PI'TCAIRNIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 345 
Suppl. I, p. 15 n. 1305-1; Meissn. Gen. p. 395 (298) ; Spach. Vég. 
phan. XII, p. 398; Lindl. Veg. Kgd. p. 148; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. 
h. Berol, 1856, App. p. 2; Griseb. in Gœtt. Nachr. 1864, p. 14; 
André in Rev. hort. 1886, p. 108. — Phlomostachys Beer, Brom. 
p. 16, 45. — Zamproconus Lem. in Jard. fleur. IL, t. 127. — Pepi- 
nia A. Brongn. ex. lll. hort. XVII, p. 32 t. 5. — Mélinonia 
A. Brongn. ex. Morr. Cat. Brom. Jard. Liège 1873 (nomen). 
Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala libera, sinistrorsum convoluta, sym- 
metrica vel subsymmetrica vel rarius conspicue asymmetrica, apice 
sæpissime acuta vel acutiuscula nonnunquam mucronata. Petala in 
æstivatione dextrorsum convoluta, solemniter basin usque libera, 
filamenta includentia, ex ungue — late lineari in laminam ovalem vel 
subovalem, apice rotundatam vel acutam sensim producta, rarissime 
regulariter disposita per anthesin usque ad medium spiraliter revo- 
luta sepissime dispositione 3 vel rarius ; ordinata secundarie zy- 
gomorphe disposita, sueto per anthesin + decurva, deflorata con- 
torta decurvato-ringentia ; aut eligulata aut ligula unica late triangu- 
lari aucta. Stamina 6 sæpissime per anthesin lateraliter e petalis 
emergentia vel rarissime his revolutis longe porrecta, petala æquan- 
tia vel iis breviora ; filamentis tenuibus, linearibus, ser. I. liberis, 
ser. II. cum petalis nonnunquam + alte connatis; antheris conspicuis, 
angustissimis sæpissime linearibus, basi incisis equitantibus ; pollinis 
granulis ellipsoideis, sulea manifesta longitudinali unica retique 
prominulo sæpissime expresso auctis. Ovarium sueto circa medium 
perianthio-cinctum vel ad 3/4 longit. superum ad 1/4 inferum vel 
raro ad 3/4 inferum, ad 1/4 superum; stylo filiformi, petala æquante ; 
stigmatibus capitulatim contortis; placentis linearibus ; ovulis quoque 
in loeulo multis, patentibus, sueto caudalis rarius apice obtusis. Cap- 
sula matura septicide in valvos 3 nonnunquam prope apicem iterum 
loculicide incisos dehiscens. Semina æ, linearia vel fusiformia vel 
cuneiformia vel rarissime fere orbicularia, sueto utroque polo ala 
angusta caudata rarius ala unica dorsali aucta. 
Herbæ haplobioticæ, sepissime acaules raro caulescentes; rhizo- 
mate nunc repente elongatoque proles procreante nunc abbreviato 
sæpiusque kataphyllis bulbose induto apice mullicapitatim proles 
proferente. Folia sueto fasciculata basi in vaginas breves vel raro | 
elongatiores, nunquam villosas, sæpius bulbose incrassalas seseque 
imbricantes dilatata, nune anguste linearia + graminea nunc super 
vaginam in petiolum manifestum canaliculatumque contracta, homo- 
morpha vel altera viridia assimilationi inservientia, altera cornea 
