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49. T. Eggersii Baker. — Leaves laxly spread over a stem 

 2-3 in. long, patent, linear-subulate, 4-5 in. long, ^ in. broad low 

 down, deeply channelled at the base, densely coated with lax 

 whitish lepidote scales. Peduncle slender, 3-4 in. long ; bract- 

 leaves with long setaceous points. Inflorescence a dense simple 

 spike l|-2 in. long, ^-^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong, |-| in. 

 long, reddish, lepidote. Calyx rather shorter than the bract. 

 Petal-blade oblong, bright yellow, ^ in. long. Capsule- valves 

 linear, an inch long. 



Hab. St. Domingo, Eggers 1806 I Near T. vesiita. 



50. T. vESTiTA Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea xviii. 423 (M.D.). 

 T. Schiedeana Steud. T. jiavescens Mart, et Gal. — Leaves spaced 

 out over a stem 3-4 in. long, subulate from a small clasping base, 

 6-8 in. long, ^ in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, spreading, 

 densely persistently laxly lepidote all over. Peduncle 2-3 in. long ; 

 bract-leaves with long setaceous points. Liflorescence a dense 

 simple spike l|-2 in. long, ^ in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, bright red, finely lepidote, an inch long. Calyx nearly 

 as long as the bract. Petals yellow, convolute in a cylindrical 

 tube an inch longer than the calyx, shorter than the stamens. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Highlands of Central Mexico, Schiede & Beppe 1 Galeotti 4912 1 

 BourgeaiL 2179 ! Kerber 295 ! Carruthers ! Yucatan, Schott 1 Johnson 84 I 

 Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in March, 1887, received from 

 Messrs. Shuttleworth. T. subulata E. Morren inedit., founded on Uhde 182 I in 

 the Berlin Herbarium, is a form of this species. 



51. T. iNCARNATA H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 291. T. hrevifolia 

 Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 239. Flatystachys incarnata Beer. — 

 Leaves 12-20 in a dense rosette, lanceolate-setaceous, 4-5 in. long, 

 •| in. broad at the base of the blade, thick in texture, densely finely 

 lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle 6-15 in. long; lower bract- 

 leaves long-pointed. Inflorescence a dense simple distichous spike 

 1 J~3 in. long, ^ in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, lepidote, 

 f in. long. Sepals shorter than the bract. Petal-blade oblong, 

 J- J in. long. Capsule an inch long. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Bonpland 3138 ! Pearce 1 Ecuador, Lelimann 177 I 

 New Granada, ascending to 8000 ft., Linden 1479 ! Goudot I Funck <& Schlim 

 1479 ! Andre 604. The alleged locality of Mexico is probably an error. 



52. T. ERUBESCENS Schleclit. in Linnaea xviii. 427. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, 4-5 in. long, softly white-lepidote on both surfaces. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves. Spike simple, 3 in. long ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, lepidote. Calyx naked, above an inch long. Petal- 

 blade narrow, acute, shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Mexico ; St. Bartolo, Schiede. I have not seen this. 



53. T. xiPHosTACHYs Griseb. in Getting. Nacht. 1864, 14. 

 Vriesea xiphostachys Hook in Bot. Mag. t. 5287. T. comphmata 

 E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1872, 300, t. 23 (M.D.), non Benth. 

 — Leaves 30-40, densely rosulate, linear-subulate from an 

 ovate base f in. diam., 6-9 in. long, J-^ in. broad at the base 

 of the blade, firm in texture, tapering gradually to a long point. 



