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me to think that it might be found about Beachy Head and East- 
bourne, and Mr. Roper, author of ‘ The Flora of Eastbourne,’ has 
kindly examined his herbarium, and has shown me three specimens 
of EF. capitata var. spharocephala, very small and stunted, gathered 
by him on the downs of that neighbourhood ; thus the range of 
the species is already considerably extended. 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
(Concluded from p. 273.) 
51. P. Sprucer, Baker.—Leaves 6-10 to a rosette, with an 
oblong-lanceolate chartaceous lamina 6-8 in. long, 16-20 lines 
afew spines. Pedunele slender, 6-8 in. long, with several small 
lanceolate bract-like leaves. Raceme simple, very lax, about half 
a foot long; pedicels erecto-patent, the lower 3-3 in. long; bracts 
lanceolate, 4-1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, j in. long. 
Petals bright red, twice as long as the sepals. Genitalia included. 
—Barra do Rio Negro, Spruce, 1653! We have had the same 
or a nearly-allied species in cultivation at Kew for some time, but 
it has never flowered. : 
52. P. unpunata, Schiedw. in Otto & Dietr. Allgem. Gartenzeit. 
x. 275; Regel Gartenflora, t. 781; Flora des Serres, t. 162.— 
Lamproconus undulatus, Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. sub t. 127.—P. 
speciosissima, Hort.—Produced leaves obovate-oblong, a foot or more 
long, 4-5 in. broad above the middle, t in but firm in texture, 
nt, $4 in. 
long ; bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, 
nearly glabrous, seven-eighths to one inch long. Petals bright red, 
more i 
53. ALLISOLETANA, Lex. et La Llave Nov. Veg. Deser. i, 19. 
—About a foot high. Leaves ensiform, very narrow, prickly. 
Flowers spicate. Bracts ovate, amplexicaul, bright red. Petals 
rose-red, twice as long as the calyx, not sealed at the base.— 
exico. i 
54. P. penpuzirtora, A. Rich in Sagra Fi. Cuba, ii. 262.— 
Leaves lanceolate, 2-8 ft. long, 2-24 in. broad, the edge entire or 
subspinulose. Stem 8 ft. long. Flowers sessile, in dense horizontal 
