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NEPENTHES SEDENI. 



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yellow. They attain a length of 20 to 24 inches, and, as will be seen 

 from the accompanying figure engraved from a photograph, they have 

 a graceful drooping habit, which makes it a most suitable plant for 

 table and room decoration. It is as easy to cultivate as the general 

 run of Crotons, and it well deserves a place in every collection of orna- 

 mental-foliaged stove-plants. 



NEPEWTHES SEDENI. 



This beautiful Pitcher-plant is the result of a cross between an un- 

 named species with deeply - coloured pitchers and the well-known 

 Nepenthes distillatoria. Our figure of this is also taken from a photo- 

 graph of a plant growing in Messrs Veitch's nursery. It produces, as 



Fig. 24.— Nepenthes Sedeni. 



will be observed, its pitchers in great profusion even on very small 

 plants. They are of moderate size, and are very densely covered with 



