116 CXXXVI. NEPENTHACE^. 



senioribus anguatiora, 3-costata et nervis longitudinal ibus numerosis pcrcursa; costa 

 postica infra insertionem operculi in calcar simplex v. 2-3-fidum rai'ius in sctis solutum 

 producta; superficies interna ascidii superne cseruleo-glauca opaca eglandulosa, inferne 

 raro tota nitida et glandulis lympliam copiosara aquosam secerncntibus operta ; os ascidii 

 peristomio nitido cylindraceo v. dilatato saepissime transversim annulate costato v. sulcato 

 cinctum ; operculum in ore ascidii articulatunij primum os claudens, demum ascendena 

 erectum v. rarissime refractum, extus glabrum v. pubescens, intus glandulosum. In- 

 florescentia racemosa, simplex v. coraposita, v. paniculata, tandem succrescente caule 

 lateralis. Mores parvi, virescenteSj siccitate atro-brunnei v. purpurei. 



Species bene notEG 31, Asise tropicse, Madagascarlse, ins. Seychellarum, Anstralise tropiese et Novee 

 CaledonisD, sed prsesertim Archlpelagi Malayan! incolae. 



Genus unieum, nulli arete affine etsi cliiiracteribus pluribus Aristolochiaceis et Cyiinaccis accedat, 

 habitu et oeconomia distinctissimum. De anatomia, organographia et physiologia confer opuscula 

 et tractatus niimerosa in DC. Prod. xyii. 91 citata, 



GEXUS UNICUM. 



1. Nepentbes, Linn. Gen, n. 1010 (Phyllamphoraj Lour. Fl. Cochinch, 606). Character 

 ordinis. 



Species uti supra 31, Hook.f. in DC. Vrod. xvii. 91, ubi genus in sectiones 2 dividitur: — 



1. Anouro&'pcrnia. Semina OToidea, testa inappendiculata. Perianthii floris ^ tubus obconicus, 

 limbu3 3-4-fidus. Ovarium obpyramidatum, vertice 3-4-lobo dcpresso, lobis apice introrsum 

 stigniatosis. Species 1, ex ins. Seychellarum. P. Wright In Trans. Ttoij. Irish Acad. xxiv. t. 29, 30. 



2. Eimepenihes. Semina nucleo ovoideo, testa utriu(iue in oaudam elungatam ssepe longisaimam 

 capillarem producta. Perianthii floris $ segmenta patentia. Ovarium oblongum v. fusiforme, 

 apice integrum, stigmate discoideo latiore coronatum. Species includit omnes caeteras generis. 

 GiBrln. Fntct. \i, t 83. Bro7ign. in Ann. Sc. Kat. ser. 1, i. t. 5. Nees in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, iii. t. 19, 

 20. Korth. Verk. Nat. Geschied. t. 1 ad 4, 20 ad 22. Miq. Ulustr. Fl, Archip. t. 1 ad 6, et Journ, 

 Bot. Neerl. t. 1, 2. Blume, Mus. Bot. Liigd. Bat. ii. t. 1. Vries€j Tuinh. Fl. t. 9, 10. Hook. f. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. t, 69 ad 74. Hooh Ic. Fl. t. 888. Bot. Mag. t. 2798, 4285, 5080, 5109. 

 Fl. dgp Scrrcsj t. 213, ic. a Bo*. Mag. repciita et ic. plnr. in Diariis Horttd. recent. 



Ordo cxxxvil cvtinacejc. 



Cytinace^ et Eafflesiace^, R. Br. Endl. Gen. 75. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 91, 93. Solms-Laub. in 



Bot. Zeit. 1874, 337, et in Mart. PI. Bras. iv. ii. 117. 



Flores regulares, unisexuales v. hermaphroditi. Perianihium siaypleXy carnosum, cylin- 

 draceo- clavatum globosum V. campanulatum, tube basi ovario adnato v. in fl. (J solido, 

 supra ovarium stepius producto, limbus 3-10-partitus, segmentis simplici v. duplici serie 

 imbricatis v. valvatis. Stamhui 8-oo ; antherge circa columnam genitalem centralein 

 carnosam v. ad faucem periantliii aessiles, 2-loculares, loculis rima longitudinali v. poro 

 termiiiali dehiscentibus ; pollen globosimi v. 3-lobiim, sfepe viscosum. Ovarium inferum 

 rarissime semisuperum, 1-loculare v. placentis uiultilamellatis varie intricatis imperfecta 

 multiloccllatum, stigma indivisum discoideum v. lobatum v. stigmata oo in vei-tice ovai'ii 

 V. columnEe genitalis scssilia. Omda numerosissimaj placentas parictales v. ab apice 

 loculi pendulas undique obtegentiaj subsessilia et orthotropa v. a funiculo pondula et 

 anatropa, integumento unico. Frnctxis carnosus, apice pefianthii parte siiperiore decidua 

 nudus V. limbo marcesccnte coronatus, 1-locularis sed spepe placentis intricato-ramosissimis 

 repletus, Indeliisceus v. irregulariter ruptus. Semina minuta, nnmerosissima, placentas 

 parum prominulas obtegentia v. placentanun ramis intricatis quasi immixta; testa 



