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subrigid, green, naked, deltoid at the apex- Peduncle with 

 inflorescence 3 ft. long; bract-leaves small, lanceolate, entirely 

 scariose and adpressed. Spikes 2, distichous, 1£ in. diam., the end 

 one 6-8 in. long, the side one distant, peduncled, ascending ; lower 

 flowers subpatent, spaced out ; flower-bracts ovate, obtuse, i-f in. 

 long. Calyx glabrous, protruded % in. beyond the tip of the bract ; 

 sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small. 

 Hab. British Guiana, Appun 840 ! 



149. T. Kalbreyeri, n. sp. — Leaves lanceolate, rigid, glabrous, 

 pale green, 1|— 2 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad low down, 2 in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed gradually to an acute point. Peduncle with 

 panicle 2-2^ ft. long ; branches many, not distinctly peduncled, 

 the side ones about half a foot long, above an inch broad, the end 

 one longer; flowers crowded, erecto-patent ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 li-l| in. long, 1 in. broad. Calyx just protruded beyond the tip 

 of the bract. Petal-blade small, violet. 



Hab. New Granada ; between Ocana and Pamplona, alt. 



3500 ft., Kalbreyer 1013 ! 



150. T. martinicensis, n. sp. — Basal leaves not seen. Lowest 

 stem-leaf lorate, flexible, glabrous, a foot long, above an inch broad. 

 Peduncle stout (\ in. diam.), above 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves with 

 large lanceolate free points, growing gradually shorter in the upper 

 ones. Panicle 1^ ft. long ; branches very numerous, spreading or 

 ascending, the central ones sometimes slightly compound ; spikes 

 dense, the longest 2-3 in. long ; branch-bracts coriaceous, ovate, 

 acute, shorter than the spikes; flower-bracts coriaceous, sub- 

 orbicular, £ in. long. Calyx £ in. long ; sepals obtuse. Petals 

 and capsule not seen. 



Hab. Martinique, on the Montagne Pelie, Hahn 521 ! 523 ! 



151. T. pendulifloka Griseb. Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 597. — Leaf 

 lanceolate, rigidly coriaceous, subglabrous, 2-3 ft. long, 2 in. broad 

 at the middle. Inflorescence a huge panicle, the lower branches of 

 which are a foot long, with small ovate bracts at the base, a 

 flexuose rachis, and 7-8 nearly sessile orbicular deflexed distichous 

 congested many-flowered spikes li-2 in. long, an inch broad, with 

 a rigid ovate basal bract; flower-bracts lanceolate-navicular, 

 1-1 J in. long. Calyx an inch long, reaching to the tip of the bract ; 

 sepals acute. Petals not seen. 



Hab. Dominica, Imray 107 ! Martinique, Hahn 676 ! A very 

 distinct and fine species, apparently 4-5 ft. high. 



152. T. excelsa Griseb. Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 597; Sauvalle, 

 Cat. Cub. 169. — Leaf lorate from a dilated oblong base 2-3 in. 

 broad, lift, long, 2 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, sub- 

 glabrous. Peduncle stout, as long as the leaves ; lower bract- 

 leaves with large lanceolat free points. Inflorescence a lax panicle 

 a foot long ; many lower branches spreading and compound ; lower 

 branch-bracts lanceolate, 3 in. long ; ultimate spikes 1-2 in. long, 



1 



| in. long. Calyx 

 Petal-blade oblong-lanceolate, i in. long. 



Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Jamaica ; mountains of Manchester and Westmoreland 

 Purdie ! Eastern Cuba (near Monte \ rde), Wright 1517 ! 



