326 
Pinus sylvosizip columnaris com- with a rosy p aaiae cad falling off 
pacta. (2. Dey honk ot 102) H. like a cap; han the 
A slow-gro ins wit spathe, basal half fedanlo: the rest male ; 
flame- ox outline like P, fimbra in a ovaries crowde , oblong, truncate, one- 
young state. celled with 2-3 parietal placentas ; 
anthers crowded, sessile, connective 
Pinus Strobus excelsa zebrina. twice as long as anther cells, soe 
(A. H. 1889, 393, f.101.) H. Aform | ina conical point. North Born 
of the Weymouth Pine, with 1. marked 
with saree white transverse bands. P eae Se re ges se t. r A 
ering fr ig 
Fipor borneense. (0. C. 1882, xvii. heer l. mottled ao Aow, et the 
108.) Piperace. À Arab aed peduncle, which is 6 in. long, bearing 
with a thick hairy a8 A tae a nodding spathe 2 in. long, 
of a rich dark green with broad but with pink lines and do ore 
faint silvery-grey stripes betw shorter than the spathe, in whic 
erves ; they are ll-nerved, rugose completely hidden. Malay Peninsula, 
and glabrous above, hairy-pubescent Paces 
beneath- Bornéo. Pitcairnia ae ie: M. t. 6606.) 
Bromeliace e species, with 
Piper metallicum. (Lind. Cut. 1882, linear I. 2-3 ft long, => 
6.) S. L. a Gig oe of a beautiful white beneath, Fl.-stem 5-6 ft. high, 
metallic gree pu above. Fl. bright red, West 
Piper ornatum. gFoiteh G. 1808, Pitcairnia corcovadensis. CG. 1884, 
13; G. C. 1884, xxii. 424.) S. foliage 26.) A slender species with erect 
p climbing habit. L, peltate, ea bane lin acuminate 1. 
er es eee g p% ly-pointed, 2} -5 3-4 ft. long passing into linear bracts 
in. long, 2-4 in. bright green on the fl.-stem, which is about 1 ft. 
marked with pink spots, Celebes. high, and terminates in a single lax 
raceme of red fl. Brazil. 
Piper porphyrophyllum. (6. o. 
1884, xxii. ie a 5. EN age plant, Pitcairnia SR ATINS. (ard. 1888, 
e co t na the plant 1888, 383.) arde 
. Cultivated as Dirks one ee eric erg 
Penang. 
Pitcairnia flavescens. (B. M. t. 
Piper rubronodosum. (Bull Cut.1877, | 6818.) S. per. of robust habit. L. 
3.) shr. with fleshy scabrous stems linear 2-3 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad, 
red at the nodes. Petiole pubescent. bright green above, mealy white be- 
L. cordate-ovate, bullate, deep sap- neath, Scape 14 ft. long, slightly 
green, over logue young with floccose ; raceme lax, about l ft. hip 
silver-grey. Colom Fl. 2 in. long; calyx bright yello 
pet. primrose-yellow. iaa a pa ays yer, 
Piper rubrovenosum. (41. H. 1897; Mart.] Tropical Amer 
t. 33; H. @. 1888, 124.) 8. clim Se ne oke 
with cordate acuminate bright green Pitcairnia jaliscana. (G. and F. 
L mottled above with rose yo the 1888, 195.) S. An attractive species 
veins, green ut perhaps not in cultivation. Base 
This seems scarcely to differ “from bulb-like, composed of very short 
Piper ornatum. broadly sheathing 1. armed with re- 
flexed spines on the margins. > 
Piptanthus tomentosus. (R. = linear, erect, unarmed, mealy be- 
1887, 474.) Leguminose. H. H neath. Fl.-stem glabrous, bracteate. 
somewhat seo P. nepulonss Fl, numerous, Mao ae seme bracts and 
but — — silky tomentum in calyx deep rose-coloured ; corolla 
all parts, nnan, China, sate 2 in, ia scarlet. Mexico, 
iptospatha insignis. (¢, C. 1879, | Pitcairnia Maroni. ch = 1884, 
xi. 138, f. 20 ; B. M. t. 6598.) Araceæ. 222 ; 1885, 108, garden 
arf and t Aroid. L. hyb; rid between p Maie cal F: 
narrowed to an acute base corallina. 
above. Scapes rather | Pitcairnia Palmeri. (G. and F. 
infil. nodding. Spathe 1888, 209, 211, f. 38.) S. A small 
fusiform, not opening, white species with a bulbous base form ed 
