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161. T. spicuLosA G-risel). in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 17. — Leaves 

 lanceolate from an ovate base IJ-lf in. broad, f ft. long, thin, 

 subglabrous. Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves small, 

 adpressed, not imbricated. Panicle of few crowded erecto-patent 

 spikes J-l-l in. long, J in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. 

 Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals obtuse. Petal blade small, 

 violet. Capsule under an inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, alt. 4000—7000 ft., Fendler 1511, 1518, 2446. 



162. T. MULTiFLORA Bcnth. Bot. Sulphur, 174. — Leaves lanceo- 

 late-subulate, above a foot long, an inch broad at the base of the 

 blade, rigidly coriaceous, finely densely lepidote on both surfaces. 

 Peduncle stout, a foot long ; bract-leaves crowded, with long free 

 erect setaceous points. Panicle a foot long ; lower branches 

 copiously compound ; spikes at most an inch long, -|-f in. broad ; 

 flowers close, rather ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, naked, -|-|- in. 

 long. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long ; sepals oblong, minutely cuspi- 

 date. Capsule cylindrical, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Ecuador, near Guayaquil, Pavon ! Sinclair ! Edmonstone ! Barclay 

 524 ! Cuming 1249 ! 



163. T. EiocREuxii Andre, Enum. 7. — Radical leaves lanceolate 

 from a dilated base, nearly a foot long, finely lepidote, the edges 

 enrolled, except at the point. Peduncle slightly curved, 1| ft. long; 

 bract-leaves ovate-oblong, as long as the internodes, adpressed to 

 the stem. Panicle lax, pyramidal, nearly 1^ ft. long, 5 in. broad 

 at the base ; spikes simple, 13-16-flowered, sessile, spreading ; 

 rachis flexuose, very compressed; branch-bracts ovate, subglabrous; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acute, subglabrous, ^ in. long. Sepals oblong, 

 obtuse, just exceeding the bracts. Petals yellow, f in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador; foot of Mount Chimborazo, alt. 7500 ft., 

 Andre 4408. 



164. T. Brittoniana Baker. — Leaves few in a rosette, thin, 

 lorate, subglabrous, above a foot long, IJ in. broad at the middle. 

 Peduncle above a foot long ; bract-leaves small, adpressed. Panicle 

 a foot long ; spikes 20-30, 1^-2 in. long, J in. broad ; lower branch- 

 bracts an inch long ; flower-bracts oblong, ^ in. long. Calyx as 

 long as the bract ; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small. 



Hab. Bolivia ; province of Yungas, alt. 6000 ft., Rusby 2852 ! This and 

 two following have the flowers of Pseudo-Gatopsis, and the lorate leaves of 

 Allardtia. 



165. T. TENuispicA Andre, Enum. 7. — Radical leaves lorate, 

 cuspidate, a foot long, above 2 in. broad, soft, obscurely lepidote. 

 Peduncle stout, as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves spaced-out, 

 ovate, adpressed. Panicle distichous, 2 ft. long, made up of about 

 20 flexuose very compound branches, the lower having 9-10 

 peduncled very lax 10-1 5 -flowered branchlets ; lower branch-bracts 

 lanceolate, 1^ in. long ; flower-bracts ovate, ^ in. long. Calyx 

 rather exceeding the bracts. Petals pale violet. Capsule nearly an 

 inch long. 



Hab. Columbia; Cauca Valley, alt. 3000—5000 ft., Andre 2414. 



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