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long ; spikes erecto-patent, lJ-2 in. long, f in. broad ; flower- 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, acute, f-1 in. long. Calyx -J in. long ; 

 sepals acute. Petal-blade J in. long. 



Hab. Santa Marta, Purdie ! Near T. excelsa. 



230. T. MEGASTACHYA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 46. T.foliosa 

 Griseb. non Mart, et Gal. — Leaves lorate from an ovate base 3 in. 

 broad, 2-2^ ft. long, 1 J in. broad at the middle, flexible, subglabrous. 

 Peduncle stout ; lower bract-leaves with large lanceolate free points 

 J-1 ft. long. Panicle above a foot long ; spikes very numerous, 

 subsessile, oblong, 2-3 in. long, lf-2 in. broad ; branch-bracts 

 ovate, the lower much longer than the spikes ; flower-bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, an inch long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract ; 

 sepals acute. Capsule-valves lanceolate, i in. longer than the 

 calyx. 



Hab. St. Vincent, Rev. L. Guilding ! 



231. T. MAGNA Baker. — Leaves lanceolate from an ovate base, 

 l|-2 ft. long, 1| in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, sub- 

 glabrous, narrowed to the tip. Peduncle stout, nearly as long as 

 the leaves ; upper bract-leaves adpressed, imbricated. Inflores- 

 cence a narrow panicle a foot long, with many short spreading 

 dense oblong spikes; lowest subsessile, l|-2 in. long, an inch 

 broad ; branch-bracts ovate, lowest 2-3 in. long; flower-bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, 1^ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals lanceo- 

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



Hab. Martinique, Hahn 521 1 (Herb. Eeg. Berol.). Dominica, Ramage ! 

 Near T. megastachya. 



232. T. Aemad^ Andre Enum. 8. — Radical leaves lorate, atten- 

 uate at the apex, 16 in. long, 2-2J in. broad, very glabrous, finely 

 striated, violet, more or less tinged with green or pale at the edge. 

 Flowers unknown. 



Hab. South Columbia ; Talto de Armada, alt. 4600 ft., Andre 1756 bis. 



232. T. LiNEATA Andre Enum. 8. — Radical leaves lorate, 

 glabrous, finely striated, green striped with violet above, violet 

 beneath. Flowers unknown. 



Hab. Columbia, Andre 1755. 



Subgenus 9. Wallisia (Regel). 



234. T. LiNDENi E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1869, 321, t. 18 

 (M.D.) ; 111. Hort. t. 610 ; Floral Mag. 1872, t. 44 ; Rev. Hort. 

 1878, 300 ; Garden 1876, 466. T. cijanea Hort. T. Morreniana 

 Regel. Phytarhiza Lindeni E. Morren. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 40-60 in a dense rosette, ensiform-acuminate, 1-1 J ft. long, f-1 in. 

 broad above the dilated base, thin, subglabrous, vertically striped 

 with brown on the back towards the base. Peduncle i-1 ft. long ; 

 bract-leaves lanceolate, imbricated. Inflorescence a dense dis- 

 tichous simple spike 4-6 in. long, 2 in. broad ; flower-bracts ovate, 

 acute, lJ-2 in. long, green or more or less tinged with red. Calyx 

 1 J in. long ; sepals oblong, glabrous. Petal-blade spreading, sub- 



