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spikes l|-2 in. long, -J in. diam. ; lower branch-bracts long- 

 pointed ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, f-1 in. long, less imbricated 

 than in T. j)olystachya. Calyx shorter than the bracts. Petals 

 lilac, convolute in a cylindrical tube shorter than the stamens. 

 Capsule 1-1:1 in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Central America, Galeotti 4909, Bourgeau 1777 ! 1908 ! 

 Hahn ! Introduced into cultivation by Schlumberger in 1873. Allied to T. 

 polystachya and T. Balbisiana. 



94. T. Leiboldiana Schlecht. in Linn ge a xviii. 414. T.foliosa 

 E. Morren (M.D.), non Mart, et Gal. — Leaves densely rosulate, 

 ensiform- acuminate from an ovate base 1|- in. diam., l-l^- ft. long, 

 f-1 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to a long point, not 

 very rigid, thinly lepidote. Peduncle much shorter than the 

 leaves ; bract-leaves long-pointed, lower bright red at the base. 

 Panicle -l—l ft. long ; spikes simple, dense, sessile, erecto-patent, 

 1|— 2 in. long, f in. diam. ; branch-bracts red at the base, with long 

 recurved tips ; flower-bracts ovate, bright red, |-1 in. long. 

 Calyx shorter than the bract. Petals lilac, convolute in a tube 

 above an inch long, shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Central Mexico, Liehold 180, Schiede d; Deppe. Introduced into 

 cultivation in 1883. Described mainly from Morren's drawing. 



95. T. MACROCHLAMYs Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 142. — Leaves 

 lanceolate-acuminate from an oblong base 1^ in. broad, a foot long, 

 an inch broad above the base, subcoriaceous, finely lepidote on the 

 back. Peduncle a foot long ; bract-leaves crowded, with large 

 lanceolate -acuminate free points. Spikes few-flowered, distichous, 

 much overtopped by the ovate-acuminate multifarious imbricated 

 branch-bracts, of which the lower are 4-5 in. long ; flower-bracts 

 oblong, obtuse, an inch long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals obtuse. 

 Petals not seen. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico, Hahn ! Gathered during the French 

 Expedition of 1865 — 6. 



96. T. CoRNUALTi Andre Enum. 8. — Radical leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, 16-20 in. long, an inch broad above the base, densely 

 lepidote. Stem with panicle a little overtopping the leaves ; lower 

 bract-leaves a foot long. Panicle dense, subglobose, composed of 

 numerous 3-4-flowered spikes; lower branch-bracts longer than the 

 spikes ; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, acute, above an inch long. 

 Sepals oblong, acute, as long as the bract. Petals red-violet, 

 tipped white. Capsule longer than the calyx. 



Hab. Eastern Andes of Columbia, alt. 8500 ft., Andre 1764. 



97. T. STROBiLANTHA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1888, 168. T. im- 

 perialis E. Morren (M.D.). Guzmania imperialis Eoezl. — Leaves 

 about a dozen in a dense rosette, lanceolate-acuminate from an 

 ovate base 2 in. broad, l^ ft. long, an inch broad low down, mode- 

 rately firm in texture, subglabrous. Peduncle i ft. long; bract- 

 leaves crowded, with long erect free points. Inflorescence a dense 

 oblong multifarious panicle ^-Q in. long ; branch-bracts ovate, 

 with reflexing tip bright red, much imbricated, the lower 3-4 in. 



