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bracts oblong-lanceolate, lepidote, ^ in. long. Sepals rigid, naked, 

 lanceolate, ^ in. long. Petals and capsule not seen. 

 Hab. Andes of Peru ; Obragilla, Brackenridge I 



12. T. RETORTA Griseb. in Lorentz PI. Argent. Exsic. No. 215. 

 T. casjntosa Gillies non Leconte. — Leafy stems densely tufted, 1-2 in. 

 long, simple or branched. Leaves laxly disposed, subulate from a 

 clasping base, 1-1 J in. long, ^ lin. diam., rigid in texture, spread- 

 ing, recurved, densely lepidote all over. Peduncle none or short ; 

 flowers solitary ; bracts and sepals lepidote, }-^ in. long. Capsule 

 subcylindrical, an inch long. 



Hab. Cordoba, Lorentz 125 1 Hieronxjmus I Mendoza, Gillies 1 Pampas 

 of Bio Quinto, Miers 18G6 I 



13. T. ERECTA Gillies; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 239.— Leafy 

 stems 1^-2 in. long, simple or branched. Leaves crowded, ascend- 

 ing, linear-subulate, 1-1^ in. long, ^ in. broad at the base, densely 

 lepidote all over. Peduncle stiffly erect, 1-flowered, bractless, 

 1-1^ in. long. Bracts and sepals oblong-lanceolate, ^ in. long. 

 Capsule subcylindrical, under an inch long. 



Var. T. RiGiDA Gillies. — Leaves rather shorter. Peduncle 

 obsolete. 



Hab. Andes of Mendoza, both varieties, Gillies ! This and all the other speci- 

 mens of Gillies' were collected and sent to Sir. W. J. Hooker, about the year 1822. 



14. T. GiLLiEsii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 240, T. cowpressa 

 Gillies non Bertero. — Leafy stem 1-2 in. long, simple or forked. 

 Leaves moderately dense, linear, distichous, 1^2 in. long, much 

 recurved, channelled down the face, J in. broad low down, very 

 rigid in texture, densely lepidote all over. Peduncle reaching a 

 length of 4-5 in., sometimes short or suppressed; flowers 1-3, 

 erect ; flower-bract oblong-lanceolate, ^-| in. long. Sepals oblong, 

 i in. long. Capsule subcylindrical, an inch long. 



Hab. Foot of the Cordilleras of Mendoza, Gillies 1 Differs from all its 

 allies by its distichous leaves. 



15. T. UNDULATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 240. — Leafy stems 

 tufted, simple, an inch long. Leaves terete from a clasping base, 

 1-lf in. long, ^ lin. diam. low down, tapering to a slender point, 

 rigid in texture, densely laxly lepidote all over. Peduncle 1-3 in. 

 long, with 3-4 small clasping bract-leaves. Flowers 1-6 in a lax 

 spike with a flexuose rachis, sometimes 1-1^ in. long; flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, thinly lepidote, J in. long. Sepals a 

 little longer than the bract. Capsule cylindrical, 1-1 1 in. long. 



Hab. Paraguay, Balansa 619 ! South Brazil, Glaziou 13241 1 Very 

 distinct by its many flowers and flexuose rachis. 



16. T. REcuRVATA Linu. Sp. Plant. 410; Kuiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. 

 t. 271 « (M.D.). T. unijiora H. B. K. T, Bartrami Elliott. T, 

 Landbeckii Philippi. T. cordohensis Hieron. Fl. Cordob. 10, t. 3, 

 fig. 1. Dlaphoranthema recurvata and unijiora Beer. — Leafy 

 stems densely caespitose, 1-2 in. long. Leaves about a dozen to a 

 stem, subulate from a clasping lanceolate base, 2-3 in. long, 

 spreading, often recurved, ^ lin. diam. at the middle, channelled 



