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setaceous points. Spikes 4-6, dense, distichous, crowded, ascend- 

 ing, simple, 4-8 in. long, an inch broad ; branch-bracts small, 

 ovate ; flower-bracts oblong, acute, 1|- in. long, an inch broad, 

 green, thinly lepidote. Calyx If in. long ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute. Petals lilac, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens much 

 longer than the petals. Capsule 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Santa Marta. Introduced into cultivation by Purdie in 1848. Very 

 near T.fasciculata. 



111. T. Lesoaillei Sauv. Fl. Cub. 167. — Leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late from an >ovate base, much shorter than the stem. Peduncle 

 with imbricated bract-leaves. Panicle of simple distichous spikes ; 

 flower-bracts suborbicular, twice as long as the internodes. Calyx 

 about as long as the flower-bract ; sepals elliptic. Petal-limb ovate, 

 obtuse. Capsule three times the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Cuba, C. Wright 664. Known to me from the description only. 



112. T. LEiocHLAMYs Baker. — Leaves not seen. Inflorescence 

 a flabellate panicle of 5 dense simple spikes 6-8 in. long, an inch 

 broad ; branch-bracts ovate, acute, rigidly coriaceous, lower 3-4 in. 

 long; flower-bracts oblong, rigid, glossy, narrowed suddenly to a 

 i:»oint, l|-lf in. long, an inch broad. Sepals lanceolate, acute, an 

 inch long. Petals not seen. 



Hab. Mexico, UJide 180 I (Herb. Eeg. BeroL). Gathered in 1845. 



113. T. Parryi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 277.— Dilated base 

 of leaf 4 in. long, 3 in. broad ; blade ensiform-acuminate, a foot 

 long, 1-1| in. broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, thinly lepidote. 

 Panicle rhomboid, 8-9 in. long ; spikes about 5, dense, simple, 

 ascending, 4-5 in. long, an inch broad ; branch-bracts small, 

 ovate, bright red ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, naked, 

 bright red, 1^-1^ in. long, f in. broad. Calyx an inch long. 

 Petal-blade oblong, J in. long. Stamens not longer than the 

 petals. 



Hab. Central Mexico ; Mountains of San Luis Potosi, alt. 6000—8000 ft., 

 Parry (& Palmer 873 1 



114. T. robusta Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 15. — Leaves 

 ensiform-setaceous from an ovate base, densely lepidote, not more 

 than a quarter as long as the robust stem. Inflorescence a panicle 

 of a few distant erecto-patent dense spikes ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, subacute, three times the length of the calyx. Petal- 

 blade as long as the calyx. Capsule shorter than the flower-bracts. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, alt. 3000 ft., Fendler 1525. 



115. T. SEcuNDA H. B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 294.— Whole plant 6 ft. 

 high. Leaves ensiform-acuminate, nearly flat, a foot long, f in. 

 broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, finely lepidote. Panicle of 

 many distant dense peduncled secund spikes 3-6 in. long : flower- 

 bracts ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, an inch long. Calyx an inch 

 long ; sepals oblong, obtuse, naked. Petal-limb as long as the 

 calyx, dark violet. Stamens as long as the petals. Capsule 1^ in. 

 long. 



