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280. T. GHRYSOSTACHYS Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6906. Vnesea 

 chrysostachys E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1881, 87; 1882, 335. V. 

 aurea and cryptcmtha Hort. (M.D.). — Leaves about 30 in a rosette, 

 lorate from an ovate base 3 in. broad, 1-1|^ ft. long, 2 in. broad at 

 the middle, thin, flexible, glabrous, pale green on the face, tinged 

 with purple on the back. Peduncle l-l^- ft. long ; bract-leaves 

 many, small, scariose, adpressed. Spikes 1-4, dense, distichous, 

 ■|-1 ft. long, an inch broad ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, bright 

 yellow, an inch long. Calyx shorter than the bract ; sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate. Petal-blade short, lingulate, bright yellow. Stamens 

 as long as the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Davis ! Introduced by Messrs. Veitch about 1880. 

 Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1884. 



281. T. EiNGENs Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 255. — Leaves lanceolate 

 from an ovate base 2 in. broad, 1^ ft. long, IJ in. broad at the 

 middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, narrowed gradually to the point. 

 Peduncle 1 J ft. long ; lower bract-leaves with large lanceolate free 

 points. Inflorescence a lax-flowered forked spike ; flowers few, 

 ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, l|-2 in. long. Calyx 

 ^-f in. shorter than the bract ; sepals acute. Petal-blade lanceo^ 

 late, as long as the calyx. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Eastern Cuba, near Monte Verde, Wright 1518 ! 



282. T. cHAGREsiANA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 109. — Leaves 

 lorate from a slightly dilated base, 1|— 2 ft. long, above 2 in. broad 

 at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, deltoid at the apex. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves adpressed, much 

 imbricated. Panicle a foot long, consisting of about four laxly few- 

 flowered ascending branches with a rather flexuose rachis ; flowers 

 3-4 to a branch, ascending; flower-bracts ovate, acute, IJ-l-J- in. 

 long, an inch broad at the base. Calyx an inch long ; sepals acute. 

 Petals not seen. Capsule as long as the calyx. 



Hab. Chagres, Panama, Fendler 448 ! 



283. T. STENOSTACHYA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 109. T. 

 glutinosa Griseb. Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 597, non Mart. — Leaves 

 lorate, above 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, 

 subglabrous, deltoid-cuspidate at the apex. Inflorescence a forked 

 spike, the ascending branches of which are 1-1§ ft. long ; flowers 

 close, very ascending ; flower-bracts oblong, 2 in. long, f-1 in* 

 broad. Calyx ^ in. shorter than the bract. Petal-blade oblan- 

 ceolate-oblong, f in. long. 



Hab. Trinidad ; Maraccas waterfall, Dr. Crueger ! Collected in 1845. 



284. T. GiGANTEA Mart. ; Eoem. et Schultes Syst. vi. 1224. — 

 Leaves lorate, flexible, subglabrous, 1 J ft. long, 3 in. broad, deltoid- 

 cuspidate at the apex. Peduncle with panicle 3 ft. long, the latter 

 a foot broad; branches spreading, 8-10 in. long, laxly 7-8-flowered ; 

 flowers secund, subcernuous ; flower-bracts ovate, f-1 in. long. 

 Calyx under an inch long ; sepals obtuse. Capsule IJ in. long. 



Hab. Forests of the Rio Negro, Martins. The name gigantea, given to this 

 species fiity years ago, is now quite inappropriate, 



