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Original Articles. 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
Prre 
considerable proportion of the species are in cultivation. Pitcairnias 
are plants th ] 
: ; 7 : y 
in drying, so that for the order it is exceptionally well-represented 
in herbaria. There is no recent synopsis of the genus, and not 
only have a considerable number of species n never been 
named nor described, but for several of those founded on gar 
plants no definite localities o ones e been giv 
which he wrote. ‘To trace out the full synonymy of each species 
through the horticultural journals would only take up time an 
space needlessly ; so 1 have confined myself, except in the case of 
figures, to the original authority for each name. 
Genus Prroamnta (L’Herit. Sert. Angl. vii., t. 11).— 
coriaceous, with a short obconical tube adnate to the base of the 
ovary and 8 large lanceolate segments free from one other down 
to e the ovary leaves the calyx. Corolla of 3 lingulate 
scales at the very base, often 
ting up spirally after fertilisation has taken place. Stamens 6, 
inserted with the petals at the summit of the calyx-tube; filaments 
spirally twisted. Fruit a septicidal capsule, splitting into 3 valves 
fro 
dense rosette on the ground at the base of the peduncle. Leaves 
linear 
n.s. vou. 10. ([Aveust, 1881.] 2e¢ 
