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part of the inside is shining, and of a beautiful 

 dark purple colour. The lid (/*.), which is pro- 

 duced from the petiole (g.), and attached to the 

 edge of the pitcher by a broad base, is slightly pu- 

 bescent on the outside, smooth within, and of a 

 green colour, painted with broad, branching, dark 

 purple veins (2.). The structure of this organ is 

 said closely to resemble that of the leaf. " The as- 

 " cidia, or pitchers of Cephalotus," Mr. Brown re- 

 marks, ce were observed to be in general half filled 

 " with a watery fluid, in which great numbers of 

 " a small species of ant were frequently found 

 " drowned. This fluid, which had a slightly 

 " sweetish taste, may possibly be in part a sec re- 

 " tion of the pitcher itself, but more probably con- 



