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elevata, nervis 3 prope margines sitis, petiolo anguste alato 5 mm. crasso, cirrho 
80 em. longo valido 3-4 mm. crasso hirto, ad ascidiam incrassato. Ascidia ascen- 
dentia, infundibuliformia, curva, hirsuta, 27 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, intus ad basin 
per 4-10 cm. levia, polita, glandulis parvis copiosissimis, superne pur- 
pureo glaucescentia; peristomium 2-5 mm. latum, costis angustis approximatis ; 
calcar apice furcatum, 1 em. longum, dense hirtum, carinis vix elevatis haud 
ciliatis; operculum ovatum, obtusum, 5-7 cm. longum, 45-5 cm. latum, extus 
hirsutum, intus glabrum, purpureum, glandulis circularibus magnis marginibus 
elevatis dense tectum, carina valida glandulis maximis oblongis obsita; processu 
. conico ad basin eomplanato superne furcato pallido. lores non visi. Pedunculus 
sub fructu 18 cm. longus, hirtus. Racemus 14 cm. longus, pedicellis 1 cm. longis 
hirtis 1-3-floris. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, subaqualia, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, 
extus hirta, intus glabra, glandulosa. Capsula 1:5 cm. longa, basi angustata, ad 
apicem paullo angustata, extus rufo-hirta. Stigma magnum, 8-lobum, lobis obtusis 
recurvis. 
Camps VI a and VIb, 3100 to 3900 ft. 
This splendid species resembles N. maxima, Reinwardt, but is distinct in its hairiness. 
The pitchers have much the shape of the upper ones of N. Rafflesiana, Jack. The 
operculum is of a deep purple, the colour of the rest I do not know. 
PIPERACEZ. 
PEPEROMIA MUSCICOLA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis gracilis, ascendens, ramis 2-5 cm. longis hirtis. Folia alterna, elliptica vel 
orbicularia, rotundata, basi lata, rotundata, vel breviter cuneata, 1-3 cm. longa, 
0:7-2 em. lata, hirta, sicca flavescentia, subtus pallidiora, nervis 3-5 e basi ortis subtus 
conspicuis, petiolo brevi. Spice terminales vel axillares, 2'5 em. longe, fere 1 mm. 
crasse, pedunculis 1 cm. longis. Bractee peltata, orbiculares, punctate. Pistillum 
ovoideum, rugosum, stylo brevi crasso stigmatibus erectis 2 divaricatis. Drupa 
ovoidea, ad apicem paulo angustatum. 
Camp I, 500 ft. | 
Of the habit of P reflexa, Dietr., but with alternate larger leaves. 
.PEPEROMIA PURPUREA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis ascendens, 5°5 cm. altus, hirtus. Folia alterna, obovata, obtusa, basi cuneata, 
utraque facie hirta, 1 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, petiolis gracilibus 5 mm. longis. Spice 
terminales, pedunculis gracilibus 5 mm. longis, glabre, 2 cm. longe, gracillime. 
Bractee orbiculares, peltatæ. Anthere ellipticæ. Pistillum ovoideum, stylo nullo, 
stigmate capitato. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. | 
“Leaves deep red-brown beneath. Flowers purplish brown." Allied to the last 
species, but the leaves with smaller and much thinner blades and a longer petiole. 
