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long; spikes dense, few-flowered, distichous, quite bidden by the 

 bracts; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 1| in. long. Calyx li in. long; 

 sepals acute. Petal-blade small, violet. 



Hab. Mexico ; province of Orizaba, Pavon ! Bourgeau 2389 ! Flowered at 

 Liege by M. Jacob-Makoy, in March, 1879. 



98. T. sTROBiLiFERA E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves densely 

 rosulate, ensiform-acuminate from an ovate base 2 in. diam., 

 1^-2 ft. long, an inch broad low down, tapering gradually to the 

 tip, not rigid, thinly lepidote. Peduncle shorter than the leaves, 

 quite hidden by the crowded long-pointed bract-leaves. Inflores- 

 cence a multifarious panicle ^ ft. long, with many sessile dense 

 erecto-patent distichous spikes 1|— 2 in. long, -| in. diam. ; branch- 

 bracts ovate-acuminate, green, lower as long as the spikes ; flower- 

 bracts green, oblong, acute, |-1 in. long. Calyx as long as the 

 bract. Petals convolute in a tube an inch long, shorter than the 

 stamens. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made from a plant 

 that flowered May, 1882, received from M. Kienast, of Zurich. 



99. T. GYMNOBOBRYA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1887, 243. T, tri~ 

 dactylites E. Morren (M.D.). — Leaves 20-30, densely rosulate, 

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

 f in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, finely lepidote on both 

 surfaces. Peduncle a foot long ; bract-leaves with long linear tips. 

 Panicle lax, a foot long ; spikes numerous, patent, many 3-4-nate, 

 dense, distichous, 1-2 in. long, ^ in. broad ; lower branch-bracts 

 with long linear tips ; flower-bracts greenish-red, oblong, ^ in. 

 long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. Petals violet, convolute 

 in a tube, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens not longer than 

 the petals. 



Hab. Mexico ; province of Orizaba, Bourgeau 3076 ! Panama, Wagner 

 (Herb. Monac). Introduced into cultivation in 1883, by M. Jacob-Makoy & Co., 

 of Liege. 



100. T. DACTYLiFERA E. Morren inedit. — Leaves ensiform- 

 acuminate, a foot long, rigidly coriaceous, densely finely lepidote. 

 Peduncle shorter than the leaves, hidden by its bract-leaves. 

 Inflorescence a short panicle ; spikes dense, sessile, 3-4-nate, 

 6-8 in. long, ^-f in. broad, straight or arcuate ; flower-bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate, |-f in. long. Petals greenish. Stamens not 

 longer than the petals. 



Hab. Caracas; mountains near Sanchorquiz, alt. 5000 — 6000 ft., Ernst. 



101. T. Weddellii Baker. — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform- 

 acuminate, a foot long, an inch broad low down, very thick in 

 texture, very circinnate at the apex, densely finely lepidote. 

 Peduncle a foot long ; bract-leaves long-pointed. Panicle lax, 

 1^-2 ft. long; spikes 20-30, dense, distichous, 2-3 in. long, J in. 

 diam., lower 3-4-nate ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. Calyx 

 rather shorter than the bract. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves 

 linear, under an inch long. 



Hab. Bolivia ; Chiquitos, Weddell 4035 ! (Herb. Mus. Par.). 



