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PITCAIRNIA flammea. 
1 Flame-coloured Pitcairnia. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BROMELIACER. 
PITCAIRNIA. Supra, fol. 1069. 
P. flammea; foliis lanceolatis integerrimis acuminatis subtis lanuginosis, 
pedunculis calycibusque glaberrimis, petalis rectis staminibus longioribus. 
Herba 2-3-pedalis. Folia lanceolata, erecto-patentia, undulata, striata, 
integerrima, apice valde attenuata, suprà paululum furfuracea, subtüs 
glauca, lanuginosa. Scapus erectus, glaberrimus, squamosus ; squame ovate 
acuminate. Racemus strictus, multiflorus. Pedicelli bracteis breviores caly- 
cesque glaberrimi. Petala letissimé sanguinea, recta, secunda, staminibus 
longiora. Stigmata 3, convoluta. 
We are indebted to the rich collection of Richard Har- 
rison, Esq., of Liverpool, for this noble addition to the 
genus Pitcairnia, which flowered in his stove, at Aighburgh, 
in November 1826. It had been sent from Rio Janeiro, by 
Mr. William Harrison, now resident at that place, to whose 
exertions we owe the introduction of a larger number of 
rare Brazilian plants than to those of any other individual. 
The Pitcairnia suaveolens, figured at folio 1069, was also 
flowered by Mr. Richard Harrison, and not in Mrs. Arnold 
Harrison's hot-house, as we inadvertently stated. 
A plant growing two or three feet high. Leaves lanceo- 
late, erect, spreading, wavy, striated, quite entire, much 
tapering. to the point, slightly mealy above, glaucous and 
woolly beneath. Scape erect, quite smooth, scaly; scales 
ovate, acuminate. Raceme erect, many-flowered. Pedicels 
shorter than the bracteæ, and the calyxes quite smooth. 
Petals bright blood-red, straight, one-sided, longer than 
the stamens. Stigmas 3, convolute. 
