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flexuose ; flower-bracts ovate, subacute, a little exceeding the calyx. 

 Sepals ovate, obtuse, ^ in. long. Petals small, yellow. 



Hab. Central Columbia, on Mount Quindio, alt. 6000 ft., Andre 3763. 



157. T. MiCRANTHA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 303. — Leaves 

 12-20, densely rosulate, linear-lanceolate from an ovate base l-J in. 

 broad, a foot long, |- in. broad at the middle, spotted with purple, 

 moderately firm in texture, finely lepidote, not setaceous at the tip. 

 Peduncle slender, much shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves small, 

 ovate, adpressed. Inflorescence a lax panicle, with 6-8 ascending 

 spikes 1-2 in. long; branch-bracts small, lanceolate; flowers erecto- 

 patent, 6-8 on a side ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. Calyx as 

 long as the bract ; sepals obtuse. Capsule cylindrical, | in. long. 



Hab. Trinidad, Fendler 818 ! Near T. parvijlora. 



158. T. DisTicHA H.B. K. Nov. Gen. i. 292. T. cinerascens 

 Willd. Platystachys cinerascens Beer. — Leaves rosulate, linear- 

 subulate from an ovate utriculate base |-1 in. diam., -J-l ft. long, 

 rigidly coriaceous, convolute down to the base, thinly lepidote. 

 Peduncle ^-1 ft. long ; bract-leaves crowded, with long setaceous 

 tips. Inflorescence a panicle of 6-10 dense simple erecto-patent 

 spikes 2-3 in. long, under ^ in. broad; branch-bracts small, ovate; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, ^ in. long. Calyx J in. long; sepals 

 lanceolate. Petal-blade oblong, as long as the calyx. Capsule- 

 valves linear, 2 in. long. 



Hab. Peruvian Andes, Humboldt (& Bonpland 3455 ! Guayaquil, Edmon- 

 stone ! Cuming 1188! Atacamas, Hinds ! Ecuador, Andre 4061. 



159. T. Jenmani Baker in Journ. Bot. 1887, 345. — Leaves few 

 in a rosette, lanceolate-subulate from an ovate-utriculate base 1-J in. 

 broad ; blade 3 in. long, J- in. broad at the base, rigidly coriaceous, 

 thinly lepidote. Peduncle slender, curved, under a foot long ; 

 bract-leaves small, lanceolate, adpressed. Panicle very lax, deltoid, 

 J ft. long; branches about 5, the lateral patent, 8-10-flowered ; 

 flowers lax, patent ; flower-bracts shorter than the calyx. Sepals 

 oblong, ^ in. long. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves linear, an 

 inch long. 



Hab. Demerara; Kaieteiir Savanna, Jenman 848 ! Allied to T. parvijlora. 



160. T. aurantiaca Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 16. Tussacia 

 fuJgens Klotzsch ; Beer, Brom. 100. — Leaves a dozen or more in a 

 rosette, lanceolate from an ovate base, an inch broad at the middle, 

 thin, subglabrous, much flushed and spotted with claret-purple. 

 Peduncle a foot long; bracts small, ovate, scariose. Panicle 

 drooping, under a foot long; branches simple, deflexed, sessile, 

 1-|~2 in. long ; branch-bracts small, ovate ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 J in. long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, I in. long. Petal-blade small, 

 obovate, yellow. 



Hab. Andes of Venezuela, Columbia, and Ecuador. M. Andre dis- 

 tinguishes three varieties, deiisiflora, mlniata, and scarlatina, the two latter 

 with bright red branch-bracts, and more acuminate flower-bracts. 



