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Hab. Throughout Tropical and Sub-tropical America, from Florida and 

 Mexico to Chili and South Brazil. T. trichoides H. B. K., and T. crinita Herb. 

 Willd., are merely old denuded states of this species, which was first noticed by 

 Piso and Marcgraave in 1648. 



Subgenus 2. Diaphoranthema (Beer). 



2. T. BRYoiDEs Griseb. in Lorentz PL Argent. Exsic. No. 128. 

 T. coarctata Gillies. T. pohjtrichoides E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 

 1880, 240. — Leafy stems densely tufted, 1-3 in. long, simple or 

 branched. Leaves tightly packed on the stem, usually adpressed, 

 linear-subulate from a clasping base, J-^ in. long, densely lepidote. 

 Peduncle none or short. Flowers 1-3, erect ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, lepidote, J in. long. Sepals linear-oblong, ^-^ in. long. 

 Petal-blade minute. Capsule cylindrical, under an inch long. 



Hab. Argentaria, Lorentz, 128 ! Mieis 1084 ! South Brazil, Glaziou 

 3124 ! Parana, Christie I Mendoza, Gillies ! Andes of Peru, C. Gay ! Bolivia, 

 Pentland. Habit of Lycopoditim Selago. Densely leafy stems ^ in. diam. 

 T. iwlytrichoides Morren, founded on Glaziou 3124, is a form with erecto-patent 

 rather recurved leaves. 



3. T. TRicHOLEPis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 237. — Leafy 

 stems densely tufted, 1-3 in. long, simple or branched. Leaves 

 densely packed on the stem, linear-subulate, ^— I- in. long, tapering 

 gradually to a slender point, adpressed, densely clothed with 

 glittering whitish spreading hair-like scales. Peduncle 1-2 in. 

 long, with 2 minute bract-leaves. Flowers 1-2, erect ; flower- 

 bracts oblong, J in. long. Sepals linear-oblong, naked, strongly 

 ribbed, J in. long. Capsule subcylindrical f in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia, alt. 8000—9000 ft., Mandon 1179 I Very near 

 T, hryoides. 



4. T. pusiLLA Gillies ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 237.— Leafy 

 stems tufted, simple, an inch long. Leaves laxly placed on the 

 stem, terete from a clasping lanceolate base, ^-^ in. long, spreading, 

 recurved, not tapering to a slender point, densely lepidote all over. 

 Flowers solitary, sessile. Flower-bracts and sepals J in. long, 

 the former lepidote, the latter naked. 



Hab. Mendoza, on bushes. Gillies I Near T. propinqua. 



5. T. PROPINQUA C. Gay Fl. Chil. ii. 15; Hieron. Fl. Cordob. t. 

 3, figs. 2-4. T. lamujinosa Gillies. — Stems densely tufted, 1-4 in. 

 long, simple or forked. Leaves laxly placed on the stem, erecto- 

 patent, subterete from a clasping base, i-| in. long, J lin. diam. at 

 the middle, channelled down the lower part of the face, densely 

 finely lepidote all over. Peduncle very short, not bracteated. 

 Flowers always sohtary. Flower-bract oblong, lepidote, J- in. long, 

 tightly clasping the calyx. Sepals linear-oblong, naked, J in. long. 

 Capsule cylindrical, J-f in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Chili, C. Gay ! Cuming 167 ! Bridges 534 ! Argentaria, 

 Lorentz ! Hieronymus 422 ! Mendoza, Gillies ! Andes of Bolivia, up to 

 12000—13000 ft, Pentland ! 



6. T. RECTANGULA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1878, 238. T. pro- 

 pinqua var. rectarif/ula Griseb. Leafy stems densely tufted, about 



