44 J« M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



remotum, nervi transversi oblique ascendentes; cirrhus 15 — 20 cm longus tenuis, inferne 

 concavo-convexus, ± puberulus, superne in basim ascidii recurvatam gradatim ampliatus ; 

 ascidium 8 — 12 cm longum X 2 — 3,5 cm latum, monomorphium v. subdimoi'phium ; 

 ascidia inferiora lubuloso-ventricosa, alae ventrales 4 — 5 mm latae, fere a basi ad os 

 extensae et longe ciliatae; ascidia superiora tubulosa v. inferne leviter ventricosa, alae 

 ventrales 1 — 2 mm latae, distantes et irregulariter serratae v. breviter ciliatae, super- 

 ficie inferiore viridi v. rubro-viridi, superiore saepissime rubra, juventute dense ferru- 

 gineo-pubescente demum rb ferrugineo-puberula, os ovatum obliquum, postice in collum 

 breve elongatum; peristomium 6 — 7 mm latum cylindricum, aequale, crebre striatum, 

 margo interior tenuiter serratus, postice in collum elevatus, superficiebus parallelis 

 oppositis; operculum 2 — 2,5 cm longum, ovato-cordatum, viridi-rubrum v. rubrum, extus 

 puberulum intus glandulis multis circularibus in series duas utroque latere lineae mediae 

 dispositis, et glandulis magnis paucis perithecioideis prominentibus basim versus v. dz 

 diffusis obsitum; calcar 4 — 5 mm longum aliquanto crassum; ascidium intus per dimidium 

 superius glauco-purpureum v. rubro-purpureum opacum et deducens, inferne nitidum et 

 glandulis dr remotis subsessiiibus obsitum. Inflorescentia (rf solum nota) 45 — 55 cm 

 longa; pedunculus 20 cm longus, dense ferrugineo-pubescens demum glaber; racemus 

 angustus elongatus densiflorus; pedicelli 8 — 10 mm longi, raro bracteolati , biflori 

 rarius basim versus 3-flori, dense ferrugineo-pubescentes, flores 6 mm diametro. Sepala 

 4 in paria inaequalia disposita, par externum late ovale, internum ellipticum, extus 

 dense ferrugineo-pubescentia, intus viridi-lutea, et glandulis multis parvis nectariferis 

 instructa. Columna staminea cum basibus sepalorum inferne sparse pubescens, superne 

 glabra; antherae 8 uniseriatae. Flores pistilliferi et fructus ignoti. 



Provinz der Philippinen: Auf dem Berg Victoria, Ins. Palawan, 350 m (Fox- 

 worthy n. 72 1! spec. typ. in Herb. Sc. Manilla); auf dem Berg Pulgar, Ins. Palawan, 

 1300 m (Curran n. 3896!). 



15. N". Northiana Hook. f. in Gard. Chron. II. (1881) 717 f. 144; Burbidge in 

 Garden XXIII. (1883) 492, f. 496; Wittmack in Gart. Zeitg. I. (1882) 64 cum Gg. 1 4, 15; 

 in Rev. d'Hort. et Et. XXI. 271; Gentil in Sem. Hort. I. (1897) 75 et icon. 107; North 

 Recoll. of Happy Life I. (1 892) 251 ; Hemsley in Cat. North Gall. Kew ed. 4. (1 886) n. 561 : 

 G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 142; Veitch in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 

 XXI. (1897) 236, f. 46; Masters in Gard. Chron. s. 3. XXXIV. (1903) 272, XXXVI. 

 (1904) 97. — N. spuria Beck in Wien. 111. Gartenzeitg. (1895) 187. — Planta 

 robusta ramosa scandens lucido-viridis. Caulis 4 — 6 m Jongus X 6 — 8 mm crassus, 

 cylindricus, glaber, internodiis inferne brevibus, foliorum basibus latis amplexicaulibus 

 dense obtectus. Folia 15 — 35 cm longa X 3 — 10 cm lata, crassa, herbacea v. sub- 

 coriacea, elliptica ovalia v. obovata, inferne in basim late alatam semiamplexicaulem 

 gradatim angustata, alae per internodia duo decurrentes, superne in apicem obtusum v. 

 peltatum rotundatae, supra glabra margine pellucida, subtus glandulis multis (30 — 60) 

 nectariferis punctata, nervi longitudinales obscuri in paria 4 dispositi, par intimum 1 5 — 

 20 mm, par secundum 22 — 30 mm, par tertium 25 — 36 mm, par quartum 27 — 40 mm 

 a costa remotum, omnes a basi laminae Orientes, nervi transversi valde obscuri, paralleli, 

 oblique ascendentes, 2 — 3 mm separati; cirrhus 10 — 60 cm longus, gradatim v. ali- 

 quanto abrupte in ascidium expansus; ascidia 6 — 40 cm longa X 3 — 12 cm lata, dimor- 

 phia, crassa, glabra, herbacea, v. sub-coriacea, pallido-viridia maculis purpureis ; ascidia 

 inferiora ampulliformia v. subovata, rb purpureo-maculata, alae ventrales a basi ad os 

 continuatae, inferne angustae, in medio latae, sub os abrupte et oblique truncatae, 

 membranaceae, dentato-ciliatae v. fimbriatae, os ovatum valde obliquum; peristomium 

 10 — 50 mm latum, in ascidiis junioribus subcylindricum , in maturis late expansum, 

 margine externo undulatum, antice et postice zh angustatum, ad latus late expansum, 

 margine intus denticulatum, superficie crebre et distincte striata, luteo-viridi- et purpureo- 

 fasciata; operculum 3 — 14 cm longum X 2 — 10 cm latum, ovalo-oblongum apice 

 acutum, fere transversum, pallido-viride et purpureo-maculatum ; ascidia superiora in- 

 fundibuliformia, basi recurvata et gradatim in cirrhum angustata, alae ventrales a basi 



