270 A SYNOPSIS OF THE ‘GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 
glabrous, 1 in. long. Petals twice as long as the sepals, lingulate, 
subsecund, whitish, scaled at the base. Stamens included. Stigma 
finally exserted—Organ Mountains, South Brazil, ra pe 5895 ! 
Introduced into pileagon.| in 1826. I cannot, from t escription, 
separate ?. micrantha, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxix., Misc. eve imported 
from Rio by Sir Chas ay eee of Garelen in 1841. This may be 
Tillandsia levis, Vellozo. Flum. iii. t. 126, = Pitcairnia levis, Beer. 
Brom. 60. 
o &, peng kik Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 2642.—Cochliopetalum 
albifios, Beer Brom, 68.—P. odorata, Regel Gartenfl. 1855, 46, 
t. 114.—Tillandsia Schuchii, Fenzl. in Otto et Dietr. Allgem. 
Gartenzeit. ag 266 Sy octugtery Schuh Beer Brom. 69.— 
Leaves man a tuft, linear, 14-2 ft. long, 4-3 in. broad at the 
middle, cbstrely petiole, eee any its iy green and glabrous 
on both surfaces, acum Pedunele 1-— . long, its lower 
leaves eh its upper fort fen bract- like. Raceme simple, lax, 
lanceolate, glabrous, 2 in. long. Petals white, three times as long 
as the sepals, scaled at the base, revolute at the tip after expansion. 
mens as long as the petals. Stigma exserted.—Rio Janeiro, 
Glaziou 8022! 8023! Introduced into cultivation about 1826. S 
far as the description goes P. elata, Liebm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hafn. 
nln 14, agrees with this, but it is said to come from Hast 
87. P. ANDREANA, ae Cat. 1878; Il. Hort, n. 8. t. 189, 
Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6480.—P. ae in Act. Hort. 
. P. prurno osa, . _ Nov. Gen. i. aa —Produced leaves 
lanceolate, 14-2 ft. long, ae Fg in. broad, acuminate, spine-edged 
towards the base, green and glabrous on the. face when mg ee 
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