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vol opposita ohlauoeolata obtusa basin versus angustata rotun- 

 da t4i. marijino deutato, nervis 10 paribus, superne atroviridia 

 hispida, praesertim in marginibus, subtus crebre punctata glabra, 

 nervis et costa rubiginoso-lomentosis exceptis. Peduuculi 3 vel 

 plures, graciles, 6-8 poll, longi, rubi-opubescentes. Bractese minutae 

 lineares pul>escentes. Sepala linearia brt'via, vix -^^ poll, longa. 

 Corolla alba colore roseo tincta campanulata, j poll, longa, lobis 

 rotundatis. Stamina brevia 2, antheris subglobosis. Capsula 

 lauceolata acuminata, f poll, longa. 



Gunong Tahau. 4.000-5,000 ft. ; on rocks. Leaves dark velvety 

 green ; flowers white tinged with pink. (5398.) 



Flowers resem1)liug those of P. pijroUflora, Eidl., but the style is 

 much shorter. The foliage is veiy different and more resembles 

 that of Didjjmocarpns heterophyUa. Ridl. 



Ctrtandba cupulata, Birlh, in Jom-n. Linn. Soc, Bof. xxxii. (1896) 

 527 (i>. 319). 

 Kuala Teku, 500-1,000 ft. (5540.) 

 Biiitrih. — Malay Peninsula. 



-ilsCHYNAXTHUS, Sp. (p. 320). 



Gunong Tahau. 5,000-6,000 ft. Creeper verv fleshv, reddish. 

 (5483.) 



A rather woody plant with pale bark and oval fleshy leaves \ an 

 inch long. There are no flowers (only pods already dehisced) 

 and no seed. Doxibtless an undescribed species, but the material 

 is insufficient. 



APETAL^. 

 NEPEXTHACE^. 



Nepenthes Bongso, Kortli., Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 19, t. 14 (p. 320). 

 Gunong Tahan, 5,000 ft. Flowers didl red-brown ; cups white 

 tinted pale green at base and spotted with pink. (5411.) 



The original plant was obtained on Merapi mountain in Sumatra. 

 The Tahan plant seems to resemble it very closely, but the 

 fruit is much larger than it is in Korthal's figure. The male 

 flowers are small, with 4 oblong obtuse pubescent petals ^, inch 

 long, the pedicels of the flowers | inch. The raceme is lax 

 and about 6 inches long. The lid of the pitcher is densely 

 glandular. The capsules are three-quarters of an inch long. 



N. GEACILLIMA, H. Sp. 



Caulis gracillimus ~ poll, in diametro. Folia remota sessilia 

 anguste lanceolata acuminata, lamina 2-3 poll, longa \ poll' 

 lata glabra coriacea ; petiolulo 5-pollicari ; amphora subcylindrica 

 angusta, 4 poll, longa, | poll, in diametro, superne glandulosa 

 paullo constrlcta, annulo angusto, ob.scure costat^. Operculum 



