226 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 
lepidote on the back or green and naked on both song often 
prickle- on. especially towards the base, sessile or owed 
into a channelled petiole. 2 nrpeat oat the pace pPhtan 
passing eituallys upwards into the bracts. Inflorescence generally 
a simple or panicled raceme with Sia bracts, more rarely a 
capitulum or subspicate raceme, with large imbricated multifarious 
bracts. Corolla red, yellow, or whitish. 
The cig names, in my view, represent only synonyms or 
subgenera, vi 
Hepatis, ivi Prodr. as Ind. Occ. 56. 
veumannia, A. Brong. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xv. 869. 
Lamproconus, Lemaire in jan Fleur. sub t. 127. 
Phlomostachys, Beer Brom. 45. 
Cochliopetalum, Beer Brom. 70. 
Orthopetalum, Beer Brom. 70. 
Pepinia, A. Brong.; André in Ill. Hort. n.s. sub t. 5. 
Key To rae SupGenera AND SprcrEs. 
Subgenus I. Cupyanorrrcamnia. Flowers red, -Wekete. ae in a dense 
sessile head in the centre of the Shakes of lea 
Produced leaves linear, sessile ‘ i. P, spin as 
Produced leaves dhloug, petioled : 2. P. tabuleformis. 
gern ~ Evrrrcarrnia. Flowers generally bright red, rarely 
ite or yellow, arranged in peduncled simple or panicled 
bib Bracts small, lnioentanis! sae shorter sale the 
pedicels. Leaves in a basal sessile ros 
Leaves linear, an inch or less broad at is middle. 
Doe white-furfuraceous beneath. 
Produced leaves without any prickles. 
Flowers white or yellowish. 
3. P. microcalyx, 4. P. inermis. 
Flowers red. 
. P. megasepala. 6. P. staminea. 7. P. pungens. 
8. 's Kegeliana. 9. Pp mys Fie 10. P, sntegréfolia. 
11. P. araneosa. . P. Moritziana. 
Produced leaves ele towards the base. 
Leaves very narrow (not more than $-4 in. broad). 
13. P. humilis, 14. P. muscosa. 15. P. caricifolia. 
16. P. iridiflora 
Leaves broader. Pedicels short. 
1. P. ms ee 18. P. latifolia. 19. de: Surfuracea. 
20. albucafolia, 21. P. bracteata. . , ea, 
Leaves broader. Pedicels a 
Flowers white : 23. P. consimilis. 
