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PITCAIRNIA suaveolens. 
Sweet-scented Pitcairnia. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BRromrniaczinm. ‘ 
PITCAIRNIA L’Herit.— Calyx semisuperus, tripartitus, basi turbinatus, 
unibracteatus, sepalis coriaceis, vix convolutis. Petala 3, sepalis multd 
longiora, parallela, seepius unilateralia, stamina incumbentia, non in tubo 
conyoluta, basi squamosa. Stamina 6, libera, alternatim basi sepalorum et - 
petalorum inserta. Anthere innate. Ovarium triloculare, polyspermum ; 
ovulis minutissimis. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata 3, linearia, conyoluta. 
Capsula acuminata, 3-locularis, trivalvis; valvularum marginibus introflexis 
seminiferis, Semina minuta, utrinque seta candata. Herbee terrestres 
(Americe equinoctialis), foliis radzcalibus ensiformibus lepidotis. Flores 
pedunculati, racemosi, v. paniculati. 
P. suaveolens; foliis lineari-ensiformibus acuminatis integerrimis glabris, . 
racemis multifloris elongatis, petalis oblongis undulatis galeatis 
rachique pubescentibus, bracteis pedicellis multd longioribus. 
Caulis 2-pedalis, erectus, glaber, foliosus. Folia omnia lineari-ensiformia, 
in apice valde acuminata, integerrima, lete-viridid, inferioribus subtis lepi- 
dotis, ceteris glabris. Racemus erectus, elongatus, multiflorus, rachi pedi- 
cellis calycibusque pubescentibus. Bracteze ovato-lanceolate, acuminatissime, 
pedicellis multd longiores. Flores albi, suaveolentes. Calyx semisiperus, 
bast turbinatus, sepalis lanceolatis, papyraceis, pallidé viridibus, corolla ad 
minimum dupld brevioribus. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, hinc versa, 
concava, quasi galeata, in stamina incumbentia, non in tubo convoluta, sed 
parallela, marginibus basi imbricatis, basi squamulam lunulatam inter 
upsa et stamina gerentia. Stamina 6, in imd basi petalorum et sepalorum 
mserta. Filamenta jiliformia. Anthere lineares, innate (basi iserte). 
Ovarium semisuperum, ovatum, trigonum, triloculare, in stylo filiformi 
acuminatum. Stigmata 3, linearia, convoluta. 
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, calycibus- 
We are indebted for this new species to the same lady 
by whom we were supplied with the subject of the last 
plate, and whom we so often have to thank for her commu- 
nications to this work. It was sent from Rio Janeiro, by 
William Harrison, Esq., and blossomed in the stove, in 
June 1826. | 
