THE ILLUSTRATION HORTH OL1 



P1TOAIRNIA STAMINEA 



nat. oed. BROMELIACEAE. 

 ETYMOLOGY : Named after William Pitcairn an English physician and amaten 

 GENERIC CHARACTER: Perigonii semi-superi sexpartiti laonJM axteriores c 



acuminatae, carinatae, erectae, interiores petaloideae longiores inferne in tubmn approxi 

 liter patentes, basi intus squamosae v. rarius nudae, Stamina in annnlo periirvna ins<r 

 res basi sagittatae. Ovarium semi-inferum triloculare. Ovula in loculorum ai'iiml.. ,-,n 

 filiformis; stigmata :; lincaria spiraliter oontorta. Capsula semisupera ovata-pvramidai 

 introrsum demum fissis. Semina plurima adscendentia teretiuscula . testa i'us.a sn 

 setiformem chalazae apieali in acumen longe productae jungonte. Embryo minimus iv 

 mitate radiculari umbilicum attingente infera. — Herbae americanat 

 caule erecto simpfici. flurihin raccmosis, bractealis. — (Ex Endlicher (I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER : caespitosa; Caricis cujusd. habitu; folia lim n i-lan. , 

 erecto-recurva, integerrima, passim furfuracea ; scapus erectus, l m altus, gracilis, cyl 

 teatus bracteis ad apicem decrescentibus ; /lores racemosi pedunculis unit; 

 tea filiformi acuta iisque breviora munitis : rah/r t ii () iut rus lobis acuminata acutN ai 

 corolla vivide scarlatina duratione diurna lobis lineari lanceolatis 6-7 cent. KiiiL'i- "> i 

 medio superne revolutis (post anthesin rursum erectis) ; stamina exserta. 8 cent lo 

 antheris erectis filiforniibus basifixis 8 mill, longis luteis ; stylus cylindrical stamina a 

 turn ; ovarium trisulcatum , triloculare. — Nova-Granata. 



Pitcairnia staminea, Lodd. (Bot. Cab. t. 775). Bot. Magaz. t. 2411. 



Coclrliopetal-urrx stamineum, Beer, Bromel. p. 56. 



This pretty plant was first introduced into England by 

 Sir Thomas Hardy, who sent it to Lady Campbell more than 

 fifty years ago. It was described in Loddiges Botanical 

 Cabinet, and afterwards in the Botanical Magazine (in 1823), 

 without any indication of its native country. We are glad 

 to be able to fill this blank. Mr. I {<>.:■/. I Living re-discovered 

 it in 1872, in New Grenada, The plants raided from the seeds 

 sent by him to Mr. Linden are of a more slender, taller 

 habit, with looser fewer-flowered panicles, and longer more 

 intensely scarlet flowers than those of the type described, and 



we (Mr. Linden and I) took ii to be a i 

 wasto have borne the name of /'. / 

 careful examination did not reveal eliar, 

 importance to separate it from P. ttanm 

 Its charming, pendent Mowers, of tl 

 scarlet, and its graceful habit rentier it v 

 nent place in the tropical conservatory, 

 will thrive under the conditions suitabh 

 Bromeliaceae, without any special care. 



