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much paler green beneath, those without pitchers bearing 

 a wiry tendril once or twice curved at or near the apex, 

 only the young tips of the dendrils fulvus pubescent; blades 

 2.5 to 4 dm long, 4 cm wide across the widest portion, 

 curing unequally brown on the 2 sides, the marginal sides 

 usually curing upon the ventral side, all strongly deeurrent 

 at the base, the uppermost leaves a trifle shorter and widest 

 at the base, the lower or older leaves longer and gradually 

 narrowed toward the base, beneath minutely dark brown 

 spotted or punctate, much wrinkled on the upper surface 

 when dry; pitcher bearing tendril 1 m long or shorter, 

 hanging, quite rigid, terete, rather straight when supported, 

 otherwise curving, green, glabrous, tinged with red, gradually 

 thickened from the leaf tip toward the pitcher; midrib con- 

 spicuous beneath, plane above, with 4 fine parallel veins on 

 each side, obscure cross bars more evident from the upper 

 side and suboblique; pitcher inclining or when lying upon 

 mossy surface almost horizontal, ellipsoid, 1.5 dm long or 

 shorter, dull purple spotted all over the exterior except the 

 atropurpureus blotches on the inside, orifice very oblique 

 though in its natural state horizontal, the lid nearly erect, 

 the outside numerously and conspicuously veined, cross bars 

 less conspicuous, more or less covered with glistening brown 

 hairs, gradually curving around the 1 dm thick middle and 

 from base to apex, few ridged on the base toward the apex 

 or at the base of the lid; wings along the ventral or up- 

 per side extending from the upper end of the throat to 

 within 1.75 cm from the thickened and much curved apical 

 end of the stalk, 1 cm wide, similar in color and hairy- 

 ness, membranous, its reticulations forming 2 rather obscure 

 longitudinal lines, slenderly and finely ciliate along the 

 entire length of the outer edge; short ellipsoid orifice stoutly 

 provided with a thickened much recurved margin which 

 along its upper surface is provided with a numerous tran- 

 sversely ridged membrane; lid 8 cm long by 6.5 cm wide, 

 perfectly elliptic, narrowly cordate at the base where it is 

 provided with an erect 1 cm long reddish brown pubescent 

 point; main nerves 2 from near the base, soon becoming 

 forked and few to several veined in each one half, the 

 forked basal vein very prominent on the upper side and 



