Nepenthes. 37 



IV. p. 2 (1805)873; Korth. Verh. Nat. Ges. Bot. (1839) 42: Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 

 XI ( 1825) 4 017; Spach, Hist. nat. veg. X. (4 844) 571; Blume, Mus. bot. lugd. bat. II. 

 (4 852) 6; Thwaites, Enum. (1864) 290; Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 93; Faivre 

 in Compt. Bend. LXXX1II. (1876) H55; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. V. (1890) 68; Trimen, 

 Handb. Fl. Ceylon III. (1895) 420; G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895)225. — 

 N. indica Poir. in Encycl. Meth. Bot. IV. (1797) 458; Brongn. in Ann. sc. nat. I. (182 4) 

 43; Spacb, Hist. nat. veg. XIII. (1846) 323. — N. Zeylanica Baf. Fl. Teil. IV. (1836) 

 101. — N. hirsuta var. glabrescens Smith in Gard. Chron. I. (1882) 398, 399 f. 

 59. — N. rubra Nicholson, Dict. of Gard. IV. (1886) 439. — N. Zeylanica var. 

 rubra G. Beck 1. c. 226. — N. Smithii G. Beck 1. c. 188. — N. speciosa Hort, ex 

 G. Beck 1. c. 226; non N. distillatoria Jack in Comp. Bot. Mag. I. (1835) 271 quae? 

 N. gracilis est; nee N. distillatoria Graham in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. III. (1827) 371, 

 et in Bot. Mag. LV. (1828) 2798 quae N. khasiana sunt; nee N. distillatoria Steud. 

 Nom. ed 2. II. (1841) 190 et Macgillivray, Voy. H. M. S. Battle. I. (1852) 210 quae N. 

 phyllamphora sunt. — Planta alta, scandens, lucido-viridis. Caulis 10 — 15 m altus 

 X 6 — 10 mm crassus, subeylindricus, juventute fusco-punetatus demum glaber, inter- 

 nodiis inferne brevibus, superne elongatis. Folia 15 — 35 cm longa X 3 — 6 cm lata, 

 herbacea v. subcoriacea, petiolata; petiolus 4 — 6 cm longus, late alatus, basi semiam- 

 plexicaulis, non v. leviter decurrens; lamina elliptico-lanceolata, supra et subtus glabra 

 et fusco-punetata marginibus costa et apice exceptis, quae db albido-pubescentes sunt, 

 costa subtus prominens, nervi longitudinales in paria 5 rarius 6 dispositi, omnia altitu- 

 dine diversa infra medium costae orientia, par intimum 7 — 11 mm, par seeundum 13 — 

 1 8 mm, par tertium 1 5 — 1 9 mm, par quartum 1 7 — 2 I mm, par quintum 1 8 — 22,5 mm 

 a costa remotum, nervi transversi oblique ascendentes reticulati, primus quisque aut 

 seeundus brevior, cum longiore ad marginem excurrente alternans; cirrhus 8 — 20 cm 

 longus , gracilis, supra planus v. sulcatus, fulvo- v. albido-puberulus usque glaber, in 

 basim recurvatam aseidii aliquanto abrupte ampliatus; aseidia 6 — 15 cm longa X 2 — 

 4 cm lata, dimorphia, pallido-viridia usque rubra, puberula demum glabra, juventute cinetu 

 tomentoso sub peristomio; aseidia inferiora tubuloso-ventricosa, alae ventrales inferne 

 ampliatae, sursum ± angustatae, marginibus ciliatis, os transversum v. leviter obliquum; 

 aseidia superiora cylindrica, alae ventrales ad nervös prominentes reduetae, os obliquum, 

 postice in Collum breve elongatum; peristomium 2 — 4 mm latum, cylindricum, graciliter 

 striatum; operculum 1,5 — 3 cm diametro, cordato-orbiculare , extus fulvo-tomentellum 

 demum glabrum, intus glandulosum, glandulae per medium paucae, magnae, rubro- 

 virides, margines versus gradatim minores; calcar 2 — 3 mm longum, planum, pubes- 

 cens, saepe 2 — 3-fidum; aseidium intus per dimidium superius glaueo-viride ad rubrum, 

 opacum et deducens, inferne viride nitidum dense glandulosum et detinens. Inflores- 

 centia 25 — (30 cm longa; pedunculus 8 — 20 cm longus, albido-pubescens demum glaber; 

 panicula laxa ramosa in cymas scorpioideas 2 — 5-floras terminans; pedicelli dense 

 albido-pubescentes. Flores 6 — 7 mm diametro, viridi-lutei. Sepala 4 extus pubescentia, 

 intus glandulis multis minutis obsita. Columna staminea sepalis brevior, glabra, crassa; 

 antherae 6 — 8 uniseriatae. Ovarium sessile, albido-pubescens. Capsula 12 — 16 mm 

 longa X 6 mm lata, brunneo-nitida, puberula, valvae ovales in lobos stigmaticos latos 

 truncatos terminantes. Semina 7 — 10 mm longa. — Fig. 10. 



Ceylon: Vom Meeresstrande bis zu 650 m Höhe verbreitet. — Bei Colombo 

 (Grimm, Hermann, Burman n. 122!, Wichura n. 2682, Trimen); ohne Standort 

 (Wright n. 2508!, J. Fräser n. 109!, Macrae n. 258!, Cuming n. 262!, Walker!, 

 Beccarü). 



Einheim. Name: Bandura-wel (Trimen). 



7. N. albo-marginata Lobb in Gard. Chron. (1849) 580; Hook. f. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. XXII. (1859) 422 t. 73; Spencer St. John, Life For. Far East I. (1862) 323; 

 Masters in Gard. Chron. (1872) 542; Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 102; 

 Planchon in Fl. d. serres XXII. '-(1 877) 165, t. 2343—2344; Burbidge in Garden XVI. 

 (1880) 542 et icon. col; Beccari, Malesia III. (1886) 13; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1890) 



