A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 269 
31. P. sparnacea, Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent, ii. (1878), 329.— 
Leaves linear, 2-8 ft. long, an inch broad, spine-edged at the base 
only, slightly furfuraceous on the upper seu glabrescent 
bene Racemes several, arranged in a lax panicle, 6-8 in 
Treuss pedicels very short ; bracts lanceolate, sbaohing about half- 
way up the flowers. Sepals lanceolate, very acuminate, an inch 
long. Petals } in. longer than the calyx, sealed at the is _— 
Argentine Territory, on the banks of the Rio Janeiro, Lore 
. Lecutert, Baker.—Whole plant about ft. hi gh. “Outer 
unproduced leaves with a lo ong pectinate rigid tip, as in P. hete- 
rophylla and pungens. Produced leaves linear, entire, not petioled, 
mee ae firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 
14-2 fi g, 3-1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to both ends. 
Pe dentla i ne 2, ft. long, all its leaves much reduced, the lower 
spine-edged. Racemes several, arranged in a lax panicle ; end one 
dense in the upper half, 8-10 in. long; skis not at all floccose ; 
dicels very short; . long 
Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, 4 in. long. Petals bright red, half as as 
ong again as the sepals. Stamens and style included.— 
linear, above 1 ft. long, a in. broad, gale ‘from the middle to 
the apex and more gradually to the base, without teeth, not 
petioled, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Peduncle about 
1 ft. long, floccose, all its leaves small and bract-like. Raceme lax, 
simple, 3-6 in. long ; rachis densely floccose ; pedicels ascending, 
the lower }-} in. long; bracts lanceolate, co “i ny» the aes er 
' 3-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, floccose, 1 in. long ; 
petals bright red, twice as long as the sepals. Biaitans and style 
included.—Canta, Peru, Maclean 
84. P. nupa, Baker sgeseeyena Leaves not seen fully deve- 
loped, linear, acuminate, § ine-edged in the lower part, green and 
glabrous on both surfaces. a 1 ft. or more etigh glabrous, 
its leaves much reduced and spine-margined. Racemes in a deltoid 
panicle 2 ft. long, with Siti ocak branches, a long; axis 
slender, naked; pedicels drooping, 3-1 in. long; bracts minute, 
lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 14 in. long, 
twisting together when the flower fades. Betals bright red, not 
more } in. longer than the sepals. Stamens included. Stigma 
exserted. Seeds minute, wedge-shaped, with a broad white horny 
border surrounding the nucleus on all sides but one, not tailed at 
either end.— British Guiana, on the banks of the Rapammi, 
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Appun, 1582. 
85. P. suaveotens, Lindl. in Bot. re: +. 1069. Fae ge 
Produced leaves linear, 14 ft. long, 3-3 . broad at the mid 
inate, not petioled, entirely pba: prickles, green mad 
Daiene on both surfaces. le above 1 ft. long, naked, with 
many mapspagateie es leaves. Raceme 6-8 in. long, simple, mode- 
rachis glabrous, pedicels ascending, }-4 in. lo 
bracts a eles naked, the lower 1-1} in. long. Sepals b suediaen. 
