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140. T. cyanea E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, 297. AUardtia 

 cyanea Dietrich in Berl. Gartenzeit. 1852, xx. 241. Platystachys 

 cyanea K. Koch in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1854, App. 2; Walp. 

 Ann. vi. 68. — Leaves lanceolate from a dilated ovate base, a foot or 

 more long, 1-1£ in. broad above the base, green, flexible, glabrous. 

 Peduncle including the panicle 2-3 ft. long ; lower bract-leaves 

 with free points. Inflorescence a dense panicle; lower branches 

 compound; spikes distichous, 1-1$ in. long, under i in. diam. ; 

 flower-bracts oblong-navicular, glabrous, £-$ in. long. Calyx £ in. 

 long ; sepals pointed. Petal-blade oblong, bright violet, £ in. long. 

 Stamens and style not protruded beyond the tip of the petals. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, f in. long, ^ in. broad. 



Hab. Guatemala, Warcewiczl Described from a specimen in 

 the herbarium of Dr. Karl Koch. As Professor Morren has already 

 pointed out, it is quite different from T. Lindeni. 



141. T. tetrantha Buiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. hi. 39, t. 265 ; 

 Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1228. Billbergia tetrantha Beer, 

 Broin. 127. — Leaves a dozen or more to a rosette, lanceolate from 

 a large dilated oblong base 2 in. broad, a foot or more long, an 

 inch broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to an acute point, 

 thin, flexible, subglabrous, maculate with purple on both sides. 

 Peduncle rather longer than the leaves. Inflorescence a lax 

 panicle ; branch-bracts ovate-cuspidate, very convex, 1-1| in. long : 

 spikes few-flowered, secund. Calyx under £ m - l° n g> yellow ; 

 sepals oblong. Petal-blade small, oblong, violet. Stamens not 

 protruded. 



Hab. Peru ; Andes of Muna, on rocks and trees. I have not 

 seen authentic specimens of any of these three species of Euiz 

 and Pavon's, and have not been able to match them with plants of 

 recent collectors. 



142. T. maculata Kuiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. iii. 40, t. 267 ; 

 Eoem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1223. Yriesea maculata Beer, 

 Brom. 98. — Leaves a dozen or more to a rosette, lorate from an 

 ovate base, thin, flexible, glabrous, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex, 

 copiously spotted with red-brown. Peduncle above a foot long ; 

 bract-leaves small and distant. Inflorescence a panicle a foot or 

 more long, with a red rachis ; lower branches compound ; spikes 

 distichous, 1-2 in. long ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, J in. 

 long. Calyx reaching to the tip of the bract. Petal-blade small, 

 oblong, violet. 



Hab. Andes of Peru at Muna, &c, But* <t Pavon. 



143. T. rubra Buiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. iii. 40, t. 266 ; Eoem. 

 et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1222; Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent. 1878, 



232. Yriesea rubra Beer, Brom. 98. Pkytarkiza rubra E. Morren 

 ^ Belg. Hort. 1879, 370.— Leaves 10-12 in a rosette, lorate from 

 an ovate base, nearly 2 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, 

 flexible, subglabrous, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle as 

 long as the leaves ; bract-leaves entirely adpressed. Inflorescence 

 a panicle above a foot long, with erecto-patent distichous dense 

 spikes, the lower 3 in. long; rachises red; branch-bracts small, 

 ovate ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, f in. long. Calyx as long 

 as the bract ; sepals acute. Petal-blade small, oblong, violet. 



