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diam. Oolumna staminea sepalis lineari-oblongis intus et extus villosis bre- 

 vior; antherae 8-16, 1-seriatae. Ovarium breve, sessile, tomentosum, stigmate 

 sessili. Capsulae sessiles, breves, crassae, dense villoso-tomehtosae ; valvae stig- 

 matis lobis crassis 2-lobis terminatae. (v. s.) ' 



7. N. fcDWARDSUNA (Low msc.l Hook. f. in Trins. Llhn. Soc. V. 22, p. 420), 

 caule j-cylindrico, foliis elliptico- v. lineari-obldngis longe crasse petiolatis, 

 ascjdiis magnis elongatis. cylindricis basi veritricosis costis anticis exalatis, 

 peristomii magni ih collum postice producti lamellis rotae instar remotis 

 posficis in spinas breyes deofsum spectahtes productis, operculo orbiculari- 

 cordato intus lasvi. 5 U I" Borneo , Mont. Kina Balou, alt. 8-9000 ped. 

 (Low!). — Tota minute ferrugineO-puberula, deinum glabrata. Folia 6-8 poll. 

 lohga, 2-3 i lata, coriacea, nervis longitudinallbus utrinque 1-2 ienuibus, 

 transversis valde obscuris, petiolo 2-4 poll. lohgo valido basi |-amplexicauli, 

 marginibus breviter decufrentibus, Ascidia 12-16 poll. longa, diam. ad basin 

 2-2i-poll., supra medium 2-3-poll., ore ovoideo, collo brevi postice breviter 

 calcarato, fauce intus .longe caeruleo-glauca; peristomii postice non dilatati 

 disci £-£ poll. diam., coriacei, nitidi; opefculum suborbiCulare, basi cordato- 

 2-lobum, submembranaceum, intus glandulis numerosis parvis conspersum. 

 Racemus fructifer rufo-tomentellus, pedunculo elongato valido, pedicellis 

 1 j- poll. longis gracilibus patenlibus 1-floris. Flores | poll. lati, sepala obo- 

 yatp-oblonga. Capsulae fere pollicares, angustae, utfihque attenhatae, valvae 

 jbbis stigmatis parvis integris obtusis termihatae. — Peristomii indoles N. vil- 

 losse similis sed discis posticis ih spinas breves productis. An ejus forma 

 matura? (v. s.) 



C. Operculum inttts nudum. Ascidia magna; peristomium latum, inflexum, 



super/icie spinis decurvis onustum. 



8. N. echinostoma, glabrata, foliis lohge petiolatis elohgato-bblongis, ascidifs, 

 elohgatis superne cylindricis inferne' paulo ventficosis basi lohge attehdatis, 

 costis antiois exalatis, peristomio incurvo processubus decurvis spinaeformlbus 

 onusto, operculo oblohgo ihtus laevi. 5 W In BornSo ad Kutein prov. Sarawak 

 (Beccari!). — Caulis non suppetit. Folia pedalia et ultra, 3-3 % poll. lata, 

 acnminata, submembranacea, ut videtur prima juventute . cano-puberula, 

 nervis longitudmalibus utrinque 8-10 tenulbus distinctis, transversis feticu- 

 (atis, juhiora ciliato-denticulata; petiolo robusto 3-4-pollicari auguste alato, 

 basi vix dilatata. AsciJia 5-7 poll. longa, 1-1 jpoll. diam., glabra, ore con- 

 traoto, fauce intus caeruleo-glauco ; peristomium dilatatum, | poll. latum, 

 postioe in collum latum productum, lameilis in splnas perplunmas robustas 

 lhcurvas £ poll. lohgas solutis, caloare postioo valtdo flexuoso j-f-polllcari; 

 Operculum mtus glahdulis minutis dehse competsum. (v. s. in h, Beccari 

 ubi folia duo tantum suppetdnt.) 



D. OperculUm intus nudum. Ascidia magna; perislomium latum c. angustum 



crebre transverse sulcatum costatum v. carinatum, rarissime Iseve. 



* Folia petiolata, petiolo anguste alato. 

 a. Peristomium dilatatum, margine interiore pectinato. 



9. N. Rajah (Hook. f. inTrans. Linn. Soc. v. 22, p. 421, t. 72), foliis oblongo- 

 lanoeolatis petiolo costaque crassissimis, ascidiis giganteis ampullaceis pu- 

 bescentibus, costis anticis •fimbriato-alatis, peristomio amplissimb eyerso 

 undulato crebre transverse costato postice in collum non producto margine 

 interiore pectinato, operculo matimo stipitato intus medio carinato, pedicellis 

 2-floris. j Ins. Borneo, Mont. Kina-Balou, alt. 5000 ped. (Low!). — Caulis 

 4-pedalis' (ex schedis Lowii), validus, suberectus, junior foliaque novella 

 verisimiliter villosa v. hirsuta. Folia l-2-pedalia, 4-6 poll. iata, crasse coria- 

 cea, ascidiifera versus basin caulis patentia, subtus punctis minutis elevatis 

 conspersa v. subsoaberula, nervis longitudinalibus utrinque 2-3 remotis trans- 



