48 J. M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



internodiis inferne brevibus, superne ad 7 cm longis, juventute pubescens, demum 

 glaber. Folia 6 — 20 cm longa X 2,5 — 4,5 cm lata, sessilia, ad 2 / ä — 3 / 4 amplexicaulia, 

 coriacea, elliptico-lanceolata, basi cordata non v. breviter decurrentia, apice in cirrhum 

 gradatim angustata, supra glabra, subtus per costam glabra v. sparse pilosa, juventute 

 basim versus et apice rufo-pilosa, nervi longitudinales in paria 4 rarius 3 v. 5 dispositi, 

 omnia a basi orientia, par intimum 6 — 10 mm, par secundum 10 — 16 mm, par 

 tertium 13 — 20 mm, par quarlum 14 — 22 mm a costa remotum, nervi transversi 

 obscuri versus costam rectangulares v. oblique ascendentes, irregulariter reticulati et areo- 

 lati; cirrhus 15 — 25 cm longus X 1 — 2 mm crassus, proximaliter piano- v. concavo- 

 convexus, superne gradatim ampliatus et in basim recurvatam ascidii ± abrupte expansus; 

 ascidia 10 — 20 cm longa X 3 — 9 cm lata, monomorphia v. subdimorphia; inferiora 

 cylindrico-ventricosa, alae ventrales angustae ciliatae v. obscure dentatae; superiora 

 cylindrica, alae ventrales ad nervös prominentes reductae, juventute rufo-pubescentia 

 demum glabra, zonis densis pubescentibus sub peristomio instructa, viridia rubro- 

 maculata v. per totum lurido-rubra, os circulare obliquum, postice in collum triangulum 

 ± elongatum; peristomium 4 — 12 mm latum, antice cylindricum, latere postico late 

 expansum, superflcie valide et aliquanto remote striatum, margine interiore denticulatum ; 

 operculum ovato-cordatum v. orbiculare, extus glabrum, intus glandulis multis circularibus 

 ±: inaequaliter dispersis obsitum; calcar 2 — 3 mm longum, planum, obtusum; ascidium 

 intus per dimidium superius glauco-purpureum opacum et deducens, inferne nitidum 

 glandulosum et detinens, glandulae magnae circulares et remotae. Inflorescentia 10 — 

 25 cm longa, saepe 2 v. 3 ex axillis bractearum adjacentium Orientes; pedunculus 5 — 7 cm 

 longus, saepe curvatus, glaber v. puberulus etpunctatus; racemus sublaxiflorus ; pedicelli 8 — 

 1 2 mm longi, pubescentes uni- rarius bi-flori, saepe medium versus bracteolati. Flores 

 6 — 9 mm diametro. Sepala 4 ovata, extus glabra v. basi sparse pubescentia, margine dense 

 tomentosa, intus glandulis multis ovalibus instructa. Columna staminea sepalis longior, 

 glabra; antherae 10 — 12, uni- v. subbiseriatae. Capsula 15 — 20 mm longa X 5 mm lata, 

 brunnea, nitida, puberula, v. punctata, valvae lanceolatae, per medium leviter sulcatae, lobi 

 stigmatici crassi, sulcati. Semina 12 — 15 mm longa, testa circum embryonem undulata. 



S. W. Malayische Provinz; Sumatra: Auf dem Berg Singalang, 2880 m (ßec- 

 cari n. 187!); auf dem Berg Besagi bei Lampong, 2000 — 2200 m (Forbes n. 1883!, 

 n. 2077!). 



Malakka: Auf dem Berge GunongTahan im Staate Pabang, 1 500 m (Bobin son-Wray 

 n. 541 1! vergl. Bidley in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVIII. (1908) 320, sub nom. N. Bongso). 



Nota. Haec species N. Bongso est magis affinis quam N. sangnineae, ut cl. Beccari et 

 Beck putant. A N. sanguinea facile distinguenda est glandulis operculis, inflorescentia et 

 capsulis brevibus latis. A N. Bongso differt foliis non peltatis, alis latioribus et columna sta- 

 minea glabra. 



20. N. Vieillardii Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 104; Zahlbruckner in 

 Ann. K. K. Nat. Hofmus. III. (1888)271; G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 

 190; Veitch in Journ. Boy. Hort. Soc. XXI. (1897) 236; Dubard in Bull. Mus. d'Hist. 

 nat. XII. (1906) 62. — Planta robusta erecta sarmentosa v. scandens. Caulis 1 m et 

 ultra altus X 6 — 8 mm crassus, obtuse trigonus, glaber, longitudinaliter polite striatus. 

 Folia 10 — 30 cm longa X 2,5 — 5 cm lata, coriacea, sessilia v. subpetiolata, semiam- 

 plexicaulia, ad 7 — 20 mm decurrentia, lanceolata, apice acuta v. subobtusa, in cirrhum 

 attenuata, juvenilia villosa v. hirsuta, demum glabra v. subtus per costam sparse villosa, 

 nervi longitudinales in paria 4 v. 5 dispositi, obscuri, omnes a basi folii Orientes v. par 

 intimum a triente inferiore costae, par intimum 6 — 10 mm, par secundum 8— 15 mm, 

 par tertium 9,5 — 18 mm, par quartum 11 — 21 mm, par quintum 12 — 2 3 mm a costa 

 remotum, nervi transversi valde obscuri oblique ascendentes et paralleli; cirrhus 15 — 

 30 cm longus versus basim ascidii leviter ampliatus, sparse villosus usque glaber; 

 ascidia 10 — 15 cm longa X 2,5 — 4 cm lata, juventute dense albido- v. ferrugineo- 

 pubescentia demum glabra, valde reticulato-nervosa, dimorphia v. subtrimorphia ; inferiora 

 ampulliformia v. ventricosa, alae ventrales plerumque ad nervös prominentes inferne reductae 



