459 



BEOMELIACEAE : PITCAIUNIA. 



460 



anctis, pereuuantibiis; influrescentia sessili, simplicissima, per- 

 dense cylindrice subspicata , subpauciflora vel pauciflora; 

 bracteolis late ovatis, margine serrulatis; floribus brevissime 

 pedicellatis ; sepalis aculiusculis, hand miicronatis; petalis 

 nullo modo revolutis, eligulatis; ovario ad V2 long, snpero; 

 seminibus exappendiculatis. 



Pitcairnia aphelandriftora Lent, in III hort. XVI. misc. 

 p. 90; Beth. Brom. p. llo. n. 100. 



Pejnnia aphelandriflora Andre in III. Hort. 1S70. t. 5. 



Ex liabitn tebrestris videtnr, canle altiusculo fad 0,3 m.), 5—6 mm. 



diam., tereti, brnnneo, infime denndato, apicem versus folioium delapsorum 



vaRinis iuferioribus brunneis, superiovibus piiUidis str:\miiiei8 imbricatim 



indnto. Folia multa in caulis apice sulicomatim congregata, seuiora de- 



flexa irregulariter curvata, exsiccantia, juuiora patentia vel suberecta, 



iutima juvenilia stricte erecta , b;isi in vagiiiam aiiiplexicaulem , mem- 



branaceam, auboljuvatam, glal)raTn, palUdam, auiunio apice spinnlis paucis 



brunnescentibus, ad 0,5 ram. longis, anraum eurvatis armatam dilatata, 



TiTft caruosula sicca diartaoea, super vajjluam hand constricta omniuo 



anguste linearia, ad 0,2m. longa, 5-7 mm. lata, apicem versus perlouge 



acuta demnm snbfiliformia, margine infiriia biisi et a medio npicera versus 



spinulis minutissimis, virentibus, Rnrsnm hamatis praedita, ntrinque 



viiidifl, glaberriina. Infi.ouksckstia subpauciflora vel pauciflora, perdense 



cylindrice subspicata, simplicissima, luter folia supreina per iuithesiu patentia 



vel reflexa sessilis, floribus omnibus evolutis ad 0,1 m. longa, rhathi I'ur- 



ibracea vel subglabrata, sicca augiilnta, stricta ; bracteis aubniembrauaceis, 



late ovatis, iiilcrioribus perlonge, mediis manlfeste acuminatis, snmmia 



acutis, margiue laciuioso-sorrntis , dorso densiuscule f ii rf ii raceis demum 



snbglabratis. F[.OREa pedicellis brevi^simis (infimis vix 2 mm. longis), 



snbtriangalaribus , eraasiusctilis , aubglabris vel parce furfui-aceis stipitati 



vel superiores plane subsessiles, basi acuminatim contracti, ad 65mm. 



longi, ampli; sepalis corallinis, sinistrorsum convolutis, + 15 mm. longis, 



5ram. latis, anguste subovato-ellipticis, basi rotundate coutraetis^, apice 



acutiusculis vel acutiuscule obtuaia, summe lateniliter solemniter dentato- 



emarginatis, baud mucroiia'is, vulde asymmetiicis, glabris vel perparce 



furl'uraceis. Pktaf.a per autlicsin di^posilione i zyyomorpba, deflorata 



infra sepalorum altitudiucm persistentia reliquum decidua, fulgide corallina, 



ad 53 mm. longa, ex uii^ne late lineari in laminam anguste lanceolatiim, 



apice flcutiusculam dilat.aa, etigalata. Stamina petalia manifeste longiora, 



fitameiitis anguste Hnearibus, liberis; autbcris luteis, ad 5 mm. lougis, 



anguste liucaribus, apice breviter aenti-i, basi pauUo iucisis sagittatim 



equitantibus; poUiuis grauuUs crasae ellipsoideis, utroqne polo rotucdatis, 



profuude simpLicisulcatia, reti tenaibaiino ortmtla. Ovauium medio fere 



periautbio ciuctum, parte supera inter filamenta prominente sulum fertili, 



aagnste pyramidata, 3-sulcata, aensim in styhim teiiuiter fllifoiineiu, tri- 



angnlarem attennata; stigniatibus iintheras perlonge supcrantibus linearibus, 



strictis liberis vel laxe solum spiniliter coutortis; placeutis interno ovarii 



partis snperi loculorum angulo lineariter affixis; ovulis quoqiie in loculo 



mnltis, laxinseule dispoaitis, solemniter exappendiculatis. Cai'sula sepalis 



induratis persiateutibus petalorumque rudimentis cincta ad 8 mm. longa, 



ovoidea, profunde 3-aulcata, loculo nno solemniter minus evoluto (in 



specimiue uoatro) irregularis, subatra, opaca, ossea (indehisceus?), semini- 



bas CO, basi acutU apice late obtusis, solemniter pyramidatis, ne minime 



quidera cmnplanatis, exappendiculatis, 1—1,5 mm. longis. 



Habitat in Brasilia septenfrionaU, unde ex Amazonnm amnis valle a 

 Baraquinio in caldaria nostra introducta. (V. s.inherb. Lead. etPdrnj).) 



32. PITCAIRNIA AMAZONICA Bak. foliis permani- 

 feste petiolatis, lamina ensiformi, integerrima; inflorescentia 

 simplice, laxe racemosa; ftjliolis scapalibus longe acutis ; floribus 

 conspicue pedicellatis; sepalis lanceolatis; seminibus margine 

 corneo auctis. 



Piicairnin amazonica Bah. Brom. p. 110. n. 106. 



