Tas,. 7138, 
NEPENTHES Cortisn. 
Native of Borneo. 
Nat. Ord. NEPENTHACER, 
Genus Nrpenturs, Linn, ; (Benth. et Hook. f.Gen. Pl, vol. iii. p. 116 ) 
Nerenturs Curtisii ; alte scandens, robusta, foliis junioribus petiolis et inflo- 
rescentia puberulis, foliis ascidiiferis longe petiolatis lineari-oblongis basi 
rotundatis acutisve, apice acutis rotundatis vy. 2-lobis, nervis obscuris, 
ascidiis 6-8 poll. longis sub cylindraceis viridibus purpureo marmoratis, 
alis (in foliis senioribus obsoletis) dentato-fimbriatis, ore ovato in collum 
producto, peristomio lato recurvo tenuiter costato, operculo ovato- 
cordato dorso basi et antice infra apicem cornuto, costa intus basi in 
laminam brevem producta, deditinila masc. gracili floribusque pubes- 
centibus, racemo elongato simplici laxe multiforo, bracteis minutis, pedi- 
cellis pollicaribus gracilibus, floribus 4 poll. diam. albis extus stellatim 
puberulis, perianthii segmentis ellipticis, staminum columna segmentis 
paullo breviore, antheris ad 6-8 oblongis uniseriatis in capitulum de- 
pressum connatis, 
N. Curtisii, Masters in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. ii. pp. 681, 689, fig. 183. 
This appears to be a very distinct species. Dr. Masters, 
who has very carefully described flowerless specimens; 
suggests the possibility of its proving (when the flowers 
should be known) a form of N. Rafflesiana (Plate 4285) ; 
but this last differs in the stout pitchers and dense raceme 
of dark red flowers and in the short anthers; or of N. 
Boschiana, in which the stem is 3-angled, leaves scaberu- 
lous beneath and the male raceme shorter and denser fid. 
Its nearest ally appears to me to be N. Veitchii, mihi (N. 
villosa, of this work, t. 5080; not the true villosa), which 
has uniseriate anthers, and an operculum with a spur under 
its tip and a lamella at its base; but which differs in its 
very stout habit, and villosity, and in the much broader 
leaves and larger pitcher with a very broad peristome and 
broader wings, as also in the short stout dense-fid. 
racemes. 
The plant from which the figure of the inflorescence 1s 
taken was obtained from Messrs. Veitch, who imported 
the species through Mr. Curtis when collecting for their 
firm in Borneo. It flowered in the Royal Gardens in 
Octoper 1st, 1890, : 
