A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 267 
ferrugineo-pubescent on the back, the lower as long as the pedicels, 
the upper half as long. Sepals lanceolate, glabrescent, about an 
inch long. Petals whitish, spirally twisted after expansion, more 
than twice as long as the sepals. Sta and style included.— 
Andes of gem sechaghirate and cubideiind: ear alt. 8500-12,000 
feet, Mandon, 1178! 
24. P. pias an Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4540. —Lamproconus 
Jacksoni, Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 127. —Acaulescent. Leaves in a 
dense tuft, linear, a foot or more ane: 4-2 in. broad at the middle, 
wed t abov 
serrated fs ‘ae upper half oss mer naked on the face, white- 
urfuraceous on the back. Peduncle short. Ra: aceme lax, simple, 
edic in. 
lanceolate, not more than half as long as the pedicels. Sepals 
lanceolate, 4-3 in. long. Petals bright red, three times as long as 
the sepals, scaled at the base. Stamens reaching to the tip of the 
petals. Stigma cao! exserted.—Guatemala, imported by Jackson, 
of rere about 1850. 
P. suspeti oer Baker.—Acaulescent. Leaves with a 
deena! petiole a re: long; spine- ere at the dilated base, with 
an entire linear lami 8 ft. long, } in. broad at the middle, 
datowed very aatualy i Poth ends, green and naked on the face, 
white-furfuraceous on the back. Peduncle above 3 ft. long, with 
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Valley, Spc fae 8054! 
promewimrouia, L’Herit. Sert. 7, t. 11; Swartz Fl. Ind. 
Occ. 1971, t. 12; Bot. Mag. t. 884; Red. Lil. t. 75; Lindl, in Bot. 
Reg. t. 1011 _—Acaulescent. Leaves in a dense tuft, linear, 2-8 ft. 
’ road at the middle, acuminate, not distinctly 
petioled, spine- -edged towards the base, green and glabrous on the 
face, white-furfuraceous on the back. Peduncle about a foot long 
below the inflorescence, furnished with several long leaves. 
Racemes —. or slightly compound, reaching a foot in length, 
lax, with a lightly- -floccose —_ scale pedicels 3-1 in. long, 
is a specim n in the Smithian herbarium from the younger 
Papen es ae one at the British Museum from Chelsea Gardens 
sl ada ing from the description . wh i ylla, Schrad., is a robust 
broad- reat variety of this speci 
