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66. T. VARIEGATA Sclilecht. in Linn^iea xviii. 429, Wittm. in 

 Berlin Gartenzeit. 1885, 198, fig. 44 (M.D.). — Leaves few in a 

 rosette, with large dilated ovate tightly-clasping leaf-bases varie- 

 gated with green and brown ; blade setaceous, fiexuose, a foot long, 

 thinly lepidote. Peduncle 3-4 in. long ; bract-leaves with long 

 points. Spikes about 3, crowded, dense, distichous, 1^-2 in. long, 

 •^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, greenish, an inch 

 long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Petals lilac, convolute in 

 a long tube. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced into cultivation in 1880. Very near T. bulbosa. 



67. T. Caput-Medus^ E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 90 

 (M.D.). — Leaves few, densely rosulate, subterete from a plain green 

 ovate base, above a foot long, thick, spreading variously, i in. diam. 

 above the base, thinly lepidote. Peduncle ^ ft. long ; bract-leaves 

 long-pointed. Spikes 3-4, moderately dense, 2-3 in. long, \ in. 

 diam. ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, bright red, f in. long. 

 Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Petals lilac, forming a 

 cylindrical tube an inch longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced into cultivation by M, Jacob-Makoy & Co., of 

 Liege, in 1880. Very near the large robust varieties of 1\ bulbosa. 



68. T. CANESCENS Swartz Prodr. Fl. Ind. Occ. 57 (M.D.).— 

 Leaves about 20, densely rosulate, linear-acuminate from a slightly 

 dilated base, 6-9 in. long, J-|- in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, 

 densely lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle much shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves many, green, shortly pointed. Spikes 1-4, 

 dense, distichous, 1 J-2 in. long, i in, broad ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, greenish brown, thinly lepidote, ^ in. long. Calyx as 

 long as the bract. Corolla lilac, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Mexico, Boiirgeau 2103 ! Jamaica, Swartz 1 Pxirdie ! Cuba, Wright 

 3273! Trinidad, Schachtl Introduced into cultivation in 1878. A well- 

 marked, but inconspicuous plant. 



69. T. MoRiTziANA Klotzsch. Platijstacliys Morltziana Beer. — 

 Whole plant 9-10 in. high. Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform- 

 acuminate, i ft. long, f in. broad at the dilated base, not rigid in 

 texture, densely finely lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle much 

 shorter than the leaves. Panicle of about 3 moderately dense 

 distichous spikes 2-3 in. long, ^-| in. broad ; flower-bracts oblong, 

 subglabrous, f-f in. long, ^ in. broad. Calyx under J in. long. 

 Petal-blade narrow, | in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Moritz 4-19 ! (Herb. Mus. Berol.). Allied 

 to T. canescens. 



70. T. cKASsiFOLiA Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, thick, 

 linear, rigid, 3-4 in. long, J-|- in. broad low down, tapering 

 gradually to the point, densely adpresso-lepidote. Peduncle as long 

 as the leaves. Panicle about 3 in. long, consisting of 10-12 dense 

 distichous spikes 1-1^ in. long, ^-^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal- 

 blade small, oblong, purple. 



