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PlTCAIRNIA BrOMELIj£FOLIA. SCARLET 

 PlTCAIRNIA. 



C/d/j <W Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 



■Cat. 3-phyllus, femifuperus. Pet. 3, fquama neclarifera ad 



bafin petalorum. Stigm. 3, contorta. Caff. 3, introrfum de- 



hifcentes. Sem* alata. Hepetis. Gen. Plant. Schreb. n. 1741.- 



Obs Si calyx mowphylhts appellandus, germen er'it fupcrum, tubo calycit 

 Jemiimmerfum et adnattim, ftamina et petala fauci calycis 'injerta. Si vera 

 mav's cay em triphyllum dicere, germen erit femiinferum, Jlamina, pelala l 

 et calyx receptaculo germen cingenti injerta. Dry and. MSS. 



Recliufne Cal. o, Cor. fexpartita, laciniis incequalibus, cylindrice con- 

 niventibus, extimis calycem mentientibus ? G. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 

 PlTCAIRNIA bromelitefoHa foliis ciliato-fpinofis ; racemo pa- 



tulo ebra£teato ; pedunculis germinibufque 



glaberrimis. 

 PlTCAIRNIA bromelUfolia. Hort. Kew. 1. 401. Schneev, 



et Geuns Ic. Fafc. 4. /. xu L'Herit. Scrt. Angl. 



7. /. 11. Swartz Fl. hid. Occid. 1. p. 580. 



Mart. Mill. Dicl. Dryand. in Linn. Tranf. v. t* 



p. 230. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 10. Li I. a Redout e, 



*• 75- 



HEPETIS angujlifolia. Swartz Prod. 56. 



An inhabitant of Jamaica, where it is faid to grow on the 

 fhady fides of mountains. Firft cultivated in this country by 

 Lord As 11 burton as far back as 1781 ; flowers in April and 

 May, although our fpecimen did not until Auguft. 



The rarhis of the raceme as well as peduncles and 

 corolla are of a fine fcarlet colour; the latter is perfiftent, 

 changing to a greemfh and laitly to a brownifh hue. The 

 traniparent fcale at the inner bafe of each fegsaent is of an 

 ovate form, truncate at the top, crenate, attached by its back, 

 while the edge and fummit are free. Radical leaves from three 

 to four feet long, fcarcely an inch broad when flattened. Scape 

 terminal, upright, about a foot high, many-flowered, and -ge- 

 nerally fimple. Calyx or outer fegments of the corolla three 

 times (hotter than the corolla or inner fegments. It is a very 

 ornamental plant ; requires to be kept in the tan-pit; often 

 feeds; but is generally propagated by offsets. G. 



