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504. Sent about 1849 from Malaya by Lobb to Eng- 

 land, but cult, difficult. It yielded the hybrid N. Mas- 

 tersiana, but is now rare in cult. 



7. Mastersiana, Veitch (N. sanguinea x N. khasi- 

 ana) . Lvs. sessile, slightly decurrent, glabrous, shining : 

 pitchers 5-15x1^-3 in., crimson-green with purple 

 spots to uniformly deep crimson; wings fringed or 

 rudimentary; peristome crimson -green to crimson. 

 G.C. 21:248, 249. Gn. 23:492. G.W. 9:285. I.H. 33: 

 618. J.H.S. 21:237. A beautiful and easily grown 

 hybrid of Court, but which varies greatly in pitcher- 

 coloring. 



8. vffldsa, Hook. f. Fig. 2462. This is distinct from 

 all other species here described by its rim, which is 

 composed {of distant disks that are circular except 

 for teeth which project down into the pitcher. 



9. Edwardsiana, Hook. f. This and the last are 

 probably the most striking species of the genus. Both 

 are figured in color by Spencer St. John in Life in 

 Forests of Far East, also by Hooker in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. 22:69, 70. The former has a short urn-shaped, 

 this a long cylindric pitcher. Neither has as yet been 

 cult. Borneo. 



10. yentricosa, Blanco. Terrestrial or epiphytic: 

 Ivs. thick, aggregate round st., sessile, shortly decur- 

 rent, linear to lanceolate: pitchers in aspect as in N. 

 Burkei but mouth elliptic in outline and transverse; 

 lid with 3 to 4 pairs of veins. G.C. III. 23 : 379. Gn. 74, 

 p. 647. G.M. 44:691. J.H. III. 43:486. Near to 

 though distinct from N. Burkei, but both are native to 

 the Philippines. It nourishes fairly well under cool 

 moist treatment. 



11. Burkei, Mast. Lvs. sessile, slightly decurrent, 

 aggregate round st., linear-lanceolate, slightly con- 

 tracted above insertion: pitchers 3-6 x 1-2% in., 

 dimorphic, lower cylindric-ventricose, upper con- 

 stricted in middle, ventricose below, widening above; 

 mouth ovate-oblique, wings absent, surface pale green 

 or with few purple blotches below, heavily blotched 

 above; lid equal to or larger than mouth, with 6-7 

 pairs of veins. Mindoro in Philippine Isls. Var. 

 excellens, Veitch, has short wide pitchers richly 

 purple-tinted with dark purple blotches. G.C. III. 6: 

 493; 8:184, desc. Gn. W. 7:137; 11:153. This is a 

 species that pitchers abundantly if kept cut back. 



12. Merrilliana, Macfarlane. A Philippine species 

 with large crimson-green pitchers, that when intro. 

 may prove valuable for hybridization. Recently 

 described by the author in Bot. Contrib. Univ. Penn. 

 3:207, pi. 1. 



13. gracilis, Korthals. Plant slender with green to 

 dull red st.: Ivs. sessile, decurrent, elliptic, glabrous, 

 veins 5-7: pitchers 2-4 x %-l in., pale green with 

 delicate purple flecks or spots, lower cylindric-ventri- 

 cqse with fringed wings, upper cylindric with narrow 

 wings or ridges; peristome narrow green. G.C. 1872 : 542, 

 desc. A weedy species of easy cult., but shy in produc- 

 ing its delicate pitchers. It grows in marshy areas hi 

 Malaya, Borneo and Sumatra. 



14. khasiana, Hook, f . Fig. 2463. Lvs. sessile, lanceo- 

 late: pitchers 3-7 x 1-1% in., elongate, tubular, green to 

 reddish green with narrow fringed wings; peristome 

 green, cylindric; lid oval, green outside, reddish green 

 inside. B.M. 2629 (as N. Phyllamphora) ; 2798 (as N. 

 distillatoria}. Early intro. into cult, from the Khasia 

 Mts. of E. Hindostan, but now rarely seen. It forms 

 shoots 30-40 ft. long with abundant long green 

 pitchers. 



15. Sedenii, Mast. (N. ? x N. khasid.no). Lvs. half- 

 amplexicaul, decurrent, lanceolate, glabrous: pitchers 

 3-5 x 1-2 in., ventricose below, constricted in middle, 

 cylindric above; wings fringed; peristome cylindric, ele- 

 vated somewhat into a neck behind. G.C. 1872:542, 

 desc. F.W. 1870:321. F. 1872:54. J.H.S. 21: 237 A 



hybrid of Seden's that is often and well grown in 

 American greenhouses. 



