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flowers ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, bright yellow, about an inch 

 long. Calyx bright yellow, glabrous, 1£ in. long ; sepals oblong, 

 obtuse, much imbricated. Petal- blade lingulate, bright yellow, 

 i in. long, stamens and pistil shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Brazil, imported by Mr. Wilson Saunders about 1870. 

 Introduced into commerce by De Smet, of Ghent. 



239. T. capituligera Griseb. Cat. Cub. 254. — Leaves lanceolate, 



2-3 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in 

 texture, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to an acute point. 

 iVduncle 1± ft. long; bract-leaves crowded, erect, with large 

 lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a panicle nearly a foot long, 

 consisting of 8-9 spaced-out subglobose nearly sessile multifarious 

 capitula ; upper branch-bracts ovate ; lowest lanceolate, 2-3 in. long; 

 nower-braets oblong-navicular, rigid, cuspidate, an inch Ion 



(r 



^alyx i m# i 011 g . se p a l s oblong, obtuse. Capsule scarcely longer 

 than the calyx. 



Hab. . Cuba, Wright 3275 ! 



240. T. pleiostachya Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. — Leaves 

 lorate from a dilated ovate base 2|-3 in. broad, H ft. long, 1.J in. 

 broad at the middle, thin in texture, subglabrous, deltoid-acuminate 

 'it the apex. Peduncle with panicle 2|-3 ft. long; bract-leaves 

 imbricated, with large lanceolate free points. Inflorescence a 

 panicle 1*- ft. long, of several erecto- patent oblong multifarious 



pikes ; flower-bracts ovate, |-1 in. long. Calyx £-£ hi. longer 

 than the bract ; sepals obtuse, much imbricated. Petals not seen. 

 Capsule-valves an inch long, £ in. broad. 

 t J lab. Venezuela; mountains of Tovar, alt. 7000-8000 ft., 



1- duller 1514! 



241. T. ventkicosa Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 19. — Leaf 

 lanceolate from a dilated ovate base above 3 in. broad, 2i-3 it. 

 long, 2-21 in. broad at the middle, thin in texture, glabrous, 

 narrowed gradually to the point. Peduncle shorter than the 

 leaves ; upper bract-leaves ovate-lanceolate, entirely scario-e, 

 imbricated. Inflorescence a lax panicle of a few oblong ven 

 multifarious spikes, the upper the longest, half a foot long, the 

 j»de ones erecto-patent ; branch-bracts ovate-oblong, scariose ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, about an inch long, wrapped loosely round the 

 5' a] }'x. Calyx j in. long ; sepals oblong. Petals greenish yellow ; 

 blade small, oblong. Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Venezuela: mountains of Tovar, alt. 7000 ft., Feudler 

 1517! 



INDEX OF SPECIES. 



[The following is a complete list of the species and of their 

 synonyms under Titlamhia, enumerated in this paper. Species 

 published for the first time have a * affixed; I nonyms arc in 

 italics. After each name is given in bracket the number prefixed 

 to the species by Mr. Baker in his enumeration, followed by the 

 Kar and page of the Journal in which it will be found] . 



