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62. T. TuRNERi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 143.— Basal leaves 

 not seen. Peduncle 3-4 in. long, quite liidden by the large erect 

 lanceolate-acuminate rigidly coriaceous densely lepidote bract-leaves, 

 which are 3-4 in. long. Inflorescence a dense oblong multifarious 

 capitulum 3-4 in. long ; branch-bracts ovate-cuspidate, all as long 

 as the spikes which they nearly hide ; spikes dense, distichous, 

 oblong, 1-1| in. long, i in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong, fin. long, 

 Calyx as long as the bract. Petal-blade oblong, J in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Bogota, Turner ! Columbia, Andre 1248. 



63. T. TECTORUM E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1877, 328, t. 18 

 (M.D.). T. argentea K. Koch in Berl. Monat. 1876, t. 3, non 

 Griseb. — Leaves densely spread over a slender stem ^-1 ft. long, 

 linear-subulate from a clasping base, ^-^ in. diam., 4-5 in. long, 

 ^ in. broad low down, deeply channelled down the face, densely 

 clothed with lax white lepidote scales. Peduncle |- ft. long ; bract- 

 leaves adpressed, imbricated, with short erect points. Spikes 6-8, 

 crowded, ascending, dense, distichous, 1^-2 in. long, ^ in. diam. ; 

 flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, reddish-white, f in. long. Calyx 

 rather shorter than the bract. Petcxls blue-lilac with a white tip, 

 convolute in a cylindrical tube twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Northern Peru, near Huancabamba. Introduced into 

 cultivation by Wallis in 1865, 66, and again by Koezl in 1872. First flowered 

 by Verschaftelt in 1868. 



64. T. oRANENsis Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, linear- 

 subulate from a suddenly dilated ovate base f-1 in. broad, 3-4 in. 

 long, rounded on the back, nearly flat on the face, finely densely 

 lepidote all over. Peduncle -| ft. long ; bract-leaves scariose, 

 adpressed, imbricated. Spikes 10-12, forming a dense deltoid 

 panicle, 1^-2 in. long, f in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 ^ in. long, lepidote. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Petal- 

 blade oblong, |- in. long. 



Hab. Argentaria; province of Oran, Simons ! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). Collected 

 in 1880. 



65. T. BULBOSA Hook. Exot. Flora t. 173 (M.D.). Flatystachys 

 bulbosa Beer. — Leaves few, densely rosulate, with connivent ventri- 

 cose broad ovate tightly- clasping pale greenish unspotted dilated 

 bases above an inch broad; blade convolute from the base, 3-6 in. 

 long, stout, flexuose, thinly lepidote. Pedancle very short. S^Dikes 

 1-4, crowded, 1-2 in. long, i in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, |— f in. long, green or reddish, finely lepidote. Calyx 

 reaching to the tip of the bract. Petals bright lilac, convolute in a 

 cylindrical tube an inch longer than the calyx, shorter than the 

 stamens. Capsule above an inch long. 



Hab. Florida, Cuba and Mexico to South Brazil and New Granada. 

 T. erytlircea Lindl. {T. hulhosa var. picta, Bot. Mag. t. 4283), is a variety with 

 bright red leaf-bases and bracts. T. iiianis Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. i. 159, 

 t. 103, 104), is a tall variety with a simple spike. T. eminens and T. pumila 

 Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. i. 160, and T. paucifolia Baker in Gard. Chron. 

 1878, 748, are varieties of this species. Introduced into cultivation at Glasgow 

 from Trinidad in 1824. 