16. distillatoria, Linn. (N. indica, Poir. N. zeyldnica, 

 Raf. N. hirsuta var. glabrescens, Smith. N. rubra, 

 Nichols. N. zeyldnica var. rubra, Beck. N. speciosa, 

 Hort.). Fig. 2463. Plant bright green, rather slender: 

 Ivs. petiolate, half - amplexicaul, glabrous, elliptic- 

 elongate : pitchers 3-5 x 1-1% in., dimorphic, pale green 

 to dull crimson, lower ventricose below, tubular above; 

 wings wide, fringed, narrowed from below up; mouth 

 nearly transverse; upper cylindric, wings rudimentary, 

 mouth oblique with short posterior neck; peristome 

 cylindric green. P.M. 4:1. L.B.C. 11:1017. A some- 

 what unattractive species from Ceylon, that has been a 

 parent of several hybrids. 



17. hybrida, Mast. (N. khasidnaxN. grddlisf). 

 Lvs. amplexicaul, decurrent, semi-petiolate, elongate- 

 lanceolate: pitchers 3-5 x %-l in., cylindric, slightly 

 constricted in middle, green or somewhat purple- 

 spotted (var. maculdta) ; wings shallow ciliate. G.C. 

 1872:542, desc. J.H.S. 21:1897:238. A hardy freely 

 pitchering though rather unattractive type that usually 

 catches abundant insect prey in greenhouses. Raised 

 by Dominy about 1863, and sent out by Veitch in 

 1866. 



18. cylindrica, Veitch (N. distillatoria x N. Veltchii) . 

 St. ascending : Ivs. obovate or oblanceolate with reddish 

 midrib: pitchers 5-7x1-2 in., ovate-elongate or sub- 

 cylindric, pale green with few small purple spots; wings 

 narrow, interrupted below, fringed above; peristome 

 expanded, yellow-green. G.C III. 2:521. A rather 

 unattractive hybrid that is now rare in cult. 



19. Dormanniana, Williams (? N. Phylldmphora x N. 

 Sedenii). Lvs. elliptic-lanceolate, margin finely ciliate, 

 veins 5-6: pitchers 4-6 x 2-2 % in., cylindric-ventricose, 

 green and purple - blotched ; wings fringed or dentate, 

 narrowed upward; peristome pale green. G.C. II. 17: 

 525. Gn. 27:496. A pretty hybrid of doubtful 

 parentage that was raised by Taplin and sent out by 

 Williams. 



20. paradisae, Hort. Parents probably similar to 

 N. Lawrenciana, but pitchers richly purple-red below, 

 yellow -spotted above. Sent out by Williams in 

 1883. 



21. atrosanguinea, Mast. (? N. distillatoria x N. 

 Sedenii). Pitchers ventricose below, cylindric above, 

 reddish purple with pale green mottlings; wings 

 fringed wide below, gradually narrowed above; peri- 

 stome cylindric, oblique, pale green and purple-striped. 

 G.C. II. 17:827. A Taplin hybrid that grows readily 

 and pitchers freely if kept cut back. 



22. Dominii, Veitch (N. Rafflesidna x ? Bornean sp. 

 probably N. grdcilis). St. dark red: Ivs. amplexicaul, 

 decurrent, petiolate, lanceolate: pitchers 3-5 x 1-2 in., 

 ventricose below, contracted toward mouth, mottled 

 green and dark purple; wings narrowing from below 

 upward, fringed; peristome uniform, elevated into a 

 neck behind. J.H.S. 21:238. This, the first artificial 

 hybrid, was raised by Dominy about 1860, and is still 

 a favorite of easy cult. 



23. excelsior, Williams (N. Rafflesidna x N. Hook- 

 eriana). St. and Ivs. at first densely tomentose-pubes- 

 cent, at length glabrous: Ivs. petiolate elliptic: pitchers 

 cylindric-ventricose, pale green with deep purple spots 

 and blotches; wings wide, fringed; peristome cylindric, 

 elevated into a neck behind. Amongst the best of 

 Taplin's hybrids, as the pitchers are freely produced 

 and are sharply marked, while the plant grows well 

 and prop, readily. N. amdbilis and N. Amesidna have 

 the same parentage and are nearly related in aspect. 



24. Hookeriana, Lindl. (AT. Loddigesii, Baxter. N. 

 Hodkeri, Alphand). Fig. 2462. Plants strong, young 

 parts covered with brownish white pubescence: lys. 

 amplexicaul, petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, veins 5 with 



