A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS PITCAIRNIA. 807 
ovate- rie aye rey purplish red or greenish towards the tip, 
much imbric 14-2 in. long. Sepals lan poole nake ‘ 
long. Petals sen -yellow, sealed at the base, more than twice 
as long as the sepals. Anthers and stigma not 'produced.—Intro- 
duced into cultivation about 1853; the exact country not asl 
cata, Ba er —Netmannia imbricata, A. 
Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xv. 862. Ta rrnaptgets imbr icata, Hee 
Brom. 47,—Acaulescent. ‘Leaven 12-20 to a stem, with a petiole 
3-1 ft. long, armed with small deflexed horny brown crinkled and 
an ensiform lamina 14-2 ft. long, 14-2 in. broad at the middle, 
green and plated on both surfaces. Peduncle a foot long, closely 
eafy. Raceme simple, s subspicate, finally a foot or more long, 
2 in. diam.; bracts greenish, oblong-acuminate, 2 in. long. 
Sepals lanceolate, very glutinous, an inch long, whitish, tipped 
with green. Petals cream-white, lingulate, more than twice as 
long as the sepals, not scaled at the aig Anthers and stigma 
not protruded.—Mexi xico, ndrieux. Valley of Cordova, Bourgeau 
78! My description is mainly taken hte a plant that flowered 
at Kew in October, 1879. 
68. P. arrorusens, Baker. 5 Palemabine ys atrorubens, Beer 
~ dose ent 48. —Neumannia mie see K. Koch, Ind. Sem. Berol. 1856, 
n 
inch long. Pe nis Riley yellow, lingulate, 23-3 in. long, scaled at 
the base. Anthers and stigma wey protruded. —Mountains of 
Chiriqui, Central America, Warcewic 
69. P. pertronata, Baker. OO Mamet petiolata, K. Koch et 
Bouché, Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1856, App. 2.—Produced leaves 
LH de es 
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subspicate, 14-2 ft. long, 2 in. diam.; bracts much adlaoe 
oblong: deltoid, acuminate, glabrous, greenish brown, 2-2} in. long, 
1 in. broad at the base. Sepals lanceolate, glabrous, an inch long. 
Ww, e as long as the sepals, 
scaled at the base. Stamens and pistil shorter than the petals.— 
Guatemala, Warcewicz. Described from K. Koch’s garden specimen. 
70. le bowege es A. Brong. in Hort. Univ. vi. 228, ewm icone. 
—P.a Ten 
escent. ete ced leaves with an unarmed channelled petiole } ft. 
long and an ensiform entire lamina 2-3 ft. long, 
the Stade green and glabrous on both surfaces. 
long, leafy, furfuraceous upwards. Raceme very dense, simple, 
Rivastenra oblong, 3-4 in. long, 14 in. diam 
much imbricated, greenish, naked, 1}-1} in. long. Sepals pale 
