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patent, 1-1|- in. long, an inch broad ; flower-bracts oblong-cuspi- 

 date, glossy f in. long. Calyx f in. long ; sepals acute. Petals 

 and capsule not seen. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela ; Tovar, Fendler 1508 ! 



210. T. Ghiesbreghtii Baker. — Leaves lanceolate from an ovate 

 base 2 in. broad, 1-|- ft. long, an inch broad low down, narrowed to 

 the point, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle 1^ ft. long. Panicle 

 above a foot long ; branch-bracts small, ovate ; branches lax- 

 flowered, arcuate, ascending, mostly simple ; spikes 3-5 in. long, 

 ■| in. broad ; flower-bracts ovate, obtuse, f in. long. Calyx J- in. 

 long ; sepals obtuse. Petal-blade small. 



Hab. Mexico ; Oaxaca, Ghieshreght ! (Herb. Mus. Paris).; 



211. T. TETRANTHA Kuiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 39, t. 265. Bill- 

 hergia tetrantha Beer. — Leaves a dozen or more in a rosette, lanceo- 

 late from an oblong base 2 in. broad, a foot or more long, an inch 

 broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, spotted with purple 

 on both sides. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Inflorescence a 

 lax tripinnate panicle with ovate-cuspidate branch-bracts 1-lf in. 

 long, branches about as long as the leaves, with small erect secund 

 few-flowered dense spikes ; flower-bracts oblong-lanceolate, ^-^ in. 

 long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals oblong. Petal-blade 

 small, oblong, violet. 



Hab. Peru ; Andes of Muna, Ruiz (& Pavon. Not seen. 



212. T. MACULATA Euiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 40, t. 267. 

 Vriesea maculata Beer. — Leaves a dozen or more to a rosette, lorate 

 from an ovate base, 1^ ft. long, thin, flexible, subglabrous, copiously 

 spotted with red-brown. Peduncle above a foot long ; bract -leaves 

 small and distant. Liflorescence a lax panicle a foot or more long, 

 with a bright red rachis ; spikes 1-2 in. long, J- in. broad ; flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, f in. long. Calyx reaching to the tip of 

 the bract. Petal-blade small, oblong, violet. 



Hab. Peruvian Andes at Muna, &c., Ruiz (& Pavon. According to Morren 

 it was re-gathered by Poeppig at Cuchero in 1829. 



213. T. RUBRA Euiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. in. 40, t. 266. Vriesea 

 rubra Beer. Phytarhiza rubra E. Morren. Leaves 10-12 in a 

 rosette, lorate from an ovate base, 2 in. broad, lJ-2 ft. long, 

 1J~1^ in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous. Peduncle 

 shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves entirely adpressed. Inflor- 

 escence a lax panicle above a foot long ; rachis red ; branches 

 erecto-patent, lower forked ; branch-bracts ovate, lower 2-3 in. 

 long ; spikes dense, 2-4 in. long, an inch broad ; flower-bracts 

 ovate-oblong, j-1 in. long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract. 

 Petal-blade oblong, violet, -|-J in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Ruiz & Pavon. Argentaria ; province of Oran, 

 Lorentz 538 ! 



214. T. CARACASANA Bakcr in Journ. Bot. 1888, 44. — Leaves 

 lorate from an oblong base 2 in. broad, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 a foot long, an inch broad at the middle. Peduncle shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves all adpressed. Inflorescence a panicle of 



