806 A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 
base. Anthers and stigma not exserted.—For this I do not know 
the precise station. My description is taken from a plant that 
flowered at Kew in June, 1877. 
3. P. ocuroteuca, Baker.—Neumannia ochroleuca, K. Koch et. 
Bouché, Ind. Sem. Berol. 1856, 2.—Acaulescent. Produced leaves 
- ensiform, not distinctly petioled, 2-3 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the 
middle, distinctly costate, acuminate, green and glabrous on both 
8800 ft., Salvin ! 
64. P. raopostacuys, Hassk. in Retzia, ii. 8.—Produced leaves 
ensiform, distinctly petioled, 8-4 ft. long (petiole included), 2-24 in. 
broad at the middle, very acuminate, green and glabrous above, 
white-furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle leafy, 14-2 ft. long. 
Puya Altensteinii, Klotzsch in Link, Klotzsch et Otto Ic. t. 1.— 
Lamproconus Altensteinii, Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. sub t. 127.— 
Phlomostachys Altensteinii, Beer Brom. 45.—Neumannia Altensteinit, 
Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 14.—Pitcairnia undulatifolia, Hook. in 
Bot. Mag. t. 4241.—Acaulescent. Produced leaves about 10 to a 
stem, with an unarmed or minutely prickly channelled petiole 
4-1 ft. long and an ensiform entire lamina 2-3 ft. long, 
14-2 in. broad at the middle, green and naked on both surfaces. 
Pedunele 1-1} ft. long, stout and stiffly erect, hidden by its many 
sheathing erect glabrous reduced leaves. Raceme simple, sub- 
spicate, 4-6 in. long., 2 in. diam.; bracts bright red, oblong- 
Aurensterntt, Lemaire in Flore des Serres, t. 162.— 
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1-11 in. long. Petals whitish, twice as long as the sepals. 
Stamens and stigma reaching to the tip of the petals —Mountains 
of Western Venezuela, alt. 2500-8000 ft., Moritz; Fendler, 1529! 
_ Phlomostachys gigantea, Beer Brom. 47 (Puya Altensteinti, Var. 
gigantea, Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4309 — Piteairnia Altensteinit, 
Lemaire in Flore des Serres, t. 253, 254), is a giant variety 0 
this species with an inflorescence 6-7 feet high, peduncle included. 
66. P. Wenpuanp1, Baker.— Puya sulphwrea, Wendl. ; Hook. ir 
Bot. Mag. t. 4696.—Phlomostachys sulphurea, Beer Brom. 46.— 
Newmannia sulphurea, K. Koch, Ind. Sem. Berol. 1856, 2.— 
Acaulescent. Produced leaves with a distinct unarmed petiole 
nearly a foot long and an entire ensiform lamina 2-8 ft. long, 
2-3 in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous on both surfaces. 
Pedunele closely leafy, 2 ft. or more long, stout and stiffly erect. 
Raceme simple, subspicate, 4-1 ft. long, 2 in. diam.; bracts 
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