232 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 
long, its upper rudimentary: Raceme simple, lax, pike in. long; 
axis floccose ; pedicels ascending, the lower 6-9 lin. long; bracts 
lanceolate, saitee shorter than the pedicels. Se pals linear, naked, 
$in. long. Petals bright red, 2 in. long, not scaled at the base. 
Stamens and stigma not protruded beyond the petals.—Central 
Brazil, first ppnerta by Martius on the Sierra de Piedade. Well- 
own in cultivation. 
15. P. cartcrroria, Mart. in Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 
1242. Leaves linear, 12-18 in . long, 4-4 in. broad, naked on the 
face, furfuraceous on the back, m inutely denticulate towards the 
tip and furnished with brown spines towards the base. we 
long ; occose; pedicels ascending, } in. long; lower its 
os ante ee twice as long as the pedicels. 24 Fp lanceolate 
acuminate, in long. Petals red, 1} in. long, scaled at the base. 
Stamens and style reaching to the tip of the petals — Woods of the 
Amazon Valley, Martius. 
16. P. mmretora, Beer Brom. 51. Leaves linear, 2-8 ft. long, 
4 in. broad, much fe abe the raceme, spine-toothed. Peduncle 
and raceme each about half a foot long; bracts above an inch long; 
raceme dense. Ovary including the sepals 14 in. long. Petals 
ne a 2 in. ie not scaled at the base. Style and stamens 
s lon the sepals sh garden species, known to me only from 
ihe published =e 
“i P. IFOLIA, et in Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 401; Gawl. 
in Bot. Mag. t. 1547 ; Red. Lil. t. 76.—P. Redouteana, Schultes 
i t. long, 3-4 in 
g 
horny spines a line long. Peduncle 2-8 ft. long, including the 
inflorescence, with Sm leaves in the lower part. Racemes 1-3, 
the end one 6-9 in. long, 8 in. diam. when expanded ; axis slightly 
floccose ; pedicels erecto-patent, {—{ in. long; bracts lanceolate, a 
little longer than the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, 4-4 in. long. 
Petals 18-21 lin. long, bright red, scaled at the base. Stamens 
and style not exserted.—Island of Santa Cruz, West Indies, Ryan! 
(Herb. Mus. Brit.) My description is taken entirely from this wild 
example and a garden specimen in the Smithian herbarium. 
K. Koch’s type-specimen was a different species, and I have never 
ae the true plant in cultivation, although the name is frequently 
use 
18. P. tatironia, Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 401; Bot. Mag. 
t. 856; Andrews Bot. Rep. t. 822. Leaves linear, 2-8 ft. long, 
3-1 in. broad at the middle, acuminate, not distinctly petioled, 
green on the face, white-furfuraceous over the back, with asad a 
few prickles towards the base and sometimes also a few tow 
the ye ye 1-2 ft. long, leafy. Raceme simple or slightly 
compound, 6-9 in. long ; slightly ¢ aban ; lower pedicels 
}-% in. long; ere ne Hea about as long as the pedicels. 
Sepals lanceolate, nearly naked, 3—1 in. long. Petals bright red, 
2 in. long, scaled at al fosere Stamens and style not protruded.— 
