Bromeliec.] CLXXI. BROMELIACEJE. 665 
1.11; 1871, 4. 1, 14 ; 1872, 7. 1; 1879,7.1, 16, 17; 1974, 7.1, 8; 1875, 7. 1,13; 1876, . 1, 15, 20, 22; 
1877,1. 3; 1878, . 1; 1880,7. 8; 1881, 7. 5. Colla in Mem. Acad. Torin. xxvi. t. 19 (Pourretia). 
Hxrrcopza, Lemaire, Hlustr. Hortic. xi. £. 421, est B. zebrina, Lindl.; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1912; 
Morren, Belg. Hortie. 1872, t. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 2686 (Bromdlia), species insignis inflorescentize 
indumento furfuraceo, sepalis latioribus, petalis per anthesin insigniter revolutis, antheris angus- 
tissimis linearibus fere basifixis. Fructus in hac crassus, ovoideus, rugosus, suleatus, fissuris 
lateralibus irregulariter dehiscens, in cwteris speciebus nobis ignotus, nec quantum scimus adhuc 
descriptus. ; 
LisoxiA, Lemaire, Illustr. Hortic, ii. £. 48, est Billbergia marmorata, Lemairel.e. JowcGnxa, Lemaire, 
Jard. Fleur. ii. t. 180, est Dillbergia splendida, Lemaire l.c. genus utrumque ab auetore dubie 
propositum, 
15. Quesnelia, Gaudich. Voy. Bonite, Bot. t. 94. (Lievena, Regel, Gartenfl. 1880, 289, 
1. 1024.) —Sepala supra ovarium libera, ovata, imbricata, . Petala libera, angusta, apice in 
laminam patentem dilatata, basi intus squamellis 2 denticulatis instructa. Stamina 3, 
petalis alterna, libera, 3 petalis opposita iis basi adnata ; anthere oblongo-lineares, 
prope basin dorsifi petalis Ovarium inferum, supra loculos breviter cupu- 
latum ; stylus filiformis, stigmatibus in massam oblongam spiraliter contortis. Fructus 
. . .—Folia conferta, longa, spinul rrata.. Ped lus terminalis, elatus, squamis 
spathaceis obtectus. Infl &ià strobiliformis, simplex, ovoidea v. oblonga, crassa. 
-Bractez quaquaverste, laxe. imbricatze, membranaces, coloratze, sub apice utroque latere 
transversim plicate. Flores sub quaque bractea solitarii, apice breviter exserti. 
Species 3 v. 4? Brasilienses,  .Morren, Belg. Hort. 1881, 1. 4 (18 ?). Fl. des Serres, t. 1028 
(Billbergia).  Wawra in Gisterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1880, 149, quoad species inflorescentia strobiliformi ; 
"Wawra tamen ad Quesneliam ducit species omnes Bilibergie quarum staminá petalis opposita iis basi - 
adnata, character ut videtur interdum valde incertus. 
Tnisus II. PrTCAIRNIEZ. 
brevi tantum parte intra florem prominens, cc-ovulatum ; stylus brevis, 3-gonus, stigma- 
tibus brevibus erectis v. patentibus. Capsula clavata, subcylindracea v. obtuse S*quetra, 
dura, apice breviter septicide 3-valvis. Semina ascendentia, imbricata, oblonga, 
compressa, apice basique in app i if ! vy. i 1 
producta.— Folia rosulata v. erecta, late ligulata, abrupte inata acumine 
margine integerrima.  Panicula terminalis, ampla, pyramidalis, furf 
glabra. Bractem sub ramis spathacec, acumine interdum pungent peri parvae. 
Flores secus ramos fasciculati v. sparsi, parvi nunc minimi. 
Species 3, typica Brasiliensis, a nobis non visa, 2 Guianeuses, inclusa Cordyline micrantha, Baker 
in Gard. Chron. 1880, ii. 243. 
B. Plumierii, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 593, b Sehultzi Brocchinie non praebet. 
Specimina Imrayana ad Pitcairniam pertinere videntur. 
17. Pitcairnta, Lhér. Sert. Angl. T, . 11. (Hepetis, Sw. Prod. Fl, Ind. Occid. 56-)— 
Sepala libera, l lata, acuta, imbricata, rigidula. Petala libera, unguiculata, erecta v. 
apice patentia, basi intus swpius squamellis 2 minutis instructa. Stamina intra petala 
affixa, libera, fil iis filiformibus v. complanatis ; anthersw lineares, juxta basin dorsi- 
fixe. Ovarium lata basi affixum v. toro plus minus immersum, superne v. fere omnino 
liberum, ovulis in loculis i dentibus; stylus elongatüs, filiformis, stigma- 
tibus linearibus spiraliter tortis. Capsula septicide 3-valvis, Semina numerosa, testa 
nucleo lineari v. parvulo adnata, in speciebus plerisque apice basique in appendiculam 
linearem sepius setiformem producta, appendicula tamen in sect. Pepinia rara v. 0; 
embryo parvus, in albumine farinaceo leviter intrusus.—Folia nunc ad basin caulis brevis, 
aai 
bra v. 
