A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA, 805 
1866, 81.—Acaulescent. Leaves preeaaes not petioled, 14-2 ft, 
long, 14-2 in. broad, green and glabrous on both surfaces, free 
from prickles. Peduncle 2 ft. long, “nie caves Posneg gradually 
into bracts. Raceme simple, subspicate, 6-8 in. long, 4-5 in. 
broad when expanded; bracts ovate, yellowish green, one to 
the top of the calyx. Sepals pale green, naked, 
Petals pale yellowish green, twice as long as the Oy sl at 
the base. Stamens and style rather shorter than the S.— 
Venezuela. Introduced into cultivation in 1857 
9. P. marpir rota, Decne. in Flore des Serres, t. 915.—Puya 
matdifolia, Morren in Ann. Hort. Soc. Gand vy. 4538, 89.— 
Acaulescent. Leaves lanceolate, petioled, green on both sides, 
2-3 ft. long, 14-2 in. era without prickles. Peduncle Merk 
13-2 ft. long. Raceme simple, subspicate, nearly a foot long, 
towards the base ; irate i deltoid, 14-1} in. long, reddish, 
with green tips. epals naked, above an inch lon Petals 
greenish-white, 14 in. longer than the sepals. Stamens and style not 
protruded. —San Cr istobal, ae alt. 4000 ft., Funk & Schlim. 
0 OLIA, h, Monogr., 4; Baker in Bot. Mag. 
t. 6585 ieegimeione aa with an unarmed channelled 
petiole 4 ft. oe and a lanceolate entire lamina 2-3 ft. long, 
2-24 in, on is thee iddle, green and naked on both surfaces. 
Pedunele 1-2 ft. long, leafy, bets glabrous. Raceme subspicate, 
reaching 1-14 ft. long, 3 i meter when expanded; bracts 
oblong-navicular, reddish- gallow, re 14 in. long. Sepals oblong- 
lanceolate, greenish, naked, 3-1 in long. Petals nearly white, 
more than twice as long as the sepals. Style and anthers reaching to 
the tip of the Aton —Guatemala, Warcewicz. Santa Martha, Purdie ! 
61. P. Funxina, A. Dietr. in et Dietr. Allgem. Gartenzeit. 
Xix. 887 ; Regel, Garte nfl. t. 118. —Phlomostachys Funkiana, Beer 
Brom. 47.—Pitcairnia macrocalyx, Hook. in a 
Leaves with an unarme pe etiole 4-1 ft. long ea a lanceolate 
entire lamina 2-3 ft. long, 2-24 in. broad at the sais green and 
glabrous on both surfaces. Pedune 
its lower leaves large. Raceme subspicate, 3-1 ft. ong : “lower 
pedicels sometimes }-} in. long; bracts ovate-acuminate, deg C 
n 
, 1-1} in. long. Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, an inc 
BE aariasisl, wien: wise long as the calyx. Stigma 
finally exserted.— Venezuela, Munck Santa Martha, Purdie! 
British ar Sir R. Schomburgh! 
62. 
geese K ire bedi 4,—Puya recurvata, Schiedw. 
x. 275.—Pitcairnia polyanth- 
8, A. Bro ec toaluoss: i short caulescent. 
ioaves 10-12 re a stem, with aia : 
ong and a lanceolate lamina ong, 
setflate ie ore the tip, green and naked above, white-furfuraceous 
beneath. Peduncle 11-2 ft. long, furfuraceous, all its leaves small 
and bract-like. acansi dense, — ate, simple, 4-6 in. ee 
4 in. diam. when expanded; bra oie -deltoid, sg sr 
1-1} in. long. Sepals lanceolate, pale nish, 7-1 in. long. Pe ‘xd 
milk-white, 3-8} in. long, much decurved, minutely “96 at the 
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