PITCAIRNIA. BROMELIACEAE (AUCTORE €. MEZ), 457 
Folia extima et sepius nonnulla interiora subsquamiformia, ovata 
v. elliptico-ovata, apice breviter acuta, brunnescentia; reliqua + 6 
super vaginam ovato-triangularem, dorso brunnescentem lepido- 
tamque in petiolum vix ultra 0,2 m. longum, canaliculatum,- dorso 
lepidoto-tomentellum contracta tum in laminam lanceolatam, longe 
acutam, ad 0,5 m. longam, 55 mm. latam producta. Scapus validus, 
vaginis superioribus saltem sicut bracteæ brunneo-purpureis, e basi 
magna ovata in acumen perlongum tenue productis, subglabris, 
adpressis indutus. Spica multiflora, apice rotundata, usque ad 0,3 m. 
longa, 50 mm. diam. metiens; rhachi lepidoto-tomentella omnino 
abscondita; bracteis ad 70 mm. longis, glabris. Flores pedicellis bre- 
vissimis percrassisque slipitati, vix emergentes; sepalis dorso minute 
lanuginosis, 25 mm. longis, late linearibus, prope apicem breviter 
angusteque alatis, mucrone miti imposito instructis. Petala inæqualia, 
longissimum 77 mm. metiens, apice acutiuscula, super basin ligula , 
magna, leviter emarginata aucta. Antheræ 10 mm. longo. Capsula 
+ 43 mm. longa, crasse ovoidea, trisulcata, acuta, exteriore latere 
opaca murina intus vernicosa atra, ultra 3/4 septicide dehiscens; 
seminibus 1,5 mm. longis, utrinque cauda sæpius ad 8 mm. metiente 
appendieulatis. 
De Costaricæ monte Chiriqui caldariis nostris allata. (V. v. in hort. 
Leod., Vralisl. et sicc. in herb. C. Koch., Leod.) 
B. Lamarcheana; a typo differt spinulis ad folii petiolum dispo- 
sitis paucioribus minoribusque, facile detritis nec non bractearum 
colore fulgide rubro. — P. Lamarcheana Morr. ap. Bak. Brom. 
p. 411. j 
Costarica ad montem Chiriqui. (V. v. in hort. Leod., Vralisl. et 
sicc. in herb. Leod.) | 
195. P. Lindeni (Bak. Brom. 412); foliis petiolis permanifestis, 
spinulosis instructis ceterum inermibus, glabris; scapo solemni, va- 
ginis dense imbricatis induto ; inflorescentia subspicata, sceptriformi; 
bracteis corallinis, a medio deflexo-patentibus , ovato-acuminatis, 
sepala perlonge superantibus; petalis albo-citrinis. — Neumannia 
Lindeni Morr. ex Bak. 1. c. 
Acaulis, vix ultra 0,4 m. alta. Folia breviter petiolata, late vindi 
laminà lanceolatà, perlonge acutà, 0,5 m. v. ultra longà, paullo 
ultra 30 mm. latà. Vaginæ scapales triste purpureæ apicem versus 
flavo-virentes. Inflorescentia multiflora, semipedalis; bracteis coral- 
linis apice aurantiacis v. virentibus. Flores ultra 50 mm. longi. — 
Ex ic. Morren. in biblioth. Kew. 
