. Viore, acuta, alba præditis + 3 mm. (alis computatis) longis. 
— losis ceterum inermibus, dorso dense lepidotis albis; scapo manifesto, 
acutis, haud carinatis ; petalis rubris, ligulatis; ovario ad 3/4 supero; 
. =Æ 0,6 m. longa, 13 mm. lata, apicem filiformem versus persensim 
"388 i MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. PITCAIRNIA . 
.rhachi glabra, sulcata ; bracteis glabris, suberectis, superioribus ad 
3 mm. longis. Flores fructiferi solum cogniti suberecti, optime rubri 
(ex el. Fendler!), pedicellis = 10 mm. longis stipitati, ad 40 mm. d 
longi ; petalis super basin ligula magna, grosse crenata auctis ; | 
genitalibus ignotis. Capsula ad 2/3 longit. supera, crasse fusiformis, 
acute tricostata, Æ 14 mm. longa, 7 mm. diam. metiens, ad 2/3 ab : 
apice septicide dehiscens; seminibus utrinque cauda subduplo bre- E 
. Venezuela inter Caracas et La Guayara : Fendler n. 1550. — Fructi- 
' ficat Augusto. (V. s. in herb. Goetting.) 
33. P. carnea (Beer in Oester. bot. Wochenschr. 1858, 182); foliis 
homomorphis, persistentibus, super vaginam longe paullo angustatis 
nec petiolatis, demum anguste linearibus, super vaginam paucispinu- 
vaginis summis internodia subæquantibus v. iis minute solum brevio- 3 
ribus przedito ; inflorescentia racemosa, = albo-floccosa ; bracteis lan- ` 3 
.ceolatis, perlonge acutis, pedicellos æquantibus; sepalis perlonge : 
ovulis longe caudatis. — Bak. Brom. p. 92. — ? Puya carnea Regel 
iu Catal. Pl. hort. Aksak. p. 117. 
Acaulis, florifera ad 0,6 m. alta. Folia multa dense fasciculata, j 
Super vaginam late ovato-triangularem, basin versus brunnescentem, 3 
integerrimam angustata demum in laminam angustam dilatata 
acuta, adulta supra glabra viridia. Scapus rectus, leprose lepidotus- 
demum glabratus, vaginis anguste triangulo-lanceolatis, perlonge 
acutis apice minute pungentibus, dorso lepidotis, stricte erectis dense 
preditus. Inflorescentia multiflora, folia subæquans, cylindrica, 
Æ 0,2 m. longa, 70 mm. diam. metiens; rhachi dense albo-floccosa ; 
bracteis perconspicuis, dorso floccosis, inferioribus ad 13 mm. longis. 
Flores erecti, + 55 mm. metientes, pedicellis gracilibus, albo-tomen- 
tellis, erectis, ad 10 mm. longis stipitati; sepalis rubenti-luteis, dorso 
minute flocculosis, ad 34 mm. longis, basi 4 mm. latis, sublinearibus, 
apicem filiformi-acutum, sepissime uncinatim curvulum versus per- 
longe aculis. Petala ad 52 mm. longa, deflorata valde recurvata, 
ligulis magnis, margine grosse paucidentatis aucta. Stamina petala 
paullo superantia, antheris 8 mm. longis. Ovarium ovoideum, stylo 
antheras subæquante. 
Patria adhuc ignota, verisimiliter Mexico vel America centralis. 
(V. v. in hort. et sicc. in herb. Leod.) 
