406 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. PITCAIRNIA.. 
quam pedicelli graciles brevioribus ; sepalis apice acutiusculis, haud 
carinalis; petalis rubris, ligulatis, quam stamina longioribus; ovario- 
semisupero; seminibus utrinque breviter caudatis. — Beer, Brom. 
p. 64. — P. angustifolia Ryan ap. R. et S. Syst. VII, p. 1243. — P. 
angustifolia 8 : Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1547. — Hepetis angustifolia Sw. ! 
Prodr. p. 56. — H. angustifolia Ræuschel ap. R. et S. Syst. VII, 
p. 1243. — P. Redoutéana Schult. fil. (nec Beer) in R. et S. Syst. VII, 
p. 1243; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1857, App. p. 6. — 
P. alta Hassk. in Verh. Naturk. Ver. Ned. Ind. I (1856), p. 5; C. Koch 
in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1857, App. p. 6; Bak. in Bot. Mag. t. 6606 
et Brom. p. 94. — P. ramosa C. Koch (nec Jacq.) in Ind. Sem. 
hort. Berol. 1837, App. p. 5. — P. Skinneri hort. ap. C. Koch, 
i. c. — P. intermedia hort. (e. p.) ap. C. Koch, 1. c. — P. bromeliifolia 
Schult. fil. (nec L'Hérit. nec Ait.) in R. et S. Syst. VII, p. 1244 (e. p., 
quoad cit. syn. Sw.). 
Acaulis, florifera sæpius bimetralis, subcæspitosa ; rhizomate brevi, 
polycephalo, proles e foliis reductis subulatis, haud ultra 60 mm. 
longis, margine validissime spinosis, badiis formatos procreante. 
Folia plante floriferæ læte viridia, 20-30 dense fasciculata, basi in 
vaginam conspicuam, late triangulo-ovatam, dorso badiam, margine 
prope apicem spinosam dilatata anguste linearia, sæpius ultra 4 m. 
longa, 18 mm. lata, canaliculata, apicem versus persensim acuta, 
margine spinis inferioribus ad 3 mm. longis rectis, superioribus cons- 
picue minoribus, curvatis omnibus sursum spectantibus armata. 
Scapus validus, junior saltem dense arachnoideo-tomentosus demum 
(præsertim siccus) sæpius + glabratus, vaginis triangularibus, dorso 
lepidotis, adpressis, superioribus + 30 mm. longis laxe conspersus. 
Inflorescentia multiflora, sæpius + pyramidalis, usque ad 0,6 m. 
longa, 0,3 m. diam. metiens; axibus tomentellis v. subglabris ; ra- 
mulis suberectis sæpius arcuatim adscendentibus, basi ad 40-50 mm. 
sterilibus, 5-18 floris; bracteolis florigeris 3-6 mm. longis, glabris v. 
apice flocculosis v. rarius dorso lepidotis. Flores pedicellis 3-10 mm. 
longis stipitati, erecti vel ramulorum lateralium sepius secundis 
subpatentibus, ad 53 mm. longi; sepalis sueto glabris, 18-24 mm. 
longis, e basi + 4 mm. lata triangularibus. Petala ad 50 mm. metien- 
tia, apice acutiuscula, ligulis margine paucidentatis onusta. Antheræ 
+ 9 mm. longa. Capsula tricostata, crasse fusiformis, + 13 mm. 
longa, brunnea v, murina, medium usque dehiscens. 
Per Antillas devulgata. Portorico : Krug herb. n. 1118, 1119, 1511, 
Sintenis n. 475, 1586, 2270, 2564, 3061, 6935, Eggers n. 973, 1239, 
Blauner n. 227, Wydler; Grenada: Eggers n. 6274; Sto. Thomas: 
