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130. T. VALENzuELANA A. Rich. in Sagra Fl. Cub. iii. 867. T. 

 laxa Griseb. Flora Brit. West. Ind. 596. T. Houzeavii E. Morren 

 (M.D.). — Leaves densely rosulate, ensiform-setaceous from an 

 ovate base 1^ in. broad, 1| ft. long, |~| in. broad low down, rigidly 

 coriaceous, finely lepidote. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; 

 bract-leaves with long free points. Spikes few or many ; forming 

 a short panicle, moderately dense, 2-4 in. long, i in. broad; 

 branch-bracts small, lanceolate ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 green, |-1 in. long. Calyx a little shorter than the bract. Petal- 

 blades violet, convolute in a tube as long as the calyx, shorter than 

 the stamens. Capsule 1-1^ in. long. 



Hab, Cuba, C Wright 1516 ! Florida, Houzeau. Jamaica, Wullschagel. 

 Columbia, Andre 492. Near T. iwlystachya, from which it differs mainly by its 

 laxer spikes. 



131. T. Pereziana Andre Enum. 7. — Radical leaves lanceolate- 

 setaceous, 12-20 in. long, much dilated at the base, finely lepidote. 

 Stem cernuous, shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves ovate-oblong 

 with a setaceous tip. Panicle moderately dense, pendent, a foot 

 long, composed of 5-6 10-12 flowered spikes 4-6 in. long; branch- 

 bracts ovate-lanceolate, the lower long-pointed ; flower-bracts acute, 

 1|- in. long, densely lepidote. Calyx more than half as long as the 

 bract ; sepals oblong, acute. Petals greenish- white, 2 in. long. 

 Stamens longer than the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia, near Tequendama, alt. 8000 ft., Andre 1348, and 

 var. canescens Andre, with bracts more densely lepidote, in Ecuador. 



132. T. suBiMBRicATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 307. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, ensiform subulate from an ovate base 2 in. broad, 

 2-2^ ft. long, an inch broad low down, rigidly coriaceous, thinly 

 finely lepidote. Peduncle 2 ft. long ; lower bract-leaves with long 

 free points. Inflorescence a lax panicle 1^ ft. long ; spikes 12-20, 

 moderately dense, 6-8 in. long, ^ in. broad ; branch-bracts small, 

 lanceolate ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, subglabrous, 

 f in. long. Calyx reaching nearly to the tip of the bract. Corolla 

 lilac, an inch long. 



Hab. Trinidad, Fendler 816 I Near T. valenzuelana. 



133. T. DREPANocLADA Bakcr. — Leaves ensiform -acuminate from 

 an ovate base 2 in. broad, 2-3 ft. long, an inch broad low down, 

 moderately firm in texture, nearly naked. Peduncle stout, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves with long free points. 

 Panicle of 5-6 moderately dense arcuate flexuose branches a foot 

 long ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, rigid, an inch long. Calyx as 

 long as the bract. Petal-blade short, oblong. 



Hab, Mexico ; Chiquihuite, Bourgeau 2193 ! (Herb. Mus. Paris). 



134. T. Grisebachii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 335. T. ccBvulea 

 Griseb. non H. B. K. — Leaves densely rosulate, linear- subulate, 

 channelled all down the face, f ft. long, I in. broad at the clasping 

 base, rigidly coriaceous, densely persistently lepidote. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves few, with long erect setaceous 

 free points. Inflorescence a short few-flowered lax simple erect 



