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beneath. Peduncle longer than the leaves ; bract-leaves all small, 

 adpressed. Inflorescence a lax panicle 1^ ft. long ; branches few, 

 lax, subpatent, shnple, the lower a foot long; rachises not flexuose ; 

 flowers adpressed to the rachis ; flower-bracts ovate, | in. long. 

 Calyx not longer than the bract ; sepals oblong. Petals lingulate, 

 white, twice as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from Prof. Morren's drawing, made April, 1883. 

 Allied to T. fiexuosa. 



144. T. coRCOVADENSis Britten in Journ. Bot. 1888, 172. T. 

 ventricosa Wawra non Griseb. — Leaves densely rosulate, linear- 

 setaceous from an ovate base If in. broad, f-l ft. long, J-f in. 

 broad at the middle, rigidly coriaceous, densely lepidote. Peduncle 

 8-16 in. long ; lower bract-leaves with long points, upper ad- 

 pressed. Inflorescence a lax panicle, with 2-4 lax spreading 6-8- 

 flowered spikes 2-3 in. long ; flowers spreading ; flower-bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate, reddish-brown, above an inch long. Calyx 

 rather shorter than the bract ; sepals oblong, obtuse. Corolla not 

 seen. Capsule If in. long. 



Hab. South Brazil ; Corcovado Mountains, Wawra d- Maly ii. 224. 

 Glaziou 11583 I 



145. T. BREviBRACTEATA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 346. — 

 Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, ensiform-setaceous from an ovate 

 base 2 in. broad, a foot long, an inch broad low down, rigidly 

 coriaceous, densely finely lepidote. Peduncle a foot long ; bract- 

 leaves with long free tips. Panicle above a foot long ; branches 

 numerous, ascending, peduncled, lax-flowered, lower 6-8 in. long, 

 10-12-flowered ; rachises flexuose ; flower-bracts ovate-oblong, 

 f in. long. Calyx glabrous, twice as long as the bract ; sepals 

 obtuse. Corolla not seen. Capsule If in. long. 



Hab. Forests of Martinique, Hahn 524 ! 578 ! 680 ! 



146. T. ERECTiFLORA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 346. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, lanceolate from a suborbicular base 2 in. broad, 

 f ft. long, 1 in. broad at the middle, flexible, thinly finely lepidote. 

 Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small. Panicle lax, 

 a foot long, with several ascending lax-flowered short spikes ; 

 flowers 4-6 to a spike, adpressed to the rachis ; flower-bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, an inch long. Calyx reaching to the 

 tip of the bract. Corolla and capsule not seen. 



Hab. South Brazil, Boog ! Allied to T. fiexuosa. 



147. T. SwARTzii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 12. T. paniculata 

 Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit, non Linn. — Basal leaves not seen. 

 Peduncle a foot long; lower bract-leaves with long free points. 

 Inflorescence a very lax panicle 2 ft. long, with ascending slender 

 lax-flowered flexuose branches ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, J-i in. 

 long. Calyx | in. long. Capsule at least twice as long as the 

 calyx. 



Hab. Jamaica, Swartz ! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). Allied to T. utriculata. 



