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on the outside. The rim is very broad, undulating, everted, 

 and beautifully ribbed ; the lid is ovate-oblong, nearly 

 covering the mouth of the pitcher. 



14. N. Phyllamphora, Willd., from Cochin China, Borneo, 

 &c., has long been known in cultivation, and is a rampant 

 species with delicate light-green pitchers, which have a 

 broad flattened rim. It is one of the easiest to cultivate. 



15. N. Kafflesiana, Jack, comes from Singapore, Borneo, 

 &c., and is one of the most effective species in cultivation. 

 It forms two kinds of pitchers : those produced low down 

 on the stem have broad ciliated wings, greenish -yellow in 

 colour, with brown markings, and they are much handsomer 

 than the upper pitchers, which are longer and more trumpet 

 shaped. The rim of the pitcher is finely corrugated with 

 strong teeth which run round the mouth of the pitcher, 

 ending in an upright column which supports the lid, and 

 a posterior gap is left owing to the edges of the rim not 

 fitting closely together. This is a tall-growing species. 



N. Rajflesiana nivea is a beautiful dwarf variety, not 

 more than 10 to 12 inches in height. The leaves are 

 narrow and shining ; the stems are covered with a white 

 tomentum ; and the pitchers are darker coloured and even 

 handsomer than those of the type. 



16. K Eajah, Hook. fil. This wonderful species was 

 discovered by Sir Hugh Low in 1851 during his first ascent 

 of Mount Kina Balou, Borneo, at an altitude of 5000 feet. 

 He again ascended this mountain along with Mr Spencer St 

 John in 1858, and I may quote what the latter traveller says 

 regarding this famous pitcher-plant : * " The pitchers, as I 

 have before observed, rest on the ground in a circle, and the 

 young plants have cups of the same form as those of the old 

 ones. This morning, while the men were cooking their rice, 

 as we sat before the tent enjoying our chocolate, observing 

 one of our followers carrying water in a splendid speci- 

 men of nepenthes Rajah, we desired him to bring it to us, 

 and found that it held exactly four pint bottles. It was 19 

 inches in circumference. We afterwards saw others apparently 

 much larger, and Mr Low, while wandering in search of 

 flowers, came upon one in which was a drowned rat." This 

 magnificent species was sent home by Mr F. W. Burbidge in 



* Life in Uie Forests of the Far East, vol. i. p. 327. 



