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PlTCAIRNIA INTEGRIFOLIA. ENTIRE-LEAVED 

 PlTCAIRxVIA. 



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Generic Character. — Fid. No. 14.16. 



Specific Character. 



PlTCAIRNIA integrifoiia; (fios regularis ; Jquamiger s ) foliis 

 pluribus, lentis, lorato-attenuatis, edentulis (vel interdum 

 verfus bafin parciffime ac vix nifi taSiui dentientibus), a prono 

 pellicula lanuginofa candicantibus ; caulc breviori, ftrifto, 

 lomentofo, aifurgenter ramofo ; racemis rcmotius multi- 

 floris ere&is ; (loribus ere£to-divergentibus pedicello villofo 

 duplo triplove breviore; braclea fubulato-convoluta, fpha- 

 celata, tomentofa, calycibus paulifper longiore vel bre- 

 viore ; calyce villofo, corollis duplo breviore, imo turbi- 

 nato, lanato ; corolla contortim tubulofa, rotundato-trigona, 

 furfum decrefcente, angufto ore aperta, laciniis ligulato- 

 oblongis cequalibus, fquama bafeos ovato-oblonga, biden- 

 tata, parvula ; ftaminibus corollam fubaequantibus ; ftig- 

 matibus in lobulum exfertum fpiraliter unitis. G. 



Appears to come the neareft to angufiifolia of any known to 

 us; but in that the leaves are Miff, narrow, and armed at the 

 edge with horizontal widifhly fet fpines or teeth, the corolla 

 neither fo (lender nor fo upright as here. In integrifoiia the 

 leaves are about two feet long, pliant, and narrower than thofc 

 of latifolia and bromeliafolia, having an entire margin, except that 

 now and then the younger ones, when the hand is drawn along 

 them, may be perceived to be fomewhat roughened at the lower 

 edges ; /cape of an undulated yellow-fcarlet colour; fozvers 

 fcarlet, about an inch and half long; anthers fhort, yellow. 



As far as our refearches have extended, an unrecorded 

 fpecies; introduced from the Weft-Indies, by Lady Amelia 

 Hume, from whofe collection we had the fpecimen from which 

 our drawing has been made. Requires to be kept in the bark 

 bed of the (love, where it flowers about Auguft. G. 



