108 A SYNOPSIS OF TILLAXDSIE.TC. 



235. T. mucronata Griseb. in Gott. Naclit. 18G4, 20. — Leaves 

 lorate from a dilated oblong base 3 in. broad, 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad 

 at the middle, flexible, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to an acute 

 point. Peduncle shorter than the leaves; bract-leaves crowded, 

 erect, lanceolate, imbricated, with large free points, the upper 

 5-6 in. long. Inflorescence a dense oblong multifarious spike 

 3-4 in. long, 2 in. diam. ; bracts broad-ovate, acute, much imbri- 

 cated, 1^-2 in. long. Calyx about an inch long ; sepals acute. 

 Corolla reaching to the tip of the bract. 



Hab. Venezuela; mountains of Tovar, alt. 6500 ft., Femlhr 

 2159! 



236. T. strobilantha, n, sp. — Leaves about a dozen in a 

 rosette, lanceolate from an oblong utricular base 4-5 in. long, 

 2-2^- in. broad, 1$ ft. long, under an inch broad at the middle, 

 moderately firm in texture, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to an 

 acute point. Peduncle \ ft. long ; bract-leaves crowded, with large 

 erect lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a simple multifarious 

 spike 6-9 in. long, 3 in. diam. ; bracts broad-ovate, glossy, coriaceous, 

 tinged with bright red, the lower £ ft. long, the upper 3 in. Calyx 

 flattened, H in. long, enclosed in a pair of bracteoles. Petals i in. 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens longer than the petals ; anthers 

 | in. long. 



Hab. Mexico ; Province of Orizaba, Boanjeau 2389 ! There 

 nre two fine specimens of the same species from Pavon at the 

 British Museum. A very fine plant, allied to 1\ mucronata Griseb. 



237. T. Malzinei Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6495 ; Hemsl. in Biol. 

 Cent. Amer. iii. 321. Vrmm Malzinei E. Morren in Belg. Iiort. 

 1874, 313, t. 14. — Acaulescent. Leaves 15-20 in a dense rosette, 

 lorate from a dilated ovate base 3 in. broad, about a foot long, 

 l£-2 in. broad at the middle, subglabrous, plain green on the face, 

 tinged with red-brown on the back. Peduncle rather shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves many, small, adpressed, ovate-lanceolate, 

 imbricated. Spike lanceolate, dense, not distichous, 6-8 in. long ; 

 flowers erecto-patent, bracts ovate, red or yellow, glabrous, above 

 an inch long. Calyx protruded beyond the bract ; sepals oblong, 

 obtuse. Petals white, twice as long as the calyx ; blade Ungulate. 

 Stamens and pistil shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Mexico ; Province of Cordova, discovered by M. de 

 Malzine. Introduced into cultivation and flowered by M. Jacob- 

 Makoy, of Liege, in 1872. 



238. T. Saundersii K. Koch in Ind. Sem. Berol. 1873, App. 6. 

 Knekotiritm Saitmlemi Andre in 111. Hort. n.s. t. 132; E. Morren, 

 Cat. 1873, 8. — Leaves about 20 in a dense rosette, lorate from an 

 ovate dilated base 1J-2 in. broad, very flexible, recurved from 

 below the middle, a foot long, above an inch broad, dull glaucous 

 green on the face, with copious small claret-red spots towards the 

 base, spotted with claret-red all over the back, especially in the 

 lower half. Peduncle with panicle l|-2 ft. long; bract-leaves 

 small, lanceolate, with scarcely any free points ; panicle about a 

 foot long, with 3-4 short erecto-patent laxly-flowered branches; 



