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285. T. DissiTiFLOKA Sauvalle Fl. Cub. 168. T. excelsa, (jxi^&h. 

 Cat. Cub. 254, non Fl. Brit. West. Ind. 597. — Leaves lanceolate, 

 flexible, subglabrous, 5 in. broad low down, narrowed gradually to 

 an acute point. Panicle ample ; lower branches peduncled, above 

 a foot long ; flowers ascending, contiguous ; flower-bracts sub- 

 orbicular, an inch long. Petal-hmb oblong, -| in. long. Stamens 

 shorter than the petals. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright 3276 ! 



286. T. GLUTiNosA Mart. ; Eoem. et Schultes Syst. vii. 1225.— 

 Leaves lanceolate from an ovate base 3-4 in. broad, H-2 ft. long, 

 2 in. broad at the middle, thin, flexible, subglabrous, narrowed to 

 the point. Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; bract-leaves scariose, 

 adpressed. Panicle l-l-J ft. long ; branches many, lax-flowered, 

 erecto-patent, the lower ^-1 ft. long ; flowers all erecto-patent ; 

 flower-bracts oblong, 1-lJ- in. long. Calyx as long as the bract. 

 Petal-blade lingulate, ^ in. long, shorter than the stamens. Cap- 

 sule 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Forests of South Brazil, Martins, Burchell 4367 ! Glaziou 12225 ! &c. 



287. T. Tequendam^ Andre Enum. 8. — Eadical leaves lanceo- 

 late, 18-20 in. long, nearly 3 in. broad at the middle, green, finely 

 lepidote beneath. Peduncle cernuous, a foot long ; bract-leaves 

 many, a foot or more long. Panicle dense, very narrow, 8-16 in, 

 long, consisting of 10-12 distichous 7-9-flowered spikes ; branch- 

 bracts ovate, the lower long-pointed ; flower-bracts ovate, subacute, 

 under an inch long. Sepals oblong, acute, just exceeding the 

 bracts. Petals narrow, IJ- in. long, green with a blue edge. 

 Capsule half as long again as the calyx. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia ; rocks of Tequendama, Andre 1355. 



288. T. Deppeana Steud. ; Mart, et Gal. Enum. 8. T. panicu- 

 lata Cham, et Schlecht., non Linn. T. excelsa var. latifoUa 

 Griseb. T. incurvata Sauvalle. — Leaves lanceolate from an ovate 

 base, 2-3 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad, thin, flexible, subglabrous, 

 narrowed gradually to the point. Panicle ample ; lower branches 

 peduncled, |-1 ft. long ; flowers contiguous, erecto-patent ; flower- 

 bracts oblong, 1^-2 in. long. Calyx nearly as long as the bract ; 

 sepals obtuse. Petals not seen. Capsule-valves l|-2 in. long, 

 i-i in. broad. 



Hab. Central Mexico, Schiede (& Deppe 1008 ! Venezuela, Fendler 1516 ! 

 Eastern Cuba, alt. 6000 ft., Wricjht 1522 ! Columbia, Andre 1690. 



289. T. Veitchii Baker. Vriesea Veitchii E. Morren (M.D.). — 

 Leaves about 30, lorate from an ovate base 3 in. broad, 2 ft. long, 

 2 in. broad at the middle, flexible, subglabrous, pale green with 

 transverse blotches of darker green. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long ; bract- 

 leaves lanceolate, adpressed, imbricated. Panicle of about 3 

 ascending few-flowered spikes 3-4 in. long ; flower-bracts green, 

 oblong-lanceolate, very acute, 1|~2 in. long. Calyx about as long 

 as the bract ; sepals oblong. Petal-blade oblanceolate, whitish, IJ in, 

 long. Stamens a Jittle longer than the petals, 



