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leaved below, or bracteate only ; leaves broad, ahrwptty pointed, gneen, wboUy or almost 

 devoid of scaly dovra. 



§ 1. Petals naked within, erect, spreading at the summit ; anthers introrse. 

 * Stem stout, leafy below. 



26. T. excelsa, Gr. (n. sp.). Stem leafy below ; leaves oblong, sborily acuminate, 

 lowest lai'ge, slightly dilated at the base, those of the stem decrescent, spreading ; spi/ee com- 

 pound : branches spreading, distant, as long as or exceeding the supporting leaf, most or 

 lower ones compound again : bractlets imbricate-distichons, oblong, pointed, equalling the 

 3-leaved calyx and the capsule, much longer than the internodes ; petals shortly ejserted, 

 spreading at the summit, naked ; anthers included, introrse. — Allied to T. gigantea (Vriesea, 

 Gaud), in the figure of which the leaves agree, but the bractlets are exceeded by the calyx, 

 and the panicle is less compound. Leaves shining, dotted below, largest li'(-2' and more) 

 long, 2"(-3") broad; primarv branches 3"-6", uppermost secondary ones ]i"-2", reddish 

 bractlets 10"'-18"', petals 12"'-20"' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., WullschL, on trees, Man- 

 chester, Westmoreland ; [Cuba I, Venezuela !]. 



27. T. foliosa, Gr. (n. sp.). Stem leafy; leaves linear-oblong, shoi'tly acuminate, 

 lowest long, those of the stem suberect, of the panicle spreading, ovate at the base ; spike 

 compound, racemiform : branches short, simple, most approximate, few-flowered, exceeded 

 by the supporting leaf: bractlets imbri«ate-distichons, approximate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 equalling the 3-leaved caly.r: ; petals a little shorter than the calyx, naked ; anthers included, 

 introrse. — Habit of the preceding, bnt panicle leafy, contracted. Lowest leaves 2^' long, 

 1|"-1" broad, floral 3" long, \\" broad ; bractlets H"-l", calyx IJ", corolla 15'" long.— 

 Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Guiana!]. 



28. T. penduliflora, Gr. {n.sp). Leaveslanceolate-oblong, shortly acuminate; branches 

 of the inflorescence long, compound, racemifoi-m : spiral spikes short, distant, shorter than 

 their internodes, nodding, exceeding the bract, 5-6-flowered .- bractlets imbricate-distichons, 

 approximate, ovate-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, pointed, equalHng the calyx. — Imperfectly 

 known, probably allied to the preceding, but stem unknown. Leaves 3' long, 2" broad ; 

 branches naked, 14'-2', internodes li"-2", spikelets li"-l" long, the latter nodding from a 

 short, recurved peduncle ; bract and bractlets about 1" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



** Stem reduced to the rosulate leaves : peduncles scapiform, bracteate, axillary. 



29. T. axillaris, Gr. («. sp.). Leaves oblong, pointleted, slightly dilated at the base, 

 longer than the axillary scapes ; spike simple, compressed, distichous ; bractlets approxi- 

 mate, oblong, pointed, keeled-conduplicate, exceeding the calyx ; sepals half as long as the 

 corolla, 2 united to I ; petals naked, " purple" {Fendl.) : spathulate limb exserted from the 

 bractlet, spreading ; anthers introrse, contiguous. — Leaves I'-IV long, \\"-%" broad ; scapes 

 several, incm-ved, 10"-12", spike 2", bractlets ]0"'-8"', capsule 1" long.^ — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Pd., on mountain-rocks, S. Andrews; [Venezuela!, Fendl?^. 



§ 2. Petals 2-scaled at the base, spreading at the summit, usually at' length ringent- 

 \ deflexed (Vriesea, Lindl.). 



30. T. glntinosa, Mart. Stout ; leaves oblong, acute, equal at the base, rosulate ; 

 spike divided at the base ; branches long, ascending-erect : bractlets large, imbricate, dis- 

 tichous, much longer than their internodes, ovate-oblong, bluntish, convex on the bach, 

 much exceeding the 3-leaved calyx ; petals spathnlate-linear, spreading at the shortly ex- 

 serted summit, greenish, more than twice as long as the calyx, 1-sealed at the base : scales 

 oblong-lanceolate ; anthers incumbent, introrse ; [capsnle half as long as the bractlet, ex- 

 ceeding the calyx]. — VrieSea, Lindl. !. — V. conferta, Gaud'ch. {Bonite, t. 65) : the figure 

 only distinguished by mucronate leaves ; and T. splendens, Brongn. {Ft. des Serres, ii. May, 



f. 4) : distinguished by a simple spike. — Leaves 2'-2i' long, 3^" broad ; spikes about 1', 

 bracts and bractlets 2", calyx 1", slender corolla about 27'", its scales 3'" long; ovai-y su- 

 perior, but supported by a thickish pedicel with soft pith ; the capsuliferous specimen (from 

 Venezuela) is not quite certain : its bractlets more acuminate, about 3", calyx 9'", capsule 

 14" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., Maraccas Waterfall; [Venezuela!, Brazil]. 



Sect. 3. Anoplophvtum, Beer. — Spike 'i-o-stichous. Petals naked within, spreading 



