PITCAIRNIA. 101 



f-| in. long. Petals bright red, 2^ in. long, scaled at the base. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the petals. 



Hab. Mountains of South Brazil ; Corcovado, &c., Waiora 3, Glaziou 

 12237 ! Guillemin 769 1 



42. P. ciNNABAEiNA A. Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeit. xviii. 202. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves linear, not petioled, 1|- ft. long, |-f in. broad 

 at the middle, without marginal spines, chartaceous, green on both 

 sides, glabrous above, with only a few scattered lepidote brown 

 spots beneath. Peduncle a foot long, naked ; bract-leaves small. 

 Raceme dense, simple, -| ft. long ; rachis dotted with lepidote 

 scales, not floccose ; pedicels ascending, the lower f-1 in. long ; 

 bracts lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, 

 naked, |-| in. long. Petals lingulate, bright red, 2 in. long, not 

 scaled at the base. Stamens as long as the petals. 



Hab. Brazil. Described from dried specimens in the herbarium of the 

 late Dr. Karl Koch. 



43. P. SPLENDENS Warsz. in Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeit. 

 xix. 176. — Acaulescent. Leaves linear, not distinctly petioled, 

 2 ft. long, ^ in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces, entire. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves ; bract- 

 leaves small, scariose, imbricated. Inflorescence a dense simple oblong 

 spike ^ ft. long, 2 in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, the lower 

 li in. long ; rachis densely pubescent ; pedicels obsolete. Sepals 

 linear, pubescent, above 1|- in. long. Petals bright red, an inch 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens longer than the petals. 



Hab. Central America. Described from a specimen dried from the Berlin 

 Garden in May, 1851. 



44. P. Karwinskiana Schultes fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 1239 (M.D.). 

 P. ringens Klotzsch in. Ic. Rar. Berol. 63, t. 23 ; Eegel Gartenfl. t. 

 63. P. Warszcewicziana, montalbensis Sindfulgens Hort. — Acaulescent, 

 with a swollen base. Leaves linear, not distinctly petioled, 1^-2 ft., 

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

 on both surfaces, usually destitute of marginal teeth. Peduncle 

 1-1|- ft. long, slightly floccose ; bract-leaves small, adpressed. 

 Raceme simple, lax or moderately dense, 6-12 in. long ; rachis 

 floccose ; pedicels ascending, f-^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate, twice 

 as long as the pedicels. Sepals lanceolate, naked, reddish, f-1 in. 

 long. Petals bright red, 2-2f in. long, scaled at the base. 

 Stamens as long as the petals. Style finally exserted. 



Hab. Central Mexico, Karwinski, Botteri 911 ! Finck ! Uhde 154 ! De- 

 scribed from a plant Howered by Messrs. Veitch, June, 1877. 



45. P. LAxissiMA Baker. — Leaves with a slender unarmed 

 petiole half a foot long and a chartaceous linear acuminate blade 

 2-3 ft. long, under an inch broad at the middle, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Peduncle simple, a foot or more long. Inflor- 

 escence a very lax simple raceme a foot long ; rachis slender, 

 glabrous ; pedicels ascending, the lower 2 in. long ; bracts very 

 small. Calyx scarcely at all adnate to the ovary ; sepals If in. 



