Tas. 5080. 
NEPENTHES vizuosa. 
, Villous Pitcher-plant. 
Nat. Ord. NEPENTHACE®.—Dra@cia MonopeEcpuHtia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4285.) 
NEPENTHES villosa ; Tufescenti-villosa, foliis petiolatis, ascidiis caulinis amplis- 
simis cylindraceis antice lamellis duabus longitudinalibus longe fimbriatis, 
oris insigniter elongati valde obliqui margine latissimo reflexo plicatim stri- 
ato, operculo ovato demum erecto facie interiore punctata punctis copiosis 
excavatis versus apicem majoribus basi medio carinato. 
Neventuss villosa. Hook. fil. in Icones Plant. Rar. v. 9. t. 888. 
Dried flowering specimens only, and unfortunately without 
the perfect ascidia or pitchers, of what we believe to be the same 
plant as that here figured, were sent by Hugh Low, Jun., Esq., 
gathered on Kina-Baloo, in Borneo, growing at an elevation of 
about 8000 feet above the level of the sea. Mr. Thomas Lobb 
was more fortunate in sending to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, ae 
and Chelsea N ursery, living plants from mountains near Sarawak, 
together with dried flowering specimens, from which our accom- 
panying figures are taken. It as much excels J. ee in 
the peculiarity of the ascidia, as that does all previously oar 
Species. They are more than a foot long, and the vei a 
margins to the sides of the elongated mouth resemble the gills 
a fish in structure and size, and almost in colour. 
Drscr. The figure of this curious plant will give a ren ee 
of its general structure than any words can do. The p sy vil. 
like it congeners, a climber, very hairy, and even ‘ding baie in 
lous in its young state, but in age the copious sp aed ren 
our specimens at least, are evidently more or ae acu 
Leaves alternate, on rather long, sheathing petioles, expanding 
d elongated d/ade, from 
into the oval or more or less oblong pine? crak a 
six inches to a foot long, spreading, an : : 
coriaceo-membranaceous, erin farnished with a strong ni og 
costa, nerveless ; this costa is continued for four : ak euehe 
more or less, beyond the blade or lamina, and p pA par spet 
pitcher (ascidium) at its extremity. The weight, 1t w a 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1858. 
