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1| in. long. Calyx shorter than the bract. Petal-blade narrow, 

 pale lilac, an inch long. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala, Described from Professor Morren's drawing, 

 made from a plant flowered by M. Jacob-Makoy & Co. in 1881. Spikes and 

 bracts like those of T. fasciculata. 



220. T. LAjENSis Andre Enum. 7. — Eadical leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, flat, glabrous, 2|- ft. lang, above 2 in. broad at 

 the middle. Peduncle very robust ; bract-leaves many, imbricated, 

 lanceolate, the lower nearly a foot long. Panicle large, lax ; spikes 

 dense, sessile, 4 in. long, above 2 in. broad ; branch-bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, the lower as long as the spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 acute, glabrous nearly 2 in. long. Sepals oblong, acute, above an 

 Petals linear, violet, longer than the bracts. Stamens shorter than 

 the petals. 



Hab. South Columbia near La Laja, alt. 9000 ft., Andre 3477. 



221. T. ScHiMPERiANA Wittm, in Engl. Jahrb. xi. 67. — Leaves 

 densely rosulate, lanceolate from an ovate base, 2-| ft, long, 1^ in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the point. Ped- 

 uncle much shorter than the leaves, hidden by the long-pointed 

 erect bract-leaves. Panicle -J ft. long, consisting of 6-8 nearly 

 sessile dense oblong spikes lf-2^ in. long, above an inch broad ; 

 branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, longer than the spikes ; flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, an inch long. Sepals lanceolate, as long 

 as the bracts. Petal-blade small, white Ungulate. Stamens shorter 

 than the petals. 



Hab. Columbia; Antioquia, alt. 5000 — 6000 ft., Lehmann. 



222. T. PASTENsis Andre Enum. 8. — Eadical leaves lanceolate, 

 purplish-violet, glabrous, 20 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves lanceolate, imbricated. 

 Panicle narrow, 20 in. long, formed of very numerous distant dense 

 7-8-flowered spikes 1^-2 in, long ; branch-bracts ovate-acuminate, 

 the lower longer than the spikes ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, above 

 an inch long. Sepals ovate, acute, shorter than the bract. Cap- 

 sule half as long again as the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia, alt. 9000 ft., Andre 1747. 



223. T. Kalbreyeri Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 45. — Leaves 

 lanceolate, rigid, subglabrous, pale green, 1|~2 ft. long, 3-4 in, 

 broad at the dilated base, 2 in. at the middle, narrowed gradually to 

 the point. Peduncle with panicle 2-2| ft. long ; branches many, 

 subsessile, dense-flowered, 5-6 in. long, an inch broad; flower- 

 bracts oblong IJ-li in. long. Calyx just protruded beyond the 

 bract. Petal-blade small, violet. 



Hab. New Granada ; between Ocana and Pamplona, alt. 3500 ft., Kalbreyer 

 1013 ! Spikes like those of T. fasciculata. 



224. T. cyanea E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1879, 297. T, colum- 

 naris E. Morren (M.D.). Allardtia cyanea Dietrich. PlaUjstachys 

 cyanea K. Koch. — Leaves 20-30, densely rosulate, lanceolate from 

 a large ovate-oblong base, 2^-3 in. broad , li ft. long, 1^ in. broad 

 at the middle, thin, flexible, glaucous-green, subglabrous. Peduncle 



