CHAP. II.] EUPHORBIACE^. 429 



America, has kidney-shaped leaves, and dark 

 purplish brown flowers, on very short footstalks, 

 which resemble those of the genus Stapelia, both 

 in appearance and smell. 



ORDER CLXVI.— CYTINE^. 



The most interesting plant in this order is 

 Nepenthes distillatoria^ the Chinese Pitcher- 

 plant, the leaves of which have a tendril at the 

 point curiously dilated at the extremity, so as 

 to form a cup-like appendage, which is generally 

 full of water. The rim of the pitcher is beauti- 

 fully ribbed, and it is furnished with a lid. The 

 male and female flowers are on different plants, 

 but neither of them possess much beauty. The 

 remarkable Javanese fungus Rafflesia belongs 

 to this order. 



A small order called Cephalotese, and con- 

 taining only the genus Cephalotis, formerly in- 

 cluded in Rosacese, is introduced here. 



ORDER CLXVII.— EUPHORBIACE^. 



The genus Euphorbia is well known by the 

 British weed called Caper Spurge, and the showy 

 stove plants which belong to it. The male and 

 female flowers are distinct ; but both are inclosed 

 in one cup-like involucre. In fig. 144, a is the 



