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bract. Corolla tubular, twice as long as the calyx. Capsule-valves 
lanceolate, an inch long, } in. broad 
Hab. Jamaica, Swartz! Wright ! ee Cuba, Wright 8278! 
Mexico, Bourgeau 2108! Trinidad, Schacht! 
46. T. setacea Sw. Prodr. Fl. lad. Oce. i. 598; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1207; Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 595; 
K. Koch, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. gh App. 4, p.6; Baker in Ref. 
Bot. 288, non. Hook in Bot. Mag. t. 8275. T’. tenuifolia L. Sp. 410, 
ex parte; Sagra, Fl. Cub. iii. 266 (Sloane Jam. i. 190, t. 122, fig. 1); 
E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1876, 199, t. 14. Dia phoranthema versi- 
color Beer, Brom. ‘ mia monostachya Laat erb. T. 
juneifolia Regel, Act. Hort. Petrop. iii. 154; Gartenfl. t. 811. T, 
punctulata Cham. et Schlecht. in Linn i T. Selloa K. Koch, 
Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1878, App. 4 juncea Leconte and 
partea 
juncea R. & P. Fi. ang iii. 88, t. 262 ?—Leaves 80-40 in a dense 
xture, , + in. broad 
; the dilated ay Peduncle generally shorter than ‘the leaves ; 
upper bract-leaves with short, lower with long, filiform free poin ints. 
Spikes 1-7, dense, 1-2 in. long, few-flowered, forming a short con- 
gested anicle ; - hove eae * obtuse, +i in. long, per- 
; ca yx. 
Hab. Georgia, Elliott. Florida, Bartram! Ravenal! Curtiss 
2847! 2848! Cuba, Wright 682! 683! 684! ce Shakespeare 
her 1777), Masson! Purdie! Trinidad, Fendler 825! Mexico, 
Lindley! It seems better to drop the name tenwifolia 
included under it three widely different species (setacea, cigdeailigas 
and flexuosa). The Mexican T. quadrangularis Mart. et Gal. En 
: be rele Lae) agrees with setacea, except that the flower is said 
47. Tr. year arpa, 0. Sp. | eaetaghyreesenemeimet dacs mn 
late, 4 in. g. 
Onpouls:vedves linear, 14-14 in. long. 
Hab. P. ay, Balansa 615! 
48. T. vernicosa, n. sp. — Leaves about 20 in a dense rosette, 
lanceolate-acuminate, 6-8 in. long, narrowed gradually from a 
scarcely dilated base 3 in. diam. to the subulate apex, thick, rigidly 
coriaceous, finely lepidote, = -. smooth and shining on both 
surfaces. Peduncle under — Beye imbrieated, only 9 
lower with free points. Stkes forming a 
dense, 1-2 in. 3 under 4 in. diam. ; re, Pa Pes ae 4 in. 
JougnaL or Botany.—Vot. 25. [Ava., 1887.] RB 
