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152. T. ADPRESSA Andr^, Enum. 6. — Radical leaves lanceolate 

 from a dilated base, f ft. long, coriaceous, densely lepidote. Stem 

 very short, slender, curved ; bract-leaves spaced-out, lanceolate- 

 acuminate, lepidote. Panicle very narrow, 6-8 in. long, consisting 

 of about 15 short erect spikes above an inch long ; flower-bracts 

 ovate, shorter than the calyx. Sepals oblong, i in. long. Capsule 

 cylindrical, four times the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador; Volcano of Pululagua, Andre 3792. Near T. 

 pai'viflora. 



163. T. DEciPiENS Andre, Enum. 7. — Radical leaves lanceolate- 

 setaceous, a foot long, nearly an inch broad at the middle, finely 

 lepidote. Peduncle 1^-2 ft. long ; bract-leaves lanceolate-setaceous. 

 Panicle very lax, above a foot long ; branch-bracts lanceolate, the 

 lower 1^ in. long ; lower branches compound ; spikes dense, with a 

 flexuose rachis ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, glabrous, as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx i in. long ; sepals acute. Corolla white, very small. 

 Capsule cylindrical, four times the length of the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, at Sabanetas, Andre 4055. Near T. parviflora. 



154. T. BREVisPicuLA Andre, Enum. 7. T. Beleana Andre. — 

 Radical leaves lanceolate from a dilated base, acute, 6 in. long, 

 2 in. broad at the middle, slightly lepidote. Peduncle straight, 

 1|- ft. long, with scattered white lepidote scales ; bract-leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, the lower acuminate. Panicle 4-5 in. long, composed 

 of about 10 very dense shortly-peduncled spikes, the lower forked at 

 the base ; branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 

 longer than the calyx. Sepals ovate, subacute, i in. long. Corolla 

 small, yellow. 



Hab. Andes of Southern Columbia, near Pasto, alt. 8500 ft., Andr6 2496. 

 Near T. parviflora. 



155. T. HOMOSTACHYA Andre, Enum. 7. — Radical leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, a foot long, above an inch broad at the middle, 

 coriaceous, abundantly lepidote. Stem slender, above a foot long, 

 covered throughout with white scales ; bract-leaves small, oblong, 

 acute. Panicle lax, with a compressed flexuose axis, half a foot 

 long, composed of about 10 dense sessile or subsessile spikes If in. 

 long ; branch bracts small, oblong, acute ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 acute, lepidote, one-third longer than the calyx, the lower ^ in. 

 long. Sepals obtuse, very lepidote. Petals small, yellowish. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador ; slopes of Mount Corazon, alt. 8000 — 9000 ft., 

 Andre 3763. 



156. T. suBALATA Andre, Enum. 7. — Radical leaves lanceolate 

 from a dilated base, acute, 12-16 in. long, under an inch broad at 

 the middle, coriaceous, densely lepidote. Stem slender, compressed, 

 above a foot long ; scales white, scattered ; bract-leaves oblong, 

 spaced-out. Panicle lax, narrow, under a foot long; axis very 

 scaly ; branches spreading, 1|— 2 in. long ; branch-bracts ovate, 

 acute, the lower IJ in. long ; spikes lax, with a subalate axis, very 



