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thin. Eaceme cernous, with a red rachis and 6-8 flowers, the 

 lower patent ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, bright red, 1£ in. long. 

 Calyx yellow, rather exceeding the bract. Petal-limb greenish 

 yellow, £ in. long. Stamens longer than the petals. A cross 

 made by Professor Morren in 1879, which flowered in 1884. 



198. T. ringens, Griseb. PI. Cub. 255. — Leaf lanceolate from 

 an ovate base, 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, flexible, subglabrous, 

 narrowed gradually to the point, 1| ft. long, 1£-1£ in. broad at the 

 middle. Peduncle \\ ft. long : lower bract-leaves with large 

 lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a forked lax spike ; flowers 

 few, ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 1J-2 in. long. Calyx 

 \-\ in. shorter than the bract ; sepals acute. Petals recurved, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; blade oblanceolate-unguiculate. 

 Stamens and style reaching to the tip of the petals. 



Hab. Eastern Cuba, near Monte Verde, Wright, 1518. 



199. T. Chagresiana, n. sp. — Leaves lorate from a slightly 

 dilated base, thin, flexible glabrous, 1^-2 ft. long, above 2 in. 

 broad at the middle, deltoid at the apex. Peduncle as long as the 

 leaves; bract-leaves adpressed, much imbricated. Panicle a foot 

 long, consisting of about four laxly few-flowered arcuate ascending 

 branches with a rather flexuose rachis ; flowers 3-4 to a branch, 

 erect; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 1^-li in. long, 1 in. broad at the 

 base. Calyx an inch long, falling a little short of the bract ; sepals 

 acute. Petals not seen. Capsule as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Chagres, isthmus of Panama, Fendler, 448 ! 



200. T. stenostachya, Baker. T. (jhittnosa Griseb. Fl. Brit., 

 West Ind., 597, non Mart.— Leaves lorate, thin, flexible, sub- 

 glabrous, above 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the apex. Inflorescence a forked spike, the ascending 

 branches of which are 1-1 £ ft. long ; flowers close, very ascending ; 

 flower-bracts oblong-navicular, 2 in. long, £-1 in. round. Calyx 

 i in. shorter than the bract. Petal-blade oblanceolate-oblong, 

 I in. long, protruding half an inch beyond the tip of the bract. 



Hab. Trinidad ; Maraccas Waterfall, Dr. Crueyer, year 1845 ! 



201- T. dissitiflora Sauvalle Fl. Cub. 108. T. excel*- Griseb. 

 Cat. Cub. 254, non Fl. Brit. West Ind. 597.— Leaves lanceolate, 

 flexible, subglabrous, 3 ft. long, 5 in. broad low down, narrowed 

 gi'udually to an acute point. Panicle ample; lower branches 

 peduncled, above a foot long; flowers ascending, contiguous; 

 flower-bracts broad ovate, almost orbicular, an inch long. Calyx 

 ar * inch long. Petal-hmb oblong, £ in. long, btamens not 

 exserted. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright 3276 t 



. 202. T. Deppeana bteud. ; Mart, et Gal. Enum. 8; Schlecht. m 



£jm*a «a xviii. 424. T. paniadata Cham, et Schlecht in Linnsea vi. 



Jjj non Linn. T. tXC elm var. latifolw Griseb. in Gott. Nachtrage 



mi, 17. r . innu . vata bauv# YL Cub. 169.— Leaves lanceolate, 



*tti flexible, subglabrous, 2-3 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad low down, 

 ^arrowed gradually to an acute point. Panicle ample; lower 

 Ouches a foot long, peduncled ; flowers all contiguous, erecto- 

 Patent ; flower-bracts oblong, obtuse, 1J-2 in. long, an inch broad. 



