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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Nepenth.es continued. 



smaller than the mouth, greenish, striped and speckled with red. 



1882. A hybrid of American origin. (G. C. n. s., xviii. 29.) 



N. Courtii (Court's).* I. dark green, coriaceous, lanceolate, acute 

 at the apex, tapering towards the base, which expands to clasp 

 the stem. Pitchers dull greyish-green, spotted with red, about 

 5in. by 2iin., distended at the base, cylindrical above the middle, 

 with deep, sharply laciniate wings, equal in width all the way 

 down ; mouth ovate, finely and evenly ribbed ; lid somewhat 

 convex-ovate, smaller than the mouth, and with a single spur at 

 the back. 1881. A remarkably handsome hybrid, raised by Mr. 

 Court at Messrs. Veitch's. (G. C. n. s., xvi. 845.) 



N. distillatorla (distilling). I. bright light green. Pitchers 6in. 

 to Sin. long. Ceylon, 1789. A very desirable species, of free 

 growth, and requiring less heat than any other. See Fig. 671. A 



Nepenthes continued. 



broad at the base, lanceolate. Pitchers 5in. by 13in., elongate, 

 cylindrical, slightly dilated at the base, reddish, with conspicuous 

 veins, or wholly green ; wings deep fringed ; mouth ovate, 

 slightly prolonged at the back, surrounded by a greenish-yellow, 

 finely-ribbed rim ; lid about the size of the mouth, cordate, 

 emargiuate, with a simple spur. Borneo. (G. C. n. s., xvii. 



I. coriaceous, nearly glabrous, acute 

 -globose, 



N. Hookeriana (Hooker's).* 



at both ends. Pitchers spotted with red, sub-globose, or some- 

 times elongated, with a flatti-sh, finely-ribbed margin surrounding 

 the ovate mouth, and scarcely prolonged at the back; wings 

 very deep, broad, rounded at both ends, and sharply laciniate at 

 the margin ; lid flat, obovate, emarginate, with a simple spur at 

 the base. Sarawak, 1847. A very handsome plant, closely related 



FIG. 672. LEAF AND PITCHER OF NEPENTHES MADAGASCARIENSIS. 



variety named nilra is very distinct and ornamental, having 

 deep blood-red pitchers. 



N. distillatoria (distilling), of Graham. A synonym of N. 

 Khasiana. 



N. Domlnlana (Dominy's). I. dark green, coriaceous, broad, 

 oblong. Pitchers deep green, and slightly spotted, several inches 

 in height. A handsome garden hybrid, of robust growth. 



N. Dormanniana (Dormann's).* I. broadly lanceolate, acute at 

 the apex, finely ciliate at the edges. Pitchers green, heavily 

 spotted with deep red blotches, nearly 6in. by 3in., flask-shaped, 

 pointed at the base, distended below the middle, tapering up- 

 wards into a broad tube, the rim of which is broad, finely ribbed. 

 and slightly oblique ; wings deep, fringed at the edges, and 

 rounded at the base ; lid broadly ovate, with a simple spur 

 at the base. A fine hybrid, probably of American origin. 

 (G. C. n. s., xvii. 525.) 



N. hirsuta glabrescens (hairy-glabrescent). I. sub-amplexicaul, 



to N. Rafflesiana, from which it differs in its short petiole, its 

 venation, but more especially in the flatter (not hood-like) lid, 

 and in the absence of the long process supporting it, which is so 

 marked a feature of the latter. (G. C. n. s., xvi. 813.) 



N. hybrida (hybrid). I. deep green, oblonar, broad. Pitchers 

 dark green, about Sin. long, winged and ciliated in front. A 

 garden hybrid. The variety maculata resembles the type in 

 general appearance ; but the pitchers, which are about lOin. long, 

 are profusely streaked with reddish- purple upon a dark green 

 ground. 



N. intermedia (intermediate).* I. coriaceous, tapering to both 

 ends. Pitchers green, spotted with red, about 6in. by 2iin., 

 somewhat cylindrical, pointed at the base, slightly swollen in 

 the middle ; wings broad, rounded at the base, fringed ; mouth 

 obliquely ovate, prolonged at the back into a column supporting 

 the lid, which is ovate-obtuse, slightly hooded. 1882. A hand- 

 some hybrid. (G. C. n. a., xvii. 179.) 



