(2657) = 
PITCAIRNIA FURFURACEA. Meany 
Prrcairnia. ; 
~ Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character, — | 
Calyx 3-phyllus, semisuperus. Petala 3. Squama nec- 
tarifera ad basin petalorum. Stigmata 3, contorta. Ca 
sula 3-locularis. “Sem. sub alata. bs THEI ca 4 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pircarrnia furfuracea ; foliis lanceolato-loratis sparsim 
spinulosis subtus farinosis recurvis, laciniis corolle 
obtusis mucronulatis zqualibus. 
Prrcarrnia furfuracea ; foliis dentato-spinosis recurvatis 
supra nitidis glabris subtus farinosis albis. Willd. 
Enum. p. 346? certe tamen non Pourretia pyramidalis 
Flore Peruviane et Kunth Synopsis. 
- Prrcarenta intermedia. Hortulanis. 
Descr. Radical leaves narrow, strap-shaped, much elon- 
gated at the point, with margins here and there armed with 
small spines, especially towards the base, shining green 
on the upper surface, and covered with a white mealy 
substance on the under, a foot and a half or two feet long, 
recurved. Scape two feet high, clothed with a white, loose, 
woolly substance, which easily — off. _Bractes at the 
lower part of the scape leaf-like, diminishing upwards, till 
they are only equal to the short pedicels. Flowers rose- 
coloured, in a long terminal raceme, simple, or with two 
or three short 1—3-flowered branchlets at the lower part. 
Pedicels three times shorter than the calyx, which is not 
half the =~ of the Corolla, club-shaped, persistent after 
the flower falls off. Petals strap-shaped, obtuse, with a 
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