2 J. M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



(1838) 430, 582. — C. Morren in Belg. Hort. IL (1852) 227. — Hildebrand in 

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 Soc. XV. (1877) 427. — Zacharias, Anat. Stam. Nep. (Inaug.-Diss. 1877) 4. — 

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 XVII. (1882) 56. — Dickson in Journ. of Bot. XIX. (1884) 133; in Gard. Chron. 

 XX. (1883) 812. — Bower in Ann. of Bot. III. (1889) 239, IV. (1890) 165. — 

 Macfarlane in Ann. of Bot. III. (1889) 254, VII. (1893) 420. — Goebel, Pfl. Schild. 

 II. Lief. 1.(1891) 93, Lief. 2. (4893) 186. — Bokorny in Pringsh. Jahrb. XX. (1889) 

 445. — Dubois in Compt. Rend. CXI. (1890) 315. — Tischutkin in Bot. Centralbl. 

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 Bot. Buitenzorg ser. 2. V. (1906) 277. 



Character. Flor es dioeci, apetali, inconspicui, virides aut purpurei, entomophili, 

 saepe odore foetido. Sepala 4, rarius 3, distincta v. rarissime basi connata, hypogyna, 

 imbricala, sed in paria duo aequalia v. rarissime inaequalia disposita, extus ± pubescentia, 

 intus glandulosa et nectarifera. Stamina 24 — 4, filamenta in columnam connata, 

 antherae in capitulum congestae, uniseriatae v. subbiseriatae v. biseriatae, parallelae v. 

 tz: convolutae, biloculares, extrorsae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes; pollen trilobatum. 

 Carpella 4, rarissime 3, sepalis opposita; ovarium sessile v. breviter stipitatum, ova- 

 tum v. oblongum, cylindricum v. tetragonum, dz pilosum, intus 4 — 3-loculare; Stylus 

 v. rarius brevis, crassus, stigma discoideum planum v. medio depressum, 4- rarissime 

 3-lobatum, lobis solidis v. ± lobatis; ovula oo anatropa, angusta et elongata, multi- 

 seriata, ascendentia, placentis centralibus affixa. Fructus capsularis, sessilis v. bre- 

 viter stipitatus, fusiformis usque ovatus, coriaceus, 4- rarius 3-gonus, fusco-nitidus, 

 loculicide dehiscens; valvae lanceolatae v. ovatae medio septiferae, apice lobis stigma- 

 ticis planis v. depressis, simplicibus v. bilobatis coronatae. Semina oo imbricata 

 ascendentia filiformia, funiculo tenui placentis affixa; testa membranacea bicaudata 

 breviter v. longe elongata, circum embryonem ± relaxata et sinuosa, raphe filiformi 

 ascendentia; albumen carnosum, embryo cyündraceus rectus in axi albuminis; cotyle- 

 dones lineares in germinatione demum virides et epigaeae, radicula brevis infera. 



Suffrutjices fruticesve, prostrati erecti v. scandentes, ad 0,5 — 15 m alti. 

 Caulis cylindricus usque trigonus, nudus vel prolongationibus ab basibus foliorum de- 

 currentibus alatus, glaber v. ± hirsutus. simplex v. ramosus. Folia alternantia, raris- 

 sime ad V2 plerumque ad 2 /s spiraliter disposita, integra, exstipulata, sessilia v. peliolata, 

 membranacea, herbacea v. saepe coriacea; folia adulta in petiolum, laminam, cirrhum, 

 ascidium et operculum divisa; petiolus ubi formatus dz elongatus alatus, basi saepe 

 amplexicaulis; lamina alabastro involuta pubescens rarius glabra, demum lanceolata 

 ovalis v. obovata, nervis longitudinalibus 2 — 15 parallelis, e costa v. e basi folii egre- 

 dientibus, nervis transversis parallelis v. irregulariter areolatis, versus costam transversis 

 v. oblique ascendentibus; cirrhus ab costa valida laminae prolongatus, tenax, saepissime 

 convolutus et scandens, apice in basim ascidii ampliatus; ascidia monomorphia dimorphia 

 v. trimorphia, inferiora saepe ampullacea usque ventricosa alis ventralibus dz expansis 

 et ciliatis, ascidia superiora vel solum evoluta cylindracea alis reductis, summa infun- 

 dibuliformia alis saepe ad nervös prominentes reductis, os transversum v. obliquum, 

 saepe in collum postice productum, margine dz transverse expansa, coriacea, nitida 

 striata et in peristomium formata, ascidium inlus per totum nitidum glandulosum et 

 »detinens« (p. 20) v. parte superiore eglandulosum glaucum opacum et »deducens« 

 (p. 20); operculum ovatum ellipticum v. orbiculare, primum os claudons demum ex- 

 pansum et inclinatum erectum v. reflexum, postice versus os ascidii articulatum, intus 