Folia e peduuculo canaliculato, baud aruleato, pedali in laminam 

 CQ^formem, acurainatam, inlegcrrimaui, chartiiceam, bipedalem, +25 mm. 



latam dilatata, supra viridiu glabraque, subtns tenuiter tomento brnnneo, 

 furfuraceo induta. Scai'US sesquipedalis— bipedalis, vaginis longe acutis 

 praeditus. IxfLORE.scKSTiA simplex, laxe racemosa, 0,1— 0,15 m. longa; 

 pedicellis 13-19 mm. longis, bracteas superantibas. Skpai.a lanceoI;ita, 

 19—25 mm. longa. Pktala flammide rubra, sepalis dnplo longiora. Semina 

 margine corneo, nee ala praedita. 



Habitat inBrasillae prov. Alto Amazonas prope San Carlos: Sjmice 

 n. 3054, 



Oiis. Mihi omnino dubia sed Eiipitcairnia videtur indeqne hujus 

 subgeneris ad finem posita; diagn. ex Baker, 1. c. 



33. PITCAIRNIA RECURVATA C Kocii : foliis 

 manirestf, petiolatis lamina integeriima; inflorescentia sim- 

 plicissima, dense cylindrice racemosa, multi- vel permultiflora; 

 foliolis scapalibus internodia subaequantibus ; bracteis late 



r 



ovatis, sepala ultra V^ obtegentibua magnis; floribus breviter 

 crasse pedicellatis; sepalis apice rotundatfs, hand mucronatis ; 

 petalis baud recuivatis, ligulatis; ovario ad V2 long, siipero; 

 seminibus utroque polo caudatis. 



Tabula riostra LXXX V (habitus et analysis). 



Pitcairnia recurvata C. Koch, Ind. sem. Hort. Bci'ol. 

 1857, app. p. 4 et 1867, app. p. 5; JjaJc. Brom. p. 110. n. SI, 



Puya recurvata Scheidw. in Otto et Dtetr. Ally. Gartens. 

 X. p. S75; Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1843, app. p. 39. 



Pepinia recurvata E. Morr. ap. Bah. I. c. 



Pitcairnia polyanthoides A. Brongn. in Eev. hort. ser. IV. 

 t. IV p. 2U. 



Tkuukstius videtur, acauli^ , florifera ingens, usque ad 3 ra. alta, 

 sed saepiua humilior, rluzomate lirevi, erecto, percrasso, imbricatim foliis 

 extimis latissime ovato'triaugularibus, praesertim dorso castaueis, iutus 

 apiceque pallidiorilms^ longe acutis, rigidis, interiore latere glabris peruitidis, 

 exteriore (basi excepta) membraua deiisa lepidota albida vel allutacea 

 obtectis, iutegerrimis induto. Folia reguluria 12—20 dense fasciculata, 

 basi in vnginam brevissime triangulavem , limniieam^ perrigidam, iutus 

 glabnini dorso membrana lepidota obtect.ini , integerrimam dibitata, turn 

 in petiolnm u>^que ad 0,2 m. longum, tereUMu , profuude canalicnlatura, 

 inerraem eoutvacta , turn in laminam laueeolutam , 0,7 — 0,9 m, longam, 

 + 36 mm, latam, utriuque longe acutam, integerrimam- chartaceam, supra 

 glabram nitidamqne, sublus albide furfuraceam dilatata- Inflorkscentia 

 multi- vel permultiflora, dense subcyliudrice racemosa, simplicissima , e 

 foliis centralis prodieus eaque peralte superans in scapi percrasai, usque 

 ad Hmm diam., lere lignosi, sicci minute longitudinaliter striati, fur- 

 furucei, vaginis semiamplexicanlilms, rluutaceis apice rigidiusculis, e basi 

 latissime lineari vel perlouge ovata ncutis saepiu^que in lilum crassum, 

 perlongtim insuper productis , dorso dense lepidotis demum gUbrfltis, 

 stricte erectis scapum nmplectentibus, internodia subaequantibus praediti 

 apice eUta, rhachi densiuscule fnrfuracea, recta; bracteis coriaceis, roseis, 

 stricte erectis imbricatis, late ovatis, sensim acutis, ad 33mm, longis, 

 12 mm. latis, iutegerrimis, dorso albide lepidotis vel demum snbglabratis, 

 sepala ultra 7* lougit. aequantibus. FI-oues albo-straminei , crasse pedi- 

 cellati, ad 95 mm. lougi, amplissimi, basi anguste oonice atteuuati ; sepalis 

 21mm. longis, 6 mm, latis, ovato-triangularibus, basi rotuudate contractis, 

 apice rotuudalis paullo obliquis, subsymmetricis, glabris, baud mucronatis. 

 Petala per antbe^iu decaivaj dispoaitione | zygomorpha , deilorata con- 

 torta, irregulariter curvata, ad 73mm. longa, super basin ligula percou- 

 spicua, irregulariter pluries incisa anctam, triangnlarem coutracta indeqne 

 usque ad apicem rotuudatnm sensim dilatata. Stamina petala manifeste 

 superautia, filameutis crassiusculis, liuearibus, liberis; autlieris 12 mm- 

 longis, perauguste bacilliformibus , apice obtusiusculis , basi solemniter 

 sagittatis vel hastatis; polliuis granulis ellipsoideis, utroqne polo rotnn- 

 datis, leviter sulcatis, reli denso ornatis. Ovarium prope medium perianthio 

 ciuctum, utriuque triaugulare, parte supera + ovoidea, breviter in stylum 

 crassinsculnm , triangnlarem coutracla ; stigmatibua petala perlouge (ad 

 18 mm-) snperanlibus, in capitulum ellix)soideum intime contortis; placeutis 

 intrrno loculorum angulo ab V^ alt. usque ad apicem lineariter aflixis; 

 ovulis qunque in loculo co, x^'^l^'n^^tim confcrtissimis, cauda uuTla sed 



