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PlTCAIRNIA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED 

 PlTCAIRNIA. 



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C/d/3r and Order. 

 Hexandria Monocynia. 



Generic Character. — Vid, N um - 824. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



PlTCAIRNIA latifolia foliis fubintegris, parciflime atque 

 abrupte fpinofo-dentatis ; racemo confertiore; 

 bra&eis pedicellos asquantibus. G. 



PlTCAIRNIA latifolia. Hort. Kew. 1. 401. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 

 10. Lil. a Redout?, t. 74. Bot. Rep. t. 322. 



The diftin&ion of Pitcairnia bromeliafolia and latifolia 

 in the Hortus Kewenfis is taken from the leaves, thofe of 

 the former being defcribed as having edges ciliated with 

 fpines, of the latter as being fubfpinefcent at the bafe only ; 

 but we have obferved the radical leaves of the bromeliafolia 

 to be entirely free from fpines except for one or two inches be- 

 yond the bafe, while thofe growing on the fcape have been ci- 

 liated their whole length, and in the prcfent fpecies fpines do oc- 

 cur, though thinly fcattered, to the very extremity of the leaf. 

 The relative difference in the length of the pedicle and brafte 

 appears to us to afford a better and a more conftant character ; 

 the bromeli<efolia has long horizontal pedicles with bra&es not 

 half their length ; in latifolia the bra&es are at lead equal to and 

 often twice the length of the pedicles, which are fhort and 

 afcendent. The name of broad-leaved can only be proper, in 

 contradiftin&ion to the narrow-leaved fpecies ; for in brome- 

 li<efoha they are even rather broader than here. 



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