46 J. M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



striatum; operculum 3 — 11 cm longum X 2 — 8 cm latum, ovato-cordatum ad orbi- 

 oulare, extus sparse pubescens, inlus glandulis multis rarissime paucis magnis saepe 

 transverse elongatis ovalibus per medium, marginem versus minoribus instructum; 

 calcar 10 — 30 mm longum, filiforme, saepe bi-trifidum; ascidium intus per trientem v. 

 dimidium superius glauco-albidum v. glauco-purpureum , opacum et deducens, inferne 

 viridi-luteum, nitidum, glandulosum et detinens; ascidia superiora cylindrica v. cylindrico- 

 infundibuliformia, pallido-viridia v. viridia db purpureo-rubra maculata, alae ventrales 

 angustae non ciliatae v. ad nervös prominentes reductae. Inflorescentia 20 — 60 cm longa, 

 ^f quam Q longior; pedunculus 10 — 20 cm longus, sparse pubescens; racemus sub- 

 laxiflorus'; pedicelli 15 — 2 mm longi, tenues, dense sericeo-pubescentes, inferne 3 — 2- 

 flori, ad apicem racemi uniflorj, flores 5 — 6 mm lati. Sepala oblonga, extus ferrugineo- 

 pubescentia, intus purpureo-rubra, siccitate nigra et glandulis magnis ovalibus obtecta. 

 Columna staminea sepalis vix aequalis inferne sericeo-pubescens, superne glabra; antherae 8 

 uniseriatae. Ovarium ovato-quadrangulare, sericeo-pubescens; stigma 4-lobum, in medio 

 depressum. Capsula 16 — 25 mm longa, saepe ± curvata, valvae extus sulcatae. Semina 

 8 — 12 mm longa, testa circum embryonem undulata. 



S.W. Malayische Provinz: Malakka, auf dem Berg Ophir (Lobb n. 169! 

 Ridley n. 3174!, Whitehead); Taiping Hills in Perak (Engler n. 5332 !j; Goonong 

 Ledang (Griff ith n. 4H l!); Perak (Wray n. 129!, Burbidge); Larut in Prov. Perak 

 (Kunstler n. 802*!, 2635!, 3307!, 3316!]; Gunong Bubu in Perak (Kunstler n. 

 8018!); Bukit im Staate Selangor (Kens all); Singapore, bei Bubo 1700 m (Murton 

 n. 35!); Kluang Terbang im Staate Pahang (Barin g n. 10912!). 



Borneo?: Burbidge (Gard. Chron. XVII. (1882) 56) sagt: "N. sanguinea is a native 

 of Borneo" und (in Veitch m. s. s.) "only one pitcher brought me by my men". Verf. 

 kennt keine authentischen Exemplare von Borneo. 



17. N. rajah Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXII. (1859) 421, t. 72 et in DC. 

 Prodr. XVII. (1873) 95; Spencer St. John, Life For. Far East II. (1862) 331, 334; 

 Burbidge, Gard. of Sun (1880) 100, 108, 279; Masters in Gard. Chron. s. t. XVI (1881 j 

 492 cum icon. xyl. 91, 493; C. Y. in Garden XXII. (<882) 122; Begel in Gartenfl. 

 XXXII (1883) 213; T.Moore in Florist (1 883) 166; G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. 

 (1895) 142; Veitch in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. XXI. (1897) 232; Hemsley in Bot. Magaz. 

 CXXXI. (1905) t. 8017. — Planta robusta brevis erecta non ramosa. Caulis 1 — 2 m 

 altus X 15 — 25 mm crassus, cylindricus, internodiis brevibus, juvenilis ferrugineo-hir- 

 sutus, demum glaber. Folia 30 — 60 cm longa X 7 — 15 cm lata, crasse coriacea, 

 petiolata; petiolus 6 — 10 cm longus alatus, alae superne angustae, inferne gradatim in 

 basim ad 3 / 4 amplexicaulem expansae; lamina ovalis apice peltata, supra glabra subtus 

 subscabrida v. minute tuberculata, nervi longitudinales in paria 4 rarius 5 dispositi, par 

 intimum 25 — 40 mm, par secundum 35 — 65 mm, par tertium 40 — 80 mm a costa 

 remotum, paria quarta et quinta proportione decrescente, nervi transversi obliqui irre- 

 guläres et reticulati; cirrhus 20 — 50 cm longus X 5 — 10 mm crassus, sursum gradatim 

 in basim ascidii ampliatus, sparse ferrugineo-hirsutus demum glaber; ascidia juvenilia 

 ampulliformia, os fere transversum postice in collum triangulum elongatum; ascidia 

 matura 15 — 25 cm longa X 10 — 15 cm lata ampulliformia, ore lato, juventute hirsuto- 

 pubescentia demum subglabra v. glabra, rubro-purpurea in ascidiis inferioribus usque 

 viridi-rubra in superioribus, alae ventrales inferne angustae superne gradatim ampliatae, 

 v. ut lobi fimbriati 5 — 12 mm lati a basi ad os productae, os zn obliquum; peristomium 

 3 — 6 cm latum, aequale, rubrum v. lurido-purpureum, margo exterior expansus, recur- 

 vatus, undulatus, margo inferior gradatim v. crebre incurvatus, dentibus pectinatis et oribus 

 prominulis glandularum marginalium immersarum; operculum 10 — 20 cm latum, cor- 

 datum v. cordato-orbiculare, apice rotundato v. emarginato, breviter crasso-pedunculato, 

 subereclum v. inclinatum, extus viridi-purpureum glabrum, intus purpureo-suffusum et 

 striatum, carina media recta v. subauriculata et glandulis multis nectariferis per super- 

 ficiem totam dispersis; calcar 15 — 25 mm longum, cylindricum attenuatum; ascidium 

 intus per totum rubrum v. rubro-brunneum nitidum glandulosum, glandulae superne 



