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228. T. Grisebachiana Baker. T. tetrantha Griseb. in Gotfc. 

 Nachtrag. 1864, 18, non R. & P. — Acaulescent. Leaves about a 

 dozen in a dense rosette, oblaneeolate from a short dilated ovate 

 base, £ ft. long, an inch broad above the middle, thin, pale green, 

 subglabrous, narrowed from above the middle to an acute point* 

 Peduncle rather shorter than the leaves ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 thin, erect, imbricated. Inflorescence a narrow moderately dense 

 decidedly dense multifarious panicle 4-5 in. long; branch-bract 

 thin, ovate-cuspidate, very ascending, 1-1| in. long, equalling the 

 congested few-flowered spikes ; flower-bracts small, thin, ovate. 

 Calyx glabrous, i in. long; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade oblong, 

 o i&- long. Stamens shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Venezuela ; mountains of Tovar, FendUr 1509 ! 



229. T. xiphophylla Baker. Anoplophytum 2\ foliosa E. Morren 

 m Bourg. PI. Mexic. Exsic. No. 1900, non Mart, et Gal.— 

 Leaves about 20 in a dense rosette, lanceolate from a large ovate 

 dilated base 1-1£ in. broad, thin, subglabrous, 8-9 in. long, |- in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to an acute point. Pe- 

 duncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves large, lanceolate, imbri- 



. erect. Panicle non-distichous, 4-6 in. long, dense in the 

 upper, lax in the lower half; branch-bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 lower 2-3 in. long ; spikes dense, short, erecto-patent ; flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, f in. long. Calyx \ in. long, falling 

 short of the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals not seen. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Mexico; Valley of Cordova, Bourgeau 1906! Nearly 

 allied to J\ biflora R. & P. 



230. T. phyllostachya, n. sp. — Leaves about 20 in a rosette, 

 lanceolate-acuminate from a dilated ovate base above an inch broad, 

 a foot long, §-| in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, 

 subglabrous. Peduncle rather shorter than the leaves quite hidden 

 by the large lanceolate bract-leaves. Inflorescence a moderately 

 dense panicle 3-4 in. long; branches short, few-flowered, much 

 shorter than the recurved lanceolate bracts, the lower about 3 in. 

 joagi the upper an inch long, similar to the leaves in texture ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, £ in. long. Calyx £ in. long ; sepals 

 oblong. Petals twice as long as the calyx ; blade oblong. 



Hal). Central Mexico, Hakn I Gathered during the Standi 

 «] htion of 1865-6. 



231. T. acorifolia Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. — Leaves 

 banceolate-acuminate from a short ovate base, 2 ft. or more long, 

 Ul *der an inch broad, thin in texture, subglabrous. Bract-leaves of 

 l be stem lanceolate. Inflorescence a dense panicle, the spikes 

 a »out as long as the laueeolate-aeuininate bracts. Flower-bracts 

 ^'owded, multifarious, roundish, one-third the length of the capsule. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, alt. 6500 ft., luwlUr 1771. 

 ^ot seen. 



232. T. rhodocincta, n.sp. — Basal leaves lanceolate, rigidly 



coriaceous, a foot lorn^ an inch broad at the middle, narrowed 





•^dually to an acute point, plain green, obscurely lepulote, with a 



