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elevata, nervis 3 prope mai'gines sitis, petiolo anguste alato 5 mm. crasso, cirrho 

 30 cm. longo valiclo 3-4 mm. crasso hirto, ad ascidiam incrassato. Ascidia ascen- 

 dentia, infundibuliformia, curva, hirsuta, 27 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, intus ad basiu 

 per 4-10 cm. laevia, polita, glandulis parvis copiosissimis, superne piir- 

 pureo glaucescentia ; peristomium 2-5 mm. latum, costis angustis approximatis ; 

 calcar apice furcatum, 1 cm. longum, dense hirtum, carinis vix elevatis baud 

 ciliatis ; operculum ovatum, obtusum, 5-7 cm. longum, 4-5-5 cm. latum, extus 

 birsutum, intus glabrum, purpureum, glandulis circularibus magnis marginibus 

 elevatis dense tectum, carina valida glandulis maximis oblongis obsita; processu 

 conico ad basin complanato superne furcato pallido. Flores non visi. Tedunciilus 

 sub fruetu 18 cm. longus, birtus. Racemus 14 cm. longus, pedicellis 1 cm. longis 

 birtis 1-3-floris. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, subsp.qualia, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, 

 extus birta, intus glabra, glandulosa. Cc(psula lb cm. longa, basi angustata, ad 

 apicem pauUo angustata, extus rufo-birta. Stigma magnum, 8-lobum, lobis obtusis 

 recurvis. 

 Camps VI a and VI b, 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. Mafflesiana, Jack. The 

 operculum is of a deep purple, the colour of the rest I do not know. 



PIPERACEJi;. 



Peperomia muscicola, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caidis gracilis, ascendens, ramis 2-5 cm. longis birtis. Folia alterna, elliptica vel 

 orbicularia, rotundata, basi lata, rotundata, vel breviter cuneata, 1-3 cm. longa, 

 0"7-2 cm. lata, hirta, sicca flavescentia, subtus pallidiora, nervis 3-5 e basi ortis subtus 

 conspicuis, petiolo brevi. SpiccB terminales vel axillares, 2*5 cm. longse. fere 1 mm. 

 crassae, pedunculis 1 cm. longis. Bractece peltatsn, orbiculares, punctatae. Pistillum 

 ovoideum, rugosum, stylo brevi crasso stiginatibus erectis 2 divaricatis. Drupa 

 ovoidea, ad a2)icem paulo angustatum. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Of the habit of P rejiexa, Dietr., but with alternate larger leaves. 



Peperomia purpurea, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caidis ascendens, 5'5 cm. altus, birtus. Folia alterna, obovata, obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 utraque facie hirta, 1 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, petiolis gracilibus 5 mm. longis. Sjiicce 

 terminales , pedunculis gracilibus 5 mm. longis, glabriB, 2 cm. longse, gracillimae. 

 Bractece orbiculares, peltatse. AnthercB ellipticaj. Pistilhmi ovoideum, stylo nullo, 

 stigmate capitato. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



" Leaves deep red-brown beneath. Plowers purplish brown." Allied to the last 

 species, but the leaves with smaller and much thinner blades and a longer petiole. 



