COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1?,9 



AMARANTACE.E. 



Amaranttjs paniculatus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1106. 

 Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. 

 Diatrih. Throughout the tropics. 



POLYGONACE.E. 



Polygonum muricattim, Meissn. Mon. Polygon, p. 74. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 

 Bistrih. India. 



Polygonum alatum, Buch.-Ham. inD. Don, Prodr. Pi. Nep. 72, var. nepalense, Hook, 

 lil. PI. Brit. Ind. v. 42. 



Camps III to VI 6 and VII to IX, 2100 to 5500 ft., and Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 

 10,500 ft. 



Distrlb. Tropical Africa and Asia. 



NEPENTHACE.E. 



Nepenthes ampullaeia, Jack, Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 271. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and between Camps III and IV, 1100 to 2500 ft. 



" Pitchers pale green and dull purple or yellowish or whitish green with blotches." 



Distrlb. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and New Guinea. 



Nepenthes phyllamphora, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. pt. ii. 874. 

 Camps I to VIII, 500 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrlb. Malay Peninsula and Malay Islands. 



Nepenthes neo-guineensis, Macfarlane, in Nova Guinea, viii. 340, fig. 67. 



Camps VI a, VI b, VI c, 3100 to 5500 ft. 



The lower globose ascidia, male flowers and fruit have not been described previouslv. 

 The basal ascidia are urn-shaped, ventricose, 14 cm. long and 4 cm. across at the mouth, 

 the wings 5 mm. wide, and ciliate. The margin of the peristomium is about 3 mm. 

 thick, finely ribbed; the operculum is orbicular, cordate, 4 era. long and 4'5 cm. wide, 

 the apes quite rounded, densely covered with numerous circular glands on the inner 

 face ; the outer face is covered with a fine pubescence. The interior of the pitcher is 

 purplish glaucous and glandular for the upper half, while the lower half is polished 

 and densely glandular. The male raceme is 20 cm. long, very loosely flowered, the 

 rachis covered with scattered ferruginous pubescence, 2 mm. thick, the peduncles 

 1*4 cm. long, 2-flowered below, 1-flowered above. Of the 4 perianth lobes the 2 outer are 

 ovate, obtuse, fcrruginously pubescent outside and glandular within, the inner lobes being 

 similar but narrower and oblong-ovate. The glabrous androecium is 3-5 mm. long, the 



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