430 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. PITCAIRNIA. 
Guyana gallica, unde a cl. Leprieur in hortum Parisiensem intro- 
ducta. (V. s. in herb. Paris.) 
87. P. cinnabarina (A. Dietr. in Allg. Gartenz. XVIII, 202); foliis 
homomorpbis, persistentibus, super vaginam longe paullo angustatis 
nec petiolatis, integerrimis, subtus glabris v. furfuraceis; scapo per- 
manifesto, vaginis internodia superantibus aucto ; inflorescentlia per- 
dense thyrsoideo-racemosa ; bracteis lanceolatis, pedicellos longe 
superantibus; sepalis fere filiformi-acutis, haud carinatis; petalis 
rubris, eligulatis, per anthesin haud revolutis ; ovario fere omnino 
supero; seminibus utroque polo caudatis. — A. Dietr. in Bot. Ztg. 
1851, p. 93; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 4857, App. p. 8; 
Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 1851, p. 274; Bak. Brom. p. 101 ; Mez in 
Fl. bras. p. 449. 
Florifera usque ad 1 m. alta, rhizomate Æ bulbiformi. Folia basi in 
vaginam perconspicuam, elongate ovatam, glabram v. dorso prope 
apicem paullo lepidotam dilatata, usque ad 1 m. longa, 36 mm. lata, 
ensiformia, apicem versus perlonge acuta demum subfiliformia, supra 
glabra. Scapus glaberrimus, apicem versus rubens, vaginis triangulo- 
lanceolatis, perlonge acutis demum filiformibus, stricte erectis, gla- 
bris indutus. Racemus œ -florus, usque ad 0,25 m. longus sed sæpius 
brevior; rhachi glaberrima ; bracteis subchartaceis, lanceolatis per- 
longeque acutis, glabris, erectis vel suberectis. Flores cinnabarini, 
-pedicellis 12-8 mm. longis, glaberrimis, erectis stipitati, + 60 mm. 
longi ; sepalis ad 24 mm, metientibus, infime 2,5-3 mm. latis, angus- 
tissime triangularibus, glaberrimis. Petala ad 53 mm. longa, deflorata 
contorta decurva, apice acuta. Antheræ 6,5-7 mm. longs. Capsula. 
paullo ultra 10 mm. longa, atro-badia, ultra medium dehiscens ; 
seminibus alis peranguslis computatis ad 3,5 mm. longis. 
Brasiliæ prov. Rio de Janeiro in rupibus ad Fortaleza de Pico prope 
urbem : Schwacke herb. n. 6319, in Pico de la Tijuca : Glaziou n. 8021, 
in Serra d'Estrella : Weddell n. 807 et in montibus Organensibus : 
‘Gardner n. 5896. (e. p.) — Floret Martio-Aprili, Augusto. (V. s. in 
herb. Berol., Kew., Paris., Petrop., Schwacke. et Vindob.) 
88 P. fulgens (Desne. in Cat. Linden. 1850, 18); foliis homomor- 
phis, persistentibus, super vaginam longe angusteque constrictis quasi 
petiolatis, integerrimis, dorso albide floccoso-tomentosis vel glabris ; 
scapo permanifesto, vaginis internodia longe superantibus aucto ; 
inflorescentia multiflora, racemosa; bracteis angustissime triangula- 
ribus perlongeque acutis, infimis sæpe sepala, superioribus pedicellos 
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