126 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
that has developed to enable the plant to adapt itself to the more severe 
climatic surroundings of a higher mountain zone, is a question that cannot 
now be determined, but which deserves to be kept in view by future 
travellers. 
NEPENTHES VILLOSA, Hook. f. Te. Pl. t. 888 (1852). 
Kinabalu, between Kamburangau and Pakapaka, 8000-9000", in mossy 
forest and open scrub on serpentine. d 9. Feb. 4280. 
Distrib. Borneo (Kinabalu, 7500-9000, Low, Burbidge, Whitehead). 
NEPENTHES Epwarpstana, Jook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. (1859) 420, 
it. 70. | 
Kinabalu, Maraiparai spur, 5000', epiphytic in mossy forest, abundant. 
Feb, 4083. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. North end of Kinabalu, 5000, Low ; Burbidge). 
“ Judging from the label on Sir Hugh Low’s specimen at Kew, his locality 
is undoubtedly the Maraiparai spur. This species is also abundant as one 
emerges from the mossy forest on to the Kamburangau ridge, at 7-9000" on 
£he South- Western spur, which is Burbidge's locality." 
NEPENTHES GRACILIS, Korth. in Verh, Nat. Gesch. Dot. (1839) 22. t, 1 et 
t. 4, f. 1-38. 
Tambunan plain, near the Station, 2000', running up amongst grass and 
shrubs, in open scrub on sandy soil, abundant. Feb. 9. 2993«. Aerial 
pitchers, 2993 b. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Balambangan Island, Creagh: Sipitang, 
Woolley, fide phot. Brit. Mus.; Labuan, Burbidge ; Brunei; Sarawak ; 
D. Borneo). Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Billiton. 
Also abundant at Jesselton and Usakan, on exposed sandstone, 
NEPENTHES RAFFLESIANA, Jack in Comp. Bot. Mag. 1. (1885) 270. 
Tambunan plain, near Station, running up grass and shrubs in open 
scrub on dry sandy soil, abundant. Feb. £ with aerial pitchers, 2995 a. 
Radical pitchers, 2995 b. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Balambangan Island, Fraser : Port Myburgh, 
Creagh: Sipitang, Woolley, fide phot. Brit. Mus.; Labuan, Burbidge ; 
Brunei). Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Billiton. (Philippines, Cuming, 
Brit. Mus.) 
* NEPENTHES BOSCHIANA, Korth. in Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot, (1839) 25. t. 2 
et 4, f. 39-54. 
Kinabalu, Maraiparai spur, 5500-7000’, epiphytic in mossy forest. Feb. 
4077. Young plant, 4077 a. 
Distrib. Borneo (Brunei ; Sarawak ; D. Borneo). 
