HORTUS VEITCHII 



NEPENTHES BICALCAEATA, Hook. f. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 200, fig. ; Burbidge in Gard. Chron. 1880, 

 vol. xiii. p. 264; The Garden, 1880, vol. xxvii. p. 542, pi. 237; id. 1888, 

 vol. xxxiii. pp. 29, 78. 



A remarkable Pitcher plant, first described by Sir Joseph Hooker from 

 specimens collected in Borneo by Low and others, but not introduced to 

 this country till Burbidge succeeded in sending home living specimens 

 from Borneo to Chelsea. 



The pitchers, very singular, and distinct from those produced by any 

 other species in cultivation, are furnished with two sharp incurved spurs 

 which project downwards over the mouth of the urn, and resemble the 

 fangs of a snake with the head lifted to strike. 



A possible use for these fangs is suggested by Burbidge in the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle above quoted, where he observes that they serve to 

 prevent the contents of the pitchers being rifled by a little creature known 

 as the " Tamperlilie " or "Spectre Tarsier," an insectivorous quadruped 

 in the habit of emptying the urns of their captured insects. 



NEPENTHES BUKKEI, Mast. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 492, fig. 69 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1890, p. 6, fig. 



A handsome wingless species from the Philippine Islands by David 

 Burke. 



The pitchers, some 8 in. in length, are cylindrical, contracted in the 

 middle, green in colour spotted with red ; the top bordered by a deep red 

 rim, divided at the margin into irregularly sharp-pointed lobes. 



NEPENTHES BUEKEI, Mast., var. EXCELLENS. 



Jour. E.H.S. vol. xxi. pt. ii., fig. 47 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1891, p. 66. 



A variety of the variable Nepenthes Burkei, introduced from the 

 Philippines through David Burke. 



Distinguished from the type by much larger and somewhat more 

 cylindrical pitchers more richly coloured ; the sharp-pointed, lobed rim 

 of the aperture is broader, of a rich chestnut-red, the spots on the pitchers 

 larger and more numerous. 



NEPENTHES BUEKEI, Mast., var. PEOLIFICA. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1890, vof. viii. p. 184. 



A variety differing from the type in slender growth, narrower leaves, 

 and smaller, less highly coloured pitchers, produced in such profusion 

 as to suggest the name prolifica. 



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