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80. T. DivARiCATA Bentli. Bot. Sulphur 174. — Leaves densely 

 rosulate, ensiform-setaceous from an ovate base an inch broad, a 

 foot long, ^ m. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, densely lepidote. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves with circinate linear 

 free points. Panicle short, deltoid ; spikes 6-8, sessile, spreading 

 horizontally, 1^-2 in. long, f in. broad ; branch-bracts small, 

 ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long, thinly lepidote. Calyx 

 nearly as long as the bract. Petals narrow, i in. long. Capsule- 

 valves linear, above an inch long. 



Hab. Ecuador, near Guayaquil, Barclay ! Sinclair ! Andre 2250. Gathered 

 in 1836. 



81. T. Barbeyana Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 66. — Leaves 

 about 16 in a rosette, ensiform-acuminate from a large ovate base 

 l|-2 in. broad, under a foot long, ^ in. broad at the middle, 

 tapering gradually to a long point, spotted with dark brown. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves. Panicle 6-8 in. long, composed of 

 12-15 dense spreading simple sessile distichous spikes 2-3 in. long, 

 ^-f in. broad ; branch-bracts ovate-cuspidate, lower 1-1^ in. long ; 

 flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, ^-| in. long. Calyx as long as the 

 bract. Capsule twice as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Ecuador , banks of the Kio Pastasso, alt. 5000 — 7000 ft., Lehmann 

 444. Near T. divaricata Benth. 



82. T. STREPTOPHYLLA Scliiedw. in Hort. Belg. iii (1836) 152, 

 with figure ; E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1878, 296, t. 18, 19 (M.D.) ; 

 Baker in Bot. Mag. t, 6757. T, circinnata Schlecht. in Linnsea 

 xviii. 427. T. tortUis Brong. — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform- 

 acuminate from an ovate base 1^ in. broad, a foot long, f-1 in. 

 broad low down, circinnate at the apex, densely finely lepidote on 

 both surfaces. Peduncle ^ ft. long; bract-leaves crowded, with 

 long recurved tips. Spikes 10-12, simple, dense, arcuate, crowded, 

 3-4 in. long, |-f in. diam. ; branch-bracts ovate, long-pointed, 

 reddish ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, densely lepidote, f m. long, 

 lower reddish, upper green. Calyx rather shorter than the bract. 

 Petals lilac, twice as long as the calyx, convolute in a tube, shorter 

 than the stamens. Capsule l-lj in. long. 



Hab. Mosquito shore, Capt. Miller I (year 1744). Central Mexico, Schiede. 

 Bourgeau ! Hahn ! Uhde 190 ! Yucatan, Schott 274 ! Costa Eica, GLrsted. 

 Guatemala, BernouilU d' Carlo 693. Jamaica, Jenman ! We have an imperfect 

 specimen of a closely-allied species with naked flower-bracts from Guatemala, 

 gathered by Skinner. 



83. T. Eestrepoana Andre Enum. 6. — Eadical leaves lanceolate- 

 setaceous, lf-2 ft. long, finely lepidote. Peduncle robust, as long 

 as the leaves ; bract-leaves many, the lower very long, the upper 

 with spiral setaceous tips. Panicle dense, a foot long; spikes 

 10-12, sessile or subsessile, 2-3 in. long, 1-|- in. diam. ; branch- 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, the lower long-pointed ; flower-bracts 

 oblong, acute, glabrous, just exceeding the calyx. Sepals oblong, 

 acute, an inch long. Petals violet, -J- in. longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia ; Salto de Tequendama, alt. 8000 ft., Andre 13,56. 



84. T. distachya Baker in Gard. Chron. 1880, i. 200. — Leaves 



