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120. T. CossoNi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 279.— Basal leaves 

 lanceolate-acuminate, If ft. long, an inch broad low down. 

 Peduncle stout ; bract-leaves with large lanceolate free tips. In- 

 florescence a dense panicle l-l^ ft. long, composed of 30 or more 

 oblong dense simple erecto-patent nearly sessile spikes 2-3 in. long, 

 an inch broad ; branch-bracts ovate, bright red, many as long as 

 the spikes; flower-bracts ovate, acute, naked, an inch long, fin. 

 broad low down. Calyx an inch long, glabrous ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute. Petal-blades convolute in a cylindrical tube an inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico, Uhde 188 ! Bilimek ! 



121. T. PRODiGiosA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 140. Vrlesea 

 prodigiosa Lemaire. — Leaves ensiform-acuminate from an ovate 

 base 3-4 in. broad, 1^-2 ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, tapering 

 gradually to a long point, rigidly coriaceous, finely lepidote. 

 Peduncle stout, as long as the leaves. Panicle li-2 ft. long, 

 consisting of very numerous oblong dense erecto-patent simple 

 spikes 3-4 in. long, an inch broad ; branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, 

 lower longer than the spikes ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute. If- 2 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 1^ in. long. Petal- 

 blades convolute in a cylindrical tube. 



Hab. Central Mexico ; Orizaba, Bourgeau 3375 1 Introduced into cultiva- 

 tion by Gheisbreght. 



122. T. ARGENTEA Grisob. Cat. Cub. 254. — Eosettes tufted. 

 Leaves densely rosulate, linear-subulate from an ovate base, 3-4 in. 

 long, f-J in. broad low down, laxly albo-lepidote, especially beneath. 

 Peduncle declinate, twice as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves very 

 small. Spike simple, moderately dense, about 6-flowered ; rachis 

 flexuose ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, subacute, f in. long, 

 equalhng the internodes. Calyx shorter than the bract ; sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Capsule 2-3 -times the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Cuba, C. Wright. 



123. T. YucATANA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 280. — Leaves 

 8-12 in a rosette, lanceolate-setaceous, 3-4 in. long, f in. broad at 

 the dilated base, rigidly coriaceous, densely finely lepidote on both 

 surfaces. Peduncle 2-3 in. long ; bract-leaves crowded, with long 

 free points. Spike simple, erect, moderately dense, 3-4 in. long, 

 1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts oblong lanceolate, lepidote, l-lf in. 

 long. Calyx much shorter than the bract ; sepals lanceolate. 



Hab. Yucatan, Schott 250! (Herb. Mus. Brit,). Habit of T. canescens. 



124. T. coNSPERSA Miquel in Linn^ea xviii. 376. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, linear-setaceous, 4-5 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, 

 densely clothed with silvery lepidote scales. Peduncle as long as 

 the leaves. Inflorescence a simple moderately dense spike lf-2 in. 

 long ; flowers 6-8 on a side ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 spreading, the lower longer than the flowers, which are nearly an 

 inch long. 



Hab. Surinam, on dead trees near Paramaribo. Habit of T. setacea. 



125. T. INCURVA Griseb. in Gotting. Nacht. 1864, 15. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, ensiform-acuminate from an ovate base 1^ in. 



