PITCAIRNIA. 109 



Subgenus 2. Cephalopitcairnia. 



76. P. HETEROPHYLLA Beer Brom. 68. P. Morenii Lemaire Jard. 

 Fleur. t. 291. P, cernua K. Koch et Bouclie Ind. Sem. Berol. 

 1848, 12. P. exscapa Liebm. ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4591. Puya 

 heterophylla Lindl. in Bot. Keg. xxvi. t. 71. P. longifolia Morren ; 

 Paxt. Flow. Gard. iii. t. 86. — Acaulescent, densely tufted. Outer 

 rudimentary leaves of tuft with a rigid erecto-patent linear spine- 

 edged point from a large ovate base ; inner linear, chartaceous, 

 entire, 1-2 ft. long, ^-^ in. broad at the middle, plain green and 

 glabrous above, glaucous beneath. Flowers 6-12 in a capitate 

 nearly sessile central spike ; flower-bracts ovate, scariose, ^-f in. 

 long. Sepals lanceolate, reddish, pubescent, 1-li in. long. 

 Petals Ungulate, bright red, rarely white, nearly twice as long as 

 the calyx. Stamens nearly as long as the petals. 



Hab. Central Mexico southward to Venezuela and New Granada. Intro- 

 duced into cultivation in 1838. 



77. P. TABUL^FORMis Linden Cat. 1862, 5 ; E. Morren in Belg. 

 Hort. 1862, 257, with figure ; Lemaire in 111. Hort. t. 344 ; Floral 

 Mag. t. 297 (M.D.). — Leaves 20-30 in a sessile rosette, spreading 

 Qr reflexing, oblong-spathulate, the outer 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. 

 broad at the middle, ^ in. at the base, chartaceous, entire, green 

 and glabrous on both sides. Flowers 30-40 in a dense sessile 

 central capitulum, surrounded by numerous small ovate bract- 

 leaves. Sepals acute, reddish, under an inch long. Petals Ungu- 

 late, bright scarlet, three times the length of the calyx. Stamens 

 nearly as long as the petals. 



Hab. Mexico; province of Chiapas. Introduced into cultivation by 

 Gheisbreght about 1860. 



Subgenus 3. Phlomostachys. 



78. P. MEMBRANiFOLiA Baker. — Leaves few, very thin, clasping 

 the base of the stem, oblong, cuspidate, green on both sides, the 

 largest 5-6 in. long, l|-2 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 

 under a foot long. Inflorescence a simple dense spike 3-4 in. 

 long, with all the flowers ascending ; flower-bracts ovate, acute, 

 very thin; the upper an inch, the lower l-|-2 in. long. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate, an inch long. Petals not seen. Seeds with a long tail at 

 each end. 



Hab. Costa Kica, Hoffmann 657 ! (Herb. Eeg. Berol.). 



79. P. MAiDiFOLiA Dene, in Flore des Serres, t. 915. Puya 

 maidifolia Morren in Ann. Hort. Soc. Gand v. 453, t. 289. 

 Lamproconus maidifolius Lemaire. Pitcairnia zeifolia K. Koch Mon. 

 4; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6635 (M.D.). Vriesia tricolor Hort.— 

 Acaulescent. Leaves 6-12 to a stem, with an unarmed channelled 

 petiole i-1 ft. long and a lanceolate chartaceous recurving blade 

 2-3 ft. long, 2-21 in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces. Peduncle erect, 1-2 ft. long ; lower bract-leaves 

 with long produced spreading tips. Inflorescence a dense simple 

 erect spike, ^ ft. long ; flowers all ascending, or lowest spreading ; 



