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broad above the dilated base, tapering gradually to a long point, not 

 at all rigid in texture, densely clothed on both surfaces with glitter- 

 ing whitish-lepidote scales. Peduncle 2-3 in. long ; bract-leaves 

 crowded, with long linear points. Inflorescence a dense globose 

 panicle lJ-2 in. long, composed of 3-4 crowded dense spikes; 

 flower-bracts ovate, J-f in. long, densely lepidote on the back. 

 Calyx J~J in. long ; sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals bright red, 

 half as long again as the calyx. Capsule-valves lanceolate, li in. 

 long. 



Hab. South and Central Brazil, BurcJiell 994 1 Gardner 134 1 Glaziou 

 11676 ! 16453 ! Blanchet 585 I 2981 ! Trinidad, Fendler 822 ! Introduced into 

 cultivation by Kollison about 1879. 



183. T. GEMiNiFLORA Brong. Voy. Coquille 186. T. rubida 

 Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. xxviii. t. 63. Anoplophytum rubidiim Beer. 

 A. geminiflorum E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1880, 191, t. 11.^ A, 

 paniculatum E. Morren (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 in a 

 dense rosette, lanceolate-acuminate, 4-6 in. long, f in. broad adove 

 the dilated base, moderately firm in texture, long-pointed, finely 

 lepidote all over. Peduncle 2-3 in. long ; bract-leaves crowded, 

 long-pointed. Flowers 20-40 in a dense ovoid panicle 2-3 in. 

 long; lower branch-bracts green, lanceolate-acuminate, exceeding 

 the spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, reddish. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 reddish ; sepals acute. Corolla red-purple, half as long again as 

 the calyx. Capsule-valves lanceolate, an inch long. 



Hab. Forests of South Brazil, Burchell 2353 ! 3146 ! Sello 1003 ! D' Urville ! 

 Glaziou 4263 ! Introduced into cultivation by Loddiges in 1842. Drawn by 

 Platzmann from Paranagua, under the name of T. coccinea. 



184. T. BEACHYPHYLLA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 16. T. Sprengel- 

 iana Klotzsch. Anoplophytum Sprengelianum Beer. A. Binoti E. 

 Morren (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves densely rosulate, lanceolate, 

 acute, not acuminate, 1^-2 in. long, \-\ in. broad above the dilated 

 base, tapering gradually from the base to the point, moderately firm 

 in texture, densely lepidote all over. Peduncle 2-3 in. long ; bract- 

 leaves small, lanceolate. Inflorescence a lax simple spike an inch 

 long ; flower-bracts ovate or oblong, acute, red, scariose, l—f in. 

 long. Sepals oblong, acute, ^-^ in. long. Petals half as long 

 again as the calyx. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Sello, St. Hilaire 106 ! Glaziou 8018 1 Introduced alive 

 by Binot in 1879. 



Subgenus 7. Pityrophyllum (Beer). 



185. T. Andreana E. Morren ; Andre Enum. 7. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, subulate, 2-2^- in. long, J^ ^^' ^iam., densely 

 argenteo-lepidote, the inner tinged with red. Flower solitary, 

 sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 above ^ in. long. Capsule cylindrical, mucronate, above 2 in. long. 



Hab. Columbia ; valley of the Eio de la Honda, alt. 4000—5000 it, Andre 1762. 



186. T. Magnusiana Wittm. in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 66.— Leaves 

 densely rosulate, subulate from a linear base i in. broad, 3-4 in. 

 long, densely clothed with spreading lanceolate lepidote scales. 



