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Hab. Andes of Peru near Olleros, Humboldt d) Bonpland 3495! Near 

 T. setacea. 



75. T. DREPANOPHYLLA Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, thick, 

 rigid, linear, falcate, ^ ft. long, | in. broad low down, densely finely 

 lepidote. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Spikes 3-4, crowded, 

 distichous, dense, 2-3 in. long, }j in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, i in. long. Calyx equalling or rather exceeding the 

 flower-bract. Petal-blade oblong, white, J in. long. 



Hab. Paraguay, Balansa 710 1 



76. T. ARPocALYx Andre Enum. 7. — Kadical leaves short, ovate- 

 lanceolate with a setaceous point, densely argenteo-lepidote on both 

 surfaces. Stem curved ; bract-leaves crowded, ovate-lanceolate 

 with setaceous tips, lepidote. Panicle dense, 6-8 in. long, com- 

 posed of about a dozen dense 6-7-flowered spikes ; branch-bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, as long as the spikes ; flower-bracts lanceolate- 

 acuminate. If in. long. Calyx much shorter than the bract ; 

 sepals lanceolate. Corolla greenish, rather longer than the bract. 

 Stamens longer than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Central Ecuador, Andre 4474. 



77. T. MYRiANTHA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 242. T. flori- 

 hunda Griseb. non H. B. K. — Whole plant 8-12 in. high. Leaves 

 densely rosulate ; ovate base 2 in. long, 1^1^ in. broad; blade lanceo- 

 late-setaceous, 8-9 in. long, ^ in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, 

 finely lepidote. Peduncle 6-8 in. long ; bract-leaves crowded, long- 

 pointed. Inflorescence a dense oblong panicle 2-3 in. long; spikes 

 very numerous, erecto-patent, an inch long, ^ in. broad ; flower- 

 bracts ovate, ^-^ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petals not 

 seen. Capsule an inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Otto 646 ! Fendler 1530 1 1531 ! Columbia, 

 Andre 815. 



78. T. KusBYi Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, linear-acumi- 

 nate from an ovate base, 6-8 in. long, f in. broad low down, finely 

 grey-lepidote. Peduncle shorter than the leaves. Spikes 8-9, 

 dense, distichous, 2-3 in. long, J in. broad ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 acute, ^ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. Petal-blade very 

 small. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Yungas, alt. 6000 ft., Bushy 2163 ! 



79. T. FLABELLATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 242. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate ; dilated base ovate, 2 in. long, above an inch 

 broad ; blade lanceolate-subulate, above a foot long, |— f in. broad 

 low down, not rigid in texture, thinly lepidote. Peduncle 3-4 in. 

 long. Spikes 6-9, peduncled, flabellate, dense, distichous, 2-3 in. 

 long, ^ in. broad ; flower-bracts lanceolate, nearly naked, f-1 in. 

 long, narrowed gradually to the point. Calyx ^ in. long ; sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, thin, glabrous. Petals not seen. Capsule 

 cylindrical, scarcely longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Mountains of Guatemala; Barranco Honda, alt. 3800 ft., Salvinl 

 Volcan de Santa Maria, Lehmanu 1703 ! 



