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PITCAIRNIA suaveolens. 
Sweet-scented Pitcairnia. 
— 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
“Nat. ord. BROMELIACER. 
— PITCAIRNIA L'Hérit.—Calyx semisuperus, tripartitus, basi turbinatus, 
unibracteatus, sepalis coriaceis, vix convolutis. . Petala 3, sepalis multd 
longiora, parallela, sepius unilateralia, stamina incumbentia, non in tubo 
convoluta, basi squamosa. Stamina 6, libera, alternatim basi sepalorum et 
petalorum inserta. Anthere innate, Ovarium triloculare, polyspermum : 
ovulis minutissimis. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata 3, linearia, convoluta. 
Capsula acuminata, 3-locularis, trivalvis; valvularum marginibus introflexis 
seminiferis. Semina minuta, utrinque seta caudata. Herbe terrestres 
(Americe equinoctialis), foliis radicalibus ensiformibus lepidotis. Flores 
pedunculati, racemosi, v. paniculati. 
P. suaveolens; foliis lineari-ensiformibus acuminatis integerrimis glabris, 
racemis multifloris elongatis, petalis oblongis undulatis galeatis, calycibus 
rachique pubescentibus, bracteis pedicellis multó longioribus, 
Caulis 2-pedalis, erectus, glaber, foliosus. Folia omnia lineari-ensiformia, 
in apice valdè acuminata, integerrima, letö-viridia, inferioribus subtàs lepi- 
dotis, ceteris glabris, Racemus erectus, elongatus, multiftorus, rachi pedi- 
cellis calycibusque pubescentibus. Bractewe ovato-lanceolate, acuminatissime, 
pedicellis multó longiores. Flores albi, suaveolentes, Calyx semisuperus, 
basi turbinatus, sepalis lanceolatis, papyraceis, pallide viridibus, corolla ad 
minimum duplo brevioribus. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, hinc versa, 
concava, quasi galeata, in stamina incumbentia, non in tubo convoluta, sed 
parallela, marginibus basi imbricatis, basi squamulam lunulatam inter 
ipsa et stamina gerentia. Stamina 6, in imá basi petalorum et sepalorum 
inserta. Filamenta filiformia. Anthere lineares, innate (basi inserta). 
Ovarium semisuperum, ovatum, trigonum, triloculare, in stylo filiformi 
acuminatum. Stigmata 3, linearia, convoluta. 
We are indebted for this new species to the same lady 
by whom we were supplied with the subject of the last 
plate, and whom we so often have to thank for her commu- 
nications to this work. It was sent from Rio Janeiro, by 
William Harrison, Esq., and blossomed in the stove, in 
June 1826. 
