Pitcairnia. 221 



7. P. pauciflora Bak. in Journ. Bot. XIX. (1881) 230. — Folia haud decidua, homo- 

 morpha, anguste linearia nee petiolata, apicem perlonge fdiformem versus sensim acuta, 

 spinulis minutissimis exteriora densius interiora laxe praedita, ad 0,6 m longa et 8 mm 

 lata, dorso minute pallide lepidota. Scapi gracilis vaginae superiores quam internodia 

 manifeste breviores, integerrimae. Inflorescentia racemosa, 6 — 9-flora, plus minus albo- 

 farinosa, seeunda; bracteis pedicellos graciles, infimos vix ultra 6 mm longos subaequanti- 

 bus vel paullo superantibus, lanceolato-ovatis. Flores graciles, ad 54 mm longi; sepalis 

 apice peracutis, haud carinatis, dorso lepidotis, triangularibus, ad 13 mm longis. Petala 

 rubra, apice rotundata, ad 39 mm longa, ligulata. Antherae 8 mm longae. Ovarium fere 

 omnino inferum. 



Brit. Guyana: am Flusse Quitara (Schomburgk n. 585), am Flusse Guyuni 

 (Bartlett n. 8254). 



8. P. Kegeliana Schlechtendal in Linnaea XXIV. (1851) 664; G. Koch in Ind. sem. 

 hört. Berol. 1857, 6 et ap. Bak. in Journ. Bot. XIX. (1881) 230. — P. subjunda Bak. 

 Bromel. (1889) 116. — Pepinia subjunda Ind. Kew. (nee Bak.) 1. Suppl. (1906) 320. — 

 Folia haud decidua, homomorpha, linearia nee petiolata, ad 0,5 m vel paullo ultra longa, 

 13 mm lata, spinulis minutissimis dense serrulata, subtus pallide lepidota. Vaginae scapi 

 gracilis omnes internodia superantes, integerrimae. Inflorescentia racemosa, 10 — 29-flora, 

 albo-furfuracea, subcylindrica; bracteis quam pedicelli graciles :ed breves multo longio- 

 ribus Ovaria aequantibus vel superantibus, lanceolatis, longe acutis. Flores graciles, fere 

 40 mm longi, per anthesin erecti; sepalis peracutis, haud carinatis, dorso lepidotis, ad 

 18 mm longis, e basi in apicem angustatis triangularibus. Petala coccinea, 30 mm longa, 

 acuta, ligulata, stamina subaequantia. Antherae 6 mm longae. Ovarium fere omnino 

 inferum. 



Holl. Guyana: bei Maripaston und Aracuca-Creek (Kegel n. 1097), bei Berlyn 

 (Wullschlägel n. 510); Franz. Guyana: bei Acaracouany (Sagot n. 835), ohne 

 Standortsangabe (Poiteau). — Vgl. auch A. Pulle, Enum. pl. (1906) 90. 



9. P. carieifolia Mart. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. VII. (1830) 1242; Mez in Mart. Fl. 

 Brasil. III. 3. (1894) 435, t. 81. — Folia haud decidua, homomorpha, haud petiolata, gra- 

 mineo-linearia, ad 0,4 m longa et 7 mm lata, prope basin saltem spinulosa, dorso pallide 

 lepidota. Vaginae scapi gracilis internodia superantes, integerrimae. Inflorescentia race- 

 mosa, pauciflora. albo-tomentella demum glabrata, ad 0,14 m longa; bracteis inflmis 

 pedicellos 6 — 7 mm longos, graciles superantibus summis iis brevioribus, lanceolatis. Flores 

 graciles, erecti, ad 49 mm longi; sepalis apice breviter rotundatis minuteque mucronulatis 

 et lateraliter paullo emarginatis, haud carinatis, dorso parce furfuraeeis, ad 14 mm longis. 

 Petala rubra, apice acuta, ligulata, stamina superantia. Antherae ad 7 mm longae. Ovarium 

 ad 2 /s inferum. 



Brasilien : in Wäldern am Amazonas (Martius). — Fig. 56. 



Subgen. II. Pepinia (Brongn.) Bak. 



Subgen. Pepinia (Brongn.) Bak. in Journ. Bot. XIX. (1881) 225. — Pepinia Brongn. 

 ex Andre in 111. Hortic. XVII. (1870) 32, t. 5. 



Inflorescentia floribus gracilibus, pedicellis conspieuis tenuibus vel brevissimis stipitatis 

 racemosa; bracteis parvis vel conspieuis, superioribus saltem quam sepala brevioribus. 

 Petala ligulata vel eligulata. Ovarium medio vel infra medium perianthio cinetum. Fructus 

 indehiscens. 



10. P. aphelandriflora Lern, in 111. Hortic. XVI. (1869) Mise. 90. — Pepinia aphe- 

 landriflora Andre in 111. Hortic. XVII. (1870) 32, t. 5. — Folia caulem ad 0,3 m altum dense 

 vestientia, haud decidua, homomorpha, anguste linearia, apice perlonge acuta demum 

 subfiliformia, margine et infima basi et a medio apicem versus spinulis minutissimis prae- 

 dita, ad 0,2 m longa et 5 — 7 mm lata, glabra. Inflorescentia scapo brevissimo vel nullo 

 inter rosulae folia sessilis, subpauci- vel pauciflora, subspicata, dense cylindrica, ad 0,1 m 



