106 HANDBOOK OP BROMELIAOE^. 



bright red, an inch long, not scaled at the base. Stamens as long as 

 the petals. 



Hab. Central Andes of Ecuador, south of Eiobamba, Andre 4334. 



64. P. FLAMMEA Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1092 (M.D.). P. Olfersii 

 Link in Verband. Ver. Bef. Gartenb. vii. 363, t. 3. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves lanceolate, 2-3 ft. long, l-ljin. broad at the middle, weak, 

 flaccid, not distinctly petioled, without spines, bright green above, 

 furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle l-|-2 ft. long ; lower leaves with 

 long points. Raceme simple, moderately dense, i~l ft. long; 

 rachis thinly furfuraceous ; pedicels ascending, |— ^ in. long ; bracts 

 lanceolate, green, the lower 1-li in. long. Sepals lanceolate, red, 

 nearly an inch long. Petals bright red, more than twice as long 

 as the sepals, scaled at the base. Stamens about as long as the 

 petals. 



Hab. Woods of South Brazil; Organ Mountains, &c., Gardner 58961 

 Glaziou 8021 ! Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Harrison, of Aigburth, in 

 1826. 



65. P. RoEZLii E. Morren in Belg. Hort. xxxv. 285, t. 18, 19 

 (M.D.). — Acaulescent. Leaves with an entire channelled petiole 

 and a lanceolate chartaceous blade 2-3 ft. long, 1-1} in. broad at 

 the middle, bright green above, thinly white -furfuraceous beneath. 

 Peduncle 2 ft. long ; bract-leaves with long recurving tips. Raceme 

 dense, simple, 6-9 in. long ; pedicels ascending, }-i in. long ; 

 bracts lanceolate, green, the lower 1-1|- in. long. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate, bright red, nearly an inch long. Petals bright red, more 

 than twice as long as the sepals, scaled at the base. Stamens and 

 scarlet style just protruded beyond the tip of the petals. 



Hab. Andes of Peru. Introduced into cultivation by Eoezl about 1882. 

 Very near P. fulgens Dene. Described from a living specimen sent by Dr. 

 Edmund Goetze, Nov., 1887, from the Botanic Garden of Griefswald in 

 Pomerania. 



66. P. Klotzschiana Baker. — Leaves not distinctly petioled, 

 lanceolate, 2-3 ft. long, l-lj- in. broad at the middle, acuminate, 

 chartaceous, spine-edged towards the base, green and glabrous 

 above, white-furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle 2 ft. long; bract- 

 leaves long and produced. Racemes lax, simple or slightly com- 

 pound ; axis slightly furfuraceous ; pedicels ascending, }~i in. 

 long ; bracts small, lanceolate. Sepals lanceolate, reddish, f-f in. 

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



Hab. Venezuela; La Guayra, Moritz 1232! (P. Moritziana Klotzsch 

 inedit. non K. Koch). Nearly allied to P. latifolia. 



67. P. PULVERULENTA Ruiz et Pavon Fl. Peruv. iii. 36, t. 259. 

 P. paniculata R. & P. Fl. Peruv. t. 260. P. longifolia Hook, in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4775. P. exceha E. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1875, 381.— 

 Whole plant 6-12 ft. high. Caudex sometimes a span long. 

 Leaves lanceolate, not distinctly petioled, 3-4 ft. long, li-2 in. 

 broad at the middle, spine-margined towards the base, green and 

 glabrous above, white-furfuraceous beneath. Peduncle elongated ; 

 lower bract-leaves produced. Racemes many, arranged in a lax 

 panicle, -J-l ft. long ; rachises floccose ; pedicels J~J in. long ; 



