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daria nostra introducta. (V. v. in hort. Leod., Vratisl. et siec. in 
cellos superantibus; floribus gracilibus, pedicellis permanifestis 
4857, App. p. 6; Bak. Bromel. p. 94. — Lamproconus Jacksonii 
368 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. À PITCAIRNIA. 
furfuraceis demum subglabratis. Flores superiores subsessiles, ad 
65 mm. longi; sepalis corallinis, += 15 mm. longis, 5 mm. latis, an- 
guste subovato-ellipticis, valde asymmetricis. Pelala ad 53 mm. longa 
apice acutiuscula. Antheræ ad 5 mm. longæ, stylo solemniter super- 
ate. Ovula optime exappendiculata. Capsula sepalis induratis per- 
sistentibus petalorumque rudimentis cincta, ad 8 mm. longa, ovoi- 
dea, profunde 3-sulcata, ossea, ut videtur indehiscens. Semina basi 
acuta apice late obtusa, pyramidata, haud complanata, 1-1,5 mm. 
longa. 
Brasilia septentrionalis, in Amazonum amnis valle, unde viva in cal- 
herb. Leod., Petrop.) 
.10. P, punicea (Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Brux. 1842, 25); foliis 
haud deciduis, homomorphis, super vaginam permanifeste constrictis 
nec tamen petiolatis, margine apicem versus spinulosis, dorso pallide 
lepidotis; scapo brevi, foliolis iis rosul: similibus aucto; inflorescen- 
tia racemosa, furfuracea ; bracteis elliptico-lanceolatis, infimis pedi- 
stipitalis; sepalis breviter oblique acutis, haud carinatis, dorso 
lepidotis; petalis puniceis, ligula emarginata instructis, staminibus 
brevioribus; ovario ad 3/4 supero ; seminibus nudis. — Beer, Bromel. 
p. 56; Hassk.: in Retz. II, p. 12; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 
4857, App. p. 8; Hortic. univ. V, p. 459; Bak. Bromel. p. 115. — 
Pepinia punicea Brongn. ap. Bak. Bromel. l. c. — Pitcairnia Jack- 
soni Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4540; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 
Lem. in Jard. fleur. t. 127. — ? P. humilis Ten.in Ind. Sem. hort. Nap. 
1855 et in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, II, p. 378; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. 
hort. Berol. 1857, p. 6. 
Caulis permanifestus, + 0,13 m. longus, inferne nudus foliorum 
delapsorum cicatricibus optime annulatus. Folia æ basi in vaginam 
elongate ovato-ovalem vel ovato-lanceolatam, integerrimam, vix ultra 
10 mm. latam, dorso subglabram dilatata, + 0,25 m. longa, 10 mm. 
lata, peranguste lineari-lanceolata, apice perlonge acutissima, suprà 
glabra. Scapus furfuraceus, sensim in caulem transiens. Inflorescentia 
submultiflora, folia æquans vel paullo superans, usque ad 0,2 m. 
longa; bracteis superioribus ad 10 mm. longis, apice acutiusculis, 
dorso saltem lepidotis. Flores + 52 mm. longi, per anthesin patentes 
vel erecto-patentes, pedicellis ad 15 mm. metientibus, patentibus, 
zt lepidotis stipitati ; sepalis + 15 mm. longis, basi 4 mm. latis, sub- 
