436 MONOCOTYLEDONEAE. PITCAIRNIA. 
ad.3/4 longit. supero ; ovulis solemniter caudatis. — Mez in Fl. bras. 
p. 455. 
Aeaulis, florifera + metralis, rhizomate haud bulboso. Folia 
5-10 fasciculata, basi in vaginam elongate triangulo-ovatam, basi 
brunneam, glabram v. dorso summo apice paullo furfuraceam dila- 
tata, linearia, apicem subfiliformem versus perlonge acuta, integer- 
rima, sæpius ultra 4 m. longa, ad 20 mm. lata, valde carinata, supra 
dissite lepidota v. glabrata. Scapus validus, densiuscule furfuraceus 
demum subglabratus, vaginis perelongate triangularibus demum in 
filum curvatum desinentibus, dorso furfuraceis, erectis præditus. 
Racemus submultiflorus, ad 0,25 m. longus, tenuis ; bracteis longe 
acutis, glabris v. dorso furfuraceis, Æ erectis. Flores incarnati, 
pedicellis 10-12 mm. longis, gracilibus, erectis stipitati; sepalis 
22 mm. longis, 2,75 mm. latis, sublinearibus, apice perobscure 
barbellatis ceterum glabris. Petala deflorata haud v. vix recurva, 
' ad 41 mm. longa. apice acuta. Antheræ 8 mm. longe. Capsula 
ignota. ? 
Brasiliæ prov. Rio de Janeiro in Serra dos Orgaós ad viam There- 
sopolin versus saxicola : Schenck herb.n. 2995, in Serra d'Estrella : 
Riedel n. 865 (e. p.). — Floret Martio. (V. s. in herb. Petrop. et 
Schenck.) 
96. P. Beycalema (Beer, Brom. 63) ; foliis homomorphis, persis- 
tentibus, super vaginam nec angustatis nec petiolatis, integerrimis, 
dorso dense lepidoto-furfuraceis ; scapo manifesto, vaginis internodia 
æquantibus v. paullo superantibus aucto ; inflorescentia densiuscule 
racemosa ; bracteis peranguste lanceolatis, quam pedicelli multo bre- 
vioribus; sepalis perlonge acutis, + carinatis; petalis rubris, eligu- 
latis, per anthesin haud recurvis, stamina paullo superantibus; ovario 
ad 4/5 longit. supero ; seminibus utrinque caudatis. — Mez in Fl. 
bras. p. 456. — P. leiolema hort. ap. Beer, Brom. p. 62 (nomen). 
— P. muscosa Hook. (nec Mart.) in Bot. Mag. t. 4770; Beer, Bro- 
mel. p. 62; €. Koch in Ind. Sem. hort. Berol. 1857, App. p. 8; 
Carr. in Rev. hortic. 1877, p. 430; Bak. Brom. p. 96. 
Acaulis, florifera usque ad 0,4 m. alta, rhizomate haud v. vix bul- 
boso. Folia 20-40 fasciculatim rosulata, basi in vaginam subovatam, 
utrinque subglabram, albidam dilatata, vix ultra 0,15 m. longa, 6 mm. 
lata, anguste linearia, apicem versus persensim acuta, integerrima, 
supra glabra. Scapus densiuscule lepidoto-furfuraceus, vaginis lan- 
ceolatis, perlonge acutis apice filiformibus, præsertim dorso dense 
mens auctus. Racemus pauci-submultiflorus, densus, usque ad 
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