PITCAIRNIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE C. MEZ). 431 
superantibus ; sepalis peracutis, haud carinatis ; petalis rubris, eligu- 
latis, per anthesin haud revolutis, stamina superantibus; ovario ad 
4/5 v. ultra supero; ovulis longe caudatis. — Beer, Brom. p. 55; 
Bak. Brom. p. 105. — ? P. fulgens Rev. hortic. 1836; Dietr. N. Nachtr. 
Gærtnerlex. VII, p. 44; C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1857, App. 
p. 8 (non hort.). — P. Decaisnei C. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 
1857, App. p. 5. — P. L'Herminieri Hort. Paris. ap. C. Koch]. c. p. 8. 
Acaulis, florifera sepissime ultra m. alta. Folia plus quam metralia, 
usque ad 35 mm. lata, perlonge lineari-lanceolata, apicem filiformem 
versus sensim acuta, supra glabra. Scapus gracilis, rectus, glaber, 
vaginis angustissimis glabrisque, perlonge triangularibus, suberectis, 
supremis ad 60 mm. longis dense proditus. Racemus multiflorus, 
folia deflexa superans, + 0,16 m. longus, 90 mm. diam. metiens, 
densiusculus subcylindricus, apice obtgsus ; rhachi rubente, glabra ; 
bracteis perlonge acutis, glaberrimis, suberectis. Flores fulgide rubri, 
fere 60 mm. longi, suberecti v. superiores erecli, pedicellis gracil- 
limis, infimis usque ad 20 mm. longis stipitati ; sepalis 23 mm. metien- 
tibus, basi 3 mm. latis, triangularibus. Petala Æ 53 mm. longa. 
Antherz 7,5 mm. metientes. Capsulam non vidi, 
Ex Antillarum insula Cuba introducta dicitur. (V. s. in herb. Boiss.- 
Barbey., C. Koch.) 
89. P. Moreli (Lem. in Hort. univ. VII, 231, t. 289); foliis homo- 
morphis, persistentibus, super vaginam longe paullo angustatis nec 
distinctius petiolatis, integerrimis, glabris ; scapo permanifesto, 
vaginis internodia longe superantibus aucto ; inflorescentia racemosa, 
multiflora ; bracteis anguste lanceolatis, pedicellos superantibus ; 
sepalis longe acutis, haud carinatis; petalis rubris, eligulatis, per 
anthesin haud revolutis, stamina superanlibus ; ovario fere supero ; 
seminibus utroque polo eaudatis. — Bak. Brom. p. 103; Mez in 
Fl. bras. p. 450. — P. australis C. Koch. in Ind. Sem. hort. 
Berol, 4856, App. p. 4 et 4857, App. p. 8. — P. rubicunda C. Koch et 
Bouché in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1856, App. p. 3 et 1857, p. 8. — 
P. Moreliana hort. ap. C. Koch, L. c. 1856, p. 3. — ? P. lævis Beer, 
Brom. p. 60. — ? Tillandsia levis Vell. Flor. Flumin. HI, t. 126 et 
in Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio V, p. 195. 
Acaulis, florifera metralis vel paullo infra. Folia basi in va 
perconspicuam, elongate ovatam, subatram, glabram dilatata, usque 
ad 1 m. longa, 26 mm. lata, ensiformia, apicem breviter subfiliformem 
versus persensim acuta. Scapus glaberrimus, apicem versus rubens, 
vaginis triangulo-lanceolatis, perlonge acutis demum subfiliformibus, 
