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Hab. Jamaica, Sivartz ! British Honduras, Gahb 1 Venezuela, Fendler 

 1258. Described mainly from Swartz's type-specimen at the British Museum. 

 Doubtfully distinct from T. polystachya. 



89. T. LATiFOLiA Meyen. 2\ Kunthiana Gaudich. Atlas Bonite, 

 t. 53. T. f/risea Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 245. Platystachys 

 latifolia K. Koch. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1873, App. iv. 5. — Leaves 

 20 or more, densely rosulate, ensiform- subulate from an ovate base 

 l-lf in. broad, a foot long, ^ in. broad low down, convolute from 

 the base, rigidly coriaceous, finely lepidote. Peduncle shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves with long free linear tips. Panicle of few 

 or many dense erecto-patent spikes 2-3 in. long, f in. broad, often 

 viviparous at the tip ; branch-bracts ovate, 1-1 i in. long ; flower- 

 bracts very rigid, ovate, naked, f in. long. Calyx nearly as long 

 as the bract. Petal-blade as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Peru; common about Lima, Meyenl GaudicJmudl D'Urvillel 

 Cuming 981 ! 



90. T. coNFERTiFLORA Andre Enum. 7. — Root-leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate, densely lepidote beneath. Stem a foot long ; bract- 

 leaves lanceolate-setaceous, imbricated. Panicle very dense, formed 

 of about a dozen dense distichous 12-14-flowered spikes 1-1-|- in. 

 long ; lower branch-bracts lanceolate-setaceous, longer than the 

 spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, f in. long. Sepals oblong, very 

 acute. Petals yellowish-white. Capsule arcuate, rather longer 

 than the bract. 



Hab. Andes of Central Ecuador, Andre 4475, bis. 



91. T. ELONGATA H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 293. — Leaves ensiform- 

 acuminate from an ovate base, 1^-2 ft. long, an inch broad at the 

 base of the blade, rigidly coriaceous, finely lepidote. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves. Inflorescence a lax panicle of many 

 ascending distichous spikes nearly a foot long, ^-^ in. broad ; 

 branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 ^ in. long. Calyx a little shorter than the bract. Petal-limb 

 oblong, I in. long. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada near Honda, Humboldt & Bonpland 1703 ! 

 Andre 297. Gathered in the year 1801. 



92. T. Gayi Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform-subulate, 

 a foot long, ^ in. broad low down, very rigid, thinly lepidote. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves. Panicle ^ ft. long ; spikes 10-12, 

 dense, sessile, erecto-patent, 1|~2 in. long, ^ in. broad. Flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, bright red, ^ in. long. Calyx as long as 

 the bract. Petal-blade oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Southern Peru, C. Gay (Herb. Mus. Par.) Gathered in 

 1839—1840. 



93. T. FOLiosA Mart, et Gal. Enum. ii. 9, non Griseb. T. 

 Kunthiana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 246, non Gaudich. T. ScJilum- 

 hergeri E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform- 

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

 broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves long-pointed. Inflorescence 

 a dense short panicle of many ascending dense distichous simple 



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