PLATE CCXLIX.
P I T C A I R N I A S U L P H U R E A.
Sulphur-coloured Pitcairnia.
CLASS VI. ORDER I.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal.
G E N E R I C C
C A L Y X . Peri ¡mili h im monophyllum, femi-íh p e -
ruin, tubulofum, bafi ventricofum, trifidura,
pcrliflcns; l a e i n i k lanccolatis, creftis.
C O R O L L A tubula'.a, calyce duplo longior, marceiTens,
trilida, demum tripétala; lacinia;
lineari-oblonga;, fuberectse.
S T A M I N A . Filamenla fex, filiformia. Anthcrac
oblonga;, erecbe.
P J S T I L L U M Germen fuperum, ovato-triquet
r u m . Stylus filiformis lotigitudine ftaminum.
Stigmata tria, contorta.
P B K I O A R F I U M . Capiula ovau's, obtufe-triquet
r a , trilocularis; loculis fub-cylindraccis,
f n b - d i f l i n d i s .
S E M I N A numeróla, alata, linearía.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup one leafed, half fuperior,
t u b u l a r , fwelling at the bafe, three-cleft;
fegments lancc-ibaped, erect.
BLOSSOM tubular, twice the length of the cup,
w i t h e r i n g , t h r e e - c l e f t , at latt t h r e e petalled;
fegments linearly-oblong, n e a r l y upright.
C H I V E S . Threads fix, thiead-ihaped. Tips
oblong, erect.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud above, three-tided-eggfliaped.
Shaft t h r e a d f l i a p c d the l e n g t h of
the chives. Summits three, twirled.
S E E D - V E S S E L . Capfulc egg-fliapcd, b l u n t l y three
cornered, three valved; cells nearly cylindrical,
not very difiincr.
SEEDS numerous, winged, linear.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
P i t c a i r n i a foliis non fpinofis, flaccidis, JongilTi- j| Pitcairnia with leaves without fpines, weak and
mis; corollis fulphureis. II very l o n g ; bioifoms fulphur coloured.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e Empalement and floral leaf.
2. One of the Petals (hewn from the infide to expofe the H o n e y - c u p at its bafe.
3. T h e Chives and Pointal.
4. T h e Pointal and Seed-bud, the three fummits detached and untwined,
5. T h e Seed-veffe] cut acrofs.
T H I S fpecies of Pitcairnia was fent in t h e year 1 7 0 9 , from the ifland of St.Vincent, by Mr. Anderfon,
t o T . Evans, Efq. Stepney; at whofe gardens the plant has flowered, for the firft time, in England
t h i s year, in the month of April, and at which time our figure was taken. The Pitcairnias are all
natives of W e i l India Ifiands, and Hand, as the l i n k , between the Bromclia or P i n e a p p l e plant, and
t h e Tillandfia; to e i t h e r of w h i c h Genera t h e firft fight of t h e leaves, only, would configu them. Five
fpecies a r e n ow in Britain, a n d we do not doubt, but the fpecies a r e as numerous, as thofe of Tillandfia,
T h e cultivation of all the fpecies is perfectly eafy, as t h e y r e q u i r e no p a r t i c u l a r foil, or management,
if kept in the h o t - h o n f e ; where they g r ow l u x u r i a n t l y and t h r ow out, from the roots, abundance of
fuckers; which thould be t a k e n oif, to encourage the flowering of the central llioot.