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lower bract-leaves with long free points ; upper short, entirely 
adpressed. Inflorescence a — panicle 13 ft. long ; spikes 12-20, 
branch-bracts small, lanceslaaad flowers about 12-jugate, all 
ascending ; flower- bracts oblong- lanceolate, acute, subglabrous, 
? in. long, + in. lee Calyx reaching nearly to the tip of the 
bract. Corolla not s 
Hab. Trinidad, Fendler 816! 
ver T. VALENZUELANA A. Rich. in Sagra Fl. Cub. iii. 267. 7. lava 
yx, convolute in cylindrica “i Stamens and style much 
exserted. Capsule neatly an inch lon, 
Hab. Eastern Cuba, near Monte Verde, wh right 1516! Jamaica, 
near Manchester, Wullschagel, teste Griseba 
wos qT. 
VARIABILIS Schlecht. in _feaiengee ii. 418 tarhiza 
variabilis E. Morren in wie? Hort. 1879, 370. ah ieee lacsochiee 
reese dilated base 1-1} in. diam. Inflorescence simple or 
little branched ; flower-bracts oblong- eninaaliids naked, 2 in. long. 
Calyx rather shorter than the bract. Petal-limb as long as the 
calyx. Stamens and style as long as the petals. Capsule an inch long. 
Hab. Mexico; Papantla, Schiede. Habit of T. cerulea, 
09. T. omeuLel H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 291; Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst. Veg. vii. 1209. 7, pence: Willd. Herb. No. 6329. Dia- 
ong 
argenteo-lepidote. Tlowses about 7, scenes in @ raps Pp ie pie 
in. long; flower-bracts oblong, acute, lepidote, " in. long. 
Calyx shorter than the bract. Petal-limb as long as the calyx. 
ab. Mexico; banks of the River Macara, and near Sochipala 
and — Humboldt. 
- T. Grisebachii, n. T. cerulea Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 
peas. 14, non H. B. K. mee i Eencely rosulate, linear-subula te, 
chann elled all down the face, 4 ft. long, } in. broad at the clasping 
» rigidly cori — densely persistently lepidote. Peduncle 
ae ‘anon the leaves ; bract-leaves few, with long erect setaceous 
coenams nee a short few- howersd lax simple spike ; 
Rie beasts chin eae acute, an inch long. Calyx reach- 
ing nearly to ~ — of the brace 
Hab. s of venamailas alt. 8000 ft., Fendler 1588! 
JOURNAL oF Speen 25. [Ocr., 1887.] 
