and that, together with the lower portion of the erect and scan- 
dent stem, bears whorls of abortive or very imperfect leaves, ter- 
minated by an inflated, broad, ampullaceous pitcher, three inches 
long, green, membranaceous, sometimes faintly tinged with red, — 
obliquely striated, slightly contracted above; the mouth at first 
small, and closed with an oblong or lanceolate lid, which soon 
opens, and becomes erect, at length reflexed ; bearing just above 
the base a soft bristle. Leaves on the stem remote, broad- 
lanceolate, sessile, costate, with a few lateral, longitudinal veins, 
and several transverse ones; these leaves are terminated by a 
filament (or prolongation of the costa), either clubbed at the apex 
or bearing a pitcher, narrower and more cylindrical than those 
just described. Female plant: panicle or raceme downy, bear- 
ing flowers similar in structure to those of other species already 
described. 
Our figure represents terminal leaves and a panicle of male flowers, and a leaf 
with a pitcher :—nat. size. Fig. 1. Male flower :—magnified. 
