PITCAIRNIA. 119 



113. P. CHRYSANTHA Philip. Atacam. 50, No. 359. — Leaves 

 lanceolate, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, an inch broad, with large 

 recurved marginal spines. Peduncle erect, 1| ft. long, with pro- 

 duced leaf-like lower bract-leaves. Spikes panicled, oblong, dense, 

 3 in. long, 1^ in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, scariose, glabrous, 

 J-| in. long. Sepals ovate, obtuse with a minute mucro, ^ in. 

 long. Petals yellow, | in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the 

 petals. Style exserted. Ovary adnate at the base. 



Hab. Shore of the province of Atacama, S. lat. 26 — 24°, Philippi 239 1 

 Native name " Chaguar." Very distinct. 



114. P. coNSiMiLis Baker in Jonrn. Bot. 1881, 266. — Leaves 

 in a rosette at the base of the peduncle, ensiform, acuminate, half 

 a foot long, moderately firm in texture, persistently lepidote 

 beneath, armed with ascending hooked horny marginal spines. 

 Peduncle a foot or more long ; bract-leaves distant, small, scariose. 

 Inflorescence a panicle with 3-5 very lax secund racemes, the end 

 one above a foot long : flower-bracts ovate, acute, scariose, the 

 lower l—f in. long ; pedicels |^-| in. long. Sepals lanceolate, an 

 inch long, densely clothed at first with brown stellate tomentum. 

 Petals more than twice as long as the calyx, much twisted in 

 fading, bluish black. Capsule ovoid, f in. long. Seeds narrowly 

 bordered. 



Hab. Andes of BoHvia, alt. 9000—11000 ft.! Manclon 1173! Yungas, 

 6000 ft., Faishij 2847 ! La Paz, 10000 ft., Rush]) 2845. Allied to P. ferruginea, 

 but known only from dried specimens. 



115. P. FERRUGiNEA, Kuiz ct Pav. Fl. Peruv. iii. 36. P. astero- 

 tn'cha Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. t. 158. Fiaja grandiflora Hook, in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5234. — Whole plant 10-12 ft. high. Caudex 3-4 ft. 

 long below the rosette of leaves, as thick as a man's arm, some- 

 times forked. Leaves up to 100 in a dense rosette, ensiform 

 acuminate, 2-3 ft. long, 1|— 2 in. broad, tapering gradually to a 

 long point, rigid, channelled all down the green glabrous face, 

 thinly wliite-lepidote on the back, armed with large pungent 

 lanceolate horny dark -brown marginal spines. Peduncle 2-3 ft. 

 long. Racemes up to 10-12, lax, secund, forming a large deltoid 

 panicle ; flower-bracts ovate, scariose, 1-2 in. long, clothed like the 

 rachises and calyx with bright brown stellate tomentum ; lower 

 pedicels 2-3 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, persistently tomentose, 

 2 in. long. Petals yellowish- white, twice as long as the calyx, 

 scaled at base, much twisted when the flower fades. Stamens 

 rather shorter than the petals. Ovary adherent at the base. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, P«t;o7i! Cuming 97^j I Maclean \ C. Gay 19211 The 

 Mexican locality, given in Bot. Mag. is no doubt a mistake. First flowered at 

 Kew in Oct., 1860, and again in 1875 and 1877. 



116. P. ECHiNOTRicHA Baker. Picya ecJiinotricha Andre Enum. 

 5. — Caudex robust, reaching a length of 2-3 ft. Leaves ensiform, 

 rigid, 2^-3 ft. long, above an inch broad, glabrous on the upper surface, 

 densely white-tomentose beneath, armed with stout distant hooked 

 spines. Peduncle including the panicle 9-10 ft. long. Panicle 

 deltoid : lower branches If- 2 ft. long, covered like the bracts and 

 sepals with spreading red-brown pubescence ; pedicels reaching 



