PITCAIKNIA. 



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Subgenus 6. PepiiNIa Brong. — Flowers bright red. Lefives 

 linear, chartaceous. Seeds with a horny border and no tail. 

 Caulescent Sp. 99-100. 



Section 7. Melinonia (Brong.). — Habit and leaves of Eu- 

 pltcainiia, but seeds with a horny border and no tail. 



Sp. 101-107. 

 Section 8. Puyopsis. — Habit of Puya, but the capsule septi- 

 cidal. Flowers white or blue. Caudex generally produced and 

 woody. Leaves ensiform, firm in texture, armed with spreading 

 pungent spines. 



Inflorescence a simple subspicate raceme . Sp. 108-110. 

 Inflorescence panicled .... Sp. 111-130. 



Subgenus 1. Pitcairnia proper. 

 Group of P. bromelio'/oUa. 



1. P. cARiciFOLiA Mart, in Roem. et Schulfces Syst. Veg. vii. 

 1242. — Leaves linear, 1-1^ ft. long, ^-^ in. broad, glabrous on the 

 face, furfuraceous on the back, minutely denticulate towards the 

 tip, and furnished with horny teeth towards the base. Peduncle 

 under a foot long, floccose. Raceme lax, simple, 4-5 in. long ; 

 rachis floccose ; pedicels ascending, ^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, 

 ^-^ in. long. Sepals lanceolate, f in. long. Petals bright red, 

 1^ in. long, scaled at the base. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Woods of the Amazon Valley, Martins. 



2. P. ANGusTiFOLiA Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 401 ; Gawl. in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1547 ; Red. Lil. t. 76. P. Eedoitteana Schultes Syst. 

 Yeg. vii. 1243. — Acaulescent. Leaves linear, not petioled, 2 ft. 

 long, ^-|- in. broad at the middle, chartaceous, green and glabrous 

 above, white-furfuraceous beneath, armed throughout with distinct 

 spreading horny spines. Peduncle slender, 1-|~2 ft. long. Racemes 

 1-3, lax, the end one 6-9 in. long ; rachis slightly floccose ; 

 pedicels erecto-patent, ^-^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, a little 

 longer than the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, i-f in. long. Petals 

 bright red, 18-21 lines long, scaled at the base. Stamens nearly 

 as long as the petals. 



Hab. West Indies ; island of Santa Cruz, Ryan ! Porto Kico, Eggers 973 ! 

 Water Island near St. Thomas, Eggers 476 ! P. Glymniana K. Koch-Wochen. 

 1868, 89 {Hechtia Glipniana Hort.) is said to be a near ally. I have seen old 

 garden specimens in herbaria of Sir J. E. Smith and Bishop Goodenough. 



3. P. iRmiFLORA Beer Brom. 51. — Leaves linear, 2-3 ft. long, 

 ^ in. broad at the middle, spine-margined. Peduncle short. 

 Raceme dense, simple, half a foot long ; pedicels short ; bracts 

 lanceolate, 1-1^ in. long. Calyx with ovary 1^ in. long. Petals 

 bright red, 2 in. long, not scaled at the base. Stamens as long as 

 the petals. 



Hab. Country unknown. Described by Beer in 1857 from a plant that 

 flowered in the Schonbrunn Garden. Appears to be near to P. bracteata. 



