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acute. Petal-blade lanceolate, as long as the calyx. Stamens 

 longer than the petals. 



Hab. West Indies. Known only from two figures of Plumier, drawn 

 between 1689 and 1697. 



Subgenus 11. Cyathophora (K. Koch). 



306. T. NiGREscENS Andre Enum. 8. — Eadicalleaves lanceolate 

 from a dilated base, acute, a foot long, spotted and streaked with 

 violet. Peduncle much longer than the leaves ; bract-leaves imbri- 

 cated, adpressed, the lower striped with violet, the upper tipped and 

 margined with red. Spike oblong, dense, multifarious, 2-3 in. 

 long ; bracts ovate, acute, scariose, margined with brownish-red. 

 Calyx brown ; tube short ; segments oblong. Corolla white. 



Hab. Andes of Southern Columbia at Altaques, alt. 4200 ft., Andre 3327. 



307. T. ? coNANTHA Balicr. Bonapartea strohilantha Euiz et 

 Pav. Fl. Peruv. t. 263. Mismidra stroh'dnntha Dietr. Acanthospora 

 conantha Spreng. — Leaves few, thin, lanceolate, flexible, a foot 

 long, an inch broad at the middle, narrowed to the point. Peduncle 

 1^ ft. long ; bract-leaves lanceolate, adpressed. Inflorescence a 

 dense subglobose multifarious capitulum 2 in. long ; flower-bracts 

 suborbicular, ^ in. long. Calyx as long as the bract ; sepals acute. 

 Petal-blade small, ovate, white. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Peruvian Andes. Known to me only from Euiz and Pavon's figure 

 and description. It may be Anoplopliytum calotlitjrsus Beer, gathered by 

 Poeppig in 1829, at Pampayaco. 



308. T. cAPiTATA Griseb. Cat. Cub. 255. — Leaves about a dozen 

 in a dense rosette, lanceolate- acuminate from an ovate base an inch 

 broad, 5-6 in. long, |- in. broad at the middle, subcoriaceous, thinly 

 persistently lepidote on both surfaces. Peduncle shorter than the 

 leaves ; bract-leaves crowded, with large free lanceolate recurved 

 tips. Inflorescence a dense oblong multifarious capitulum 1| in. 

 long; bracts ovate -acuminate, firm in texture, lepidote, the lower 

 2-3 in. long. Calyx J in. long ; sepals obtuse. Petals not seen. 

 Capsule above an inch long. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright 3274 ! 



309. T. SPH^ROCEPHALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 141. — 

 Leaves few in a rosette, lanceolate-acuminate from an ovate base 

 an inch broad, half a foot long, ^ in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to a setaceous point, subcoriaceous, thinly lepidote. 

 Peduncle 3-4 in. long ; bract-leaves with large lanceolate free 

 points. Inflorescence a globose multifarious capitulum 1 in. diam. ; 

 flower-bracts ovate, acuminate, subcoriaceous, the lower 3-4 in. 

 long. Calyx f-1 in. long ; sepals acute. Petal-blade oblong, I in. 

 loDg. Capsule an inch long. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; Sorata, alt. 9000—10,000 ft., Mandon .1188 ! Le 

 Paz, alt. 10,000 ft., Emhij 2848 ! 



310. T. oxYSEPALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1888, 141. — Leaves 

 about a dozen in a rosette, lanceolate-acuminate from an ovate base 

 an inch broad, 8-9 in. long, \ in. broad at the middle, subcoria- 



