler 3447. Was first aceasta tebe 
cultivated specimens that flowered at Kew in 1 
revifolia, n.sp. —Leaves densely rosulate, 5-6 in. long ; 
dilated base ovate, 2 in. broad; blade lanceolate-setaceous, 4 in. 
broad at the base, tapering gradu ally to the point, rather thin in 
texture, densely finely persistently —e on both surfaces. 
Peduncle a foot long; lower bract-leaves with short setaceous 
points; upper entirely adpress ere scence a simple erect 
dense spike 2-3 in. long, } im. broad ; flowers bracts oblong-lanceo- 
late, lepidote, % in. long. Calyx 4 in . long. Petals not seen. 
Capsule twice as long as the calyx. 
Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Lehmann! Ambato, Pearce! Nearly 
allied to 7. aati chys 
RIGLOCHINOIDES Presl Reliq. Haenk. ii. 125; Roem. et 
Schultes, Foca i. 1205; Benth. Plant. Hartweg. 12 24,—-Leaves in 
a dense rosette ; dilated base ovate, } in. broad ; erie lanceolate- 
‘setaceous, 4-1 ft. long, rigidly coriaceous, dense y pérsistently 
~ Spabea oo 6-9 in. long; bract-leaves aaly adpressed. 
Inflore a dense simple spike 6-9 in. long, 4 in. diam. ; 
flower- rset oblong- oe naked, } in.long. Calyx reaching 
nearly to the tip of the bract. Petal-limb sali; ohlgae! cream- 
coloured. Capsule } in. Aes ng. 
Rata ee Hartweg 699! Edmonstone. 
41. T. Barclayana, n.sp. — Leaves forming — rosette ; 
dilated a ovate, 3-4 in. a, blade linear-subulate, above a 
foot long, } in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, sectarian ly 
Ricidote. Pedunele a foot long; bracts lanceolate, scariose, imbri- 
cated, not regres Spike simple, a ~ long ; rachis stout, 
very pubescent; flowers not so dense as in 7’, anceps, ascending ; _ 
flower- soe "Onin obtuse, an inch long. Calyx reaching to tip 
of the bract. Petals not seen. 
Ee 
(Herb, Mus. ~~ : en T. anceps Lodd. a 
ps Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 771. Piatytachy a peas — 
eli ro ena hiza pata E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, 368, 
t. 20-21. T. compressa Bertero ; eee et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vil. 
1210; ory FI. Brit. West ind. 39 5. T. setacea Hook. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 3275, non Sw. oe — Beer, Brom. 80. F: 
har Chama. et Schlecht. in Linne ; Schlecht. in Linnea, 
XViil. - EK. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, er t. 10-11. P, tri- 
color “sa Brom. 266.—Leaves in a dense rosette, linear-acuminate 
_ points. — dense ce t, simple, st panic 6-8 i in. long, 
13-21 ; flower-braets ovate, acute, subglabrous, 2 in. long, 
an inch broad lo Calyx 
Pillow with «red. odge, above at w down. 
