Chives. Threads six, thread-shaped. Tips oblong, erect.
Pointal. Seed-bud above, three-sided-egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped the length of the chives. Summits three, twisted.
Seed-vessel. Capsule egg-shaped, bluntly three cornered, three valved; cells nearly cylindrical, not very distinct.
Seeds numerous, winged, linear.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pitcairnia foliis non spinosis, flaccidis, longissimis; corollis sulphureis.
Pitcairnia with leaves without spines, weak and very long; blossoms sulphur coloured.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement and floral leaf.
2. One of the Petals shewn from the inside to expose the Honey-cup at its base.