PITCAIRNIA. Ill 



Peduncle i^-B ft. long. Inflorescence a simple moderately dense 

 raceme a foot long ; rachis and bracts clothed with dense ferru- 

 ginous tomentum ; bracts oblong-deltoid, reaching nearly to the tip 

 of the calyx ; pedicels very short. Sepals lanceolate, nearly 2 in. 

 long. Petals large, whitish. Capsule rather shorter than the 

 calyx. Seeds with a long tail at each end. 



Hab. Columbia, in the territory of the Cuarqueres Indians, Andre 3394. 



Subgenus 4. Neumannia. 



84. P. Altensteinii Lemaire in Flore des Serres, t. 162. Puya 

 Altensteinii Klotzsch in Link, Klotzsch & Otto, Ic. t. (M.D.). 

 Lamjjroconus Altensteinii Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. sub t. 127. 

 Phlomostachys Altensteijiii Beer Brom. 45. Neumannia Altensteinii 

 Griseb. in Gott. Nacht. 1864, 14. Pitcairnia undulatifolia Hook, in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4241. Acaulescent. Leaves 12-20 to a stem, with 

 an unarmed or minutely prickly channelled petiole ^-1 ft. long, 

 and a lanceolate blade 2-3 ft. long, 1-|~2 in. broad at the middle, 

 chartaceous, undulated, weak and recurving, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces. Peduncle 1-li ft. long ; upper bract-leaves red. 

 Eaceme simple, subspicate, 4-6 in. long; flower-bracts bright red, 

 ovate, acute, l|-2 in. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 1-1^ in. long. Petals whitish, lingulate, twice as long as the 

 sepals. Stamens reaching to the tip of the petals. 



Var. GiGANTEA Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4309. Phlomostachys 

 gigantea Beer Brom. 47. Pitcairnia Altensteinii var. gigantea 

 Lemaire in Flore des Serres, t. 253 — 254. — Much more robust, 

 with peduncle and spike together 6-7 ft. long, the latter 3-4 in. 

 diam. 



Hab. Mountains of Venezuela, Moritz 132, 1968 ! Fendler 1529 I Intro- 

 duced into cultivation in 1836. P. Maroni Andre in Eev. Hort. 1884, 222, 1885, 

 108, with figure, is a garden hybrid between P. Altensteinii and coraUina, raised 

 by M. Maron, gardener at the Castle of Herbault, Loire et Cher. 



85. P. ARCUATA Andre Enum. 5. Neumannia arcuata Andre in 

 Rev. Hort. 1886, 108, with figure.— Shortly caulescent, 2-3 ft. 

 high. Leaves 12-20 to a stem, with a channelled spine-edged 

 petiole a foot long and a lanceolate blade 3-4 in. broad at the 

 middle and green on both surfaces. Peduncle about as long as the 

 petiole. Raceme dense, arcuate, above a foot long ; flower-bracts 

 ovate, acute, bright red, 2 in. long ; pedicel very short. Sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, bright red. Petals yellowish- white, an 

 inch longer than the calyx. Stamens nearly as long as the petals. 



Hab. New Granada ; Cordilleras of Cauca, Andre 3803. First collected in 

 1876 ; introduced into cultivation in 1882. 



86. P. Lamarcheana E. Morren inedit (M.D.). — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves about a dozen to a stem, with an unarmed channelled 

 petiole -l-l ft. long, and a lanceolate chartaceous recurving blade 

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

 both sides. Peduncle erect, a foot or more long, hidden by the 

 adpressed petioles. Inflorescence a cylindrical spike 1^2 ft. long ; 

 flower-bracts closely adpressed, ovate-acuminate, bright red, the 



