﻿92 DICOTYL. sku EXOGENJE. nepenthes. 



1. N. Pervillei (Blume! Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. v. 2, p. 10), caule cylindrico 

 glaberrimo, foliis sessilibus •|-amplexicaulibus cuneato-lanceolatis coriaceis, 

 ascidiis infundibuliformibus v. supra basin attenuatam modice ventricosis 

 ore obliquo dilatato postice in collum non producto, costis exalatis, peristo- 

 mio angusto creberrime sulcato postice non dilatato, operculo oroiculari 

 glandulis magnis sparsis, panicula laxiflora rufo-sericea, ovario turbinalo 

 3-lobo glaberrimo. J O In insulis Mahe et Silhouette Seychellarum, alt. 

 2-3000 ped. (Bouton ! Perville, etc.). — N. Wardii Wright MnRoy. Irish Acad. 

 v. 24, p. 576, t. 29, et 30. — Caulis crassitie pennas anserinae, prostratus v. 

 scandens, ramosus. Foiia 4-7 poll. longa, 2-4£ lata, perplurima in ramulos 

 abbreviatos rosulata, pauca cauiina alterna, angustiora, glaberrima, acumi- 

 nata, nervis longiludinalibus utrinque 3-5 basin versus costee egredientibus 

 crassiusculis transversis valde obliquis pinnatis. Ascidia 2-7 poll. longa, co- 

 riacea, juniora aureo-pubescentia, cirrbo brevi vaiido curvo rigido, matura 

 superne ssepe ventricosa v. gibba, 2 poll. diam., siccitate lurida, fascia 

 tomentella infra peristoroium -fe poll. latum extus cincta, costa dorsali va- 

 lida apice breviter 1-3-calcarata, fauce intus caeruleo-glauca; operculum 

 basi vix cordatum. Panicula axillaris, pedunculo gracili tereti glabro 

 4-8 poll. longo, ramis distantibus adscendentibus 2-3 poll. longis apices 

 versus scorpioideo-6-lO-floris, rhachi pedicellisque pube sericea rufa nitida 

 vestitis. Flores parvi, -^ poll. lati. cf : Sepala 3-4, basi connata, patentia, 

 oblonga, subacutav. obtusa. Columna staminea glabra, sepalis brevior; an- 

 therae 6-10, 1-seriatae. Fl. 9 calycis tubus obconicus, lobis 3-4 parvis ob- 

 tusis erecto-patentibus. Ovarium glaberrimum, obpyramidatum, vertice lato 

 longe intruso, 3-4-lobo, apicibus loborum intus stigmatosis. Capsula imma- 

 tura nitida. Semina immatura minuta. (v. s.) 



SeCtiO II. BUNEPENTHES. 



Semina nucleo ovoideo, testa utrinque in caudam elongatam saape longissi- 

 mam capillarem producta. Fl. fcern. Sepala 4, rarissime 3, patentia. Ovarium 

 oblongum v. fusiforme, apice integro, stigmate discoideo latiore coronato. 



§ 1. Flores paniculati; paniculae ramis elongatis patentibus scor- 

 pioideo-multifloris. Ascidii operculum porrectum , os sub- 

 sequans, intus laevR. 



2. N. Madaoascabiensis (Poir. Encycl. 4, p. 459), caule tereti glaberrimo 

 crasso, foliis late elliptico-lanceolatis glaberrimis coriaceis in petiolum latum 

 j-amplexicaulum angustatis, ascidiis inferioribus ampullaceis costis alatis, 

 superioribus infundibuliformibus costis exalatis, ore dilalato postice in col- 

 lum non producto, peristomio lato incurvo postice diiatato, operculo reni- 

 formi-rotundato intus medio obtuse canaliculato glandulis magnis sparsis, 

 floribus subconfertis griseo-puberulis, capsula brevi crassa late truncata. 5 U 

 In Madagascaria (Commerson!). — Willd. Sp. pl. 4, pars 2, p. 873; 

 Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. v. 1, p. 45, t. 5, f. 2; Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. 

 p. 41; Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. v. 2, p. 9. Amramatico, Flacourt. Hist. 

 Madag. p. 150, f. 43. — Caulis erectus, simplex, crassitie pennae olorinse. Folia 

 5-8 poll. longa, 2-2 \ lata, coriacea, novellis subsericeis, nervis longitudina- 

 libus utrinque 6-8, infra medium costae egredientibus, transversis obliquis, 

 siccitate rufo-brunnea, nitida. Ascidia 4-6 poll. longa, laxe pilosa v. subvil- 

 losa, demum glaberrima, ore paulo contracto postice in collum non aut vix 

 producto breviter calcarato, fauce in superioribus infundibuliformibus ad 

 apicem fere glandulis siccitate minutis graniformibus operta, in inferiori- 

 bus ampullaceis, fauce intus glauco-casrulea, costis anticis exalatis; peristo- 

 mium postice fere £ poll. latum, creberrime annulatum, margine interiore 

 vix denticulato ; operculum extus pubescens, basi leviter cordatum. Panicula 

 6-8 poll. longa, rhachi valida, ramis inferioribus 2-3 poll. longis, apicem versus 

 6-12-floris. Flores \ - \ poll. lati, graciliter pedicellati.*Columna stamineaglabra, 

 sepalis ovatis brevior ; antherae ad 16sub-2-seriat33. Ovarium sessile, oblon- 



