54 J. M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



inter se separati; cirrhus 30 — 60 cm longus X 3 — 6 mm crassus, cylindricus, in 

 basim ascidii recurvatam abrupte ampliatus, juventute dense ferrugineo-pubescens 

 demum glaber; ascidia 20 — 50 cm longa, X 4 — 7 cm lata, monomorphia, ± puberula 

 v. glabra, dimidio inferiore leviter ventricosa et coeruleo-viridia, dimidio superiore 

 cylindrica, rubra, alae ventrales 0, v. a basi sursum gradatim ampliatae et dz ciliatae, 

 os subcirculare; peristomium magnum 1,5 — 2 cm latum, obliquum, postice in Collum 

 3 — 5 cm altum elongatum, caro tinctum, superficie in lamellas transversas 6 — 8 mm 

 profundas et 4 — 8 mm inter se separatas elevata, margo exterior recurvatus, interior 

 in dentes magnos deflexus; operculum 6 — 10 cm longum X 5 — 9 cm latum, cordato- 

 ovatum v. cordato-orbiculare, extus glabrum intus glandulosum, glandulae multae, par- 

 vae, dense aggregatae; ascidium intus per dimidium superius v. profundius glauco- 

 purpureum opacum et deducens, inferne nitidum glandulosum et detinens, glandulae 

 superne parvae discretae profunde immersae, inferne magnae approximatae et sub- 

 exsertae. Inflorescentia 30 — 40 cm longa, rufo-tomentella; pedunculus 15 — 25 cm 

 longus validus; racemus =b densiflorus; pedicelli 1,5 — 2 cm longi uniflori. Flores 

 7 — 12 mm lati, tf minores quam O. Sepala elliptica v. obovata, extus ferrugineo- 

 pubescentia, intus glandulis paucis parvis mediis adspersa. Columna staminea 3 mm 

 longa , inferne ferrugineo-pubescens superne glabra ; antherae 8 — 12, uniseriatae v. 

 antheris duabus superioribus transversis. Capsula 20 — 22 mm longa X 5 mm lata, 

 fusiformis, breviter pedunculata, ferrugineo-puberula v. brunneo-nitida, valvae stigma- 

 tibus obtusis triangulis terminatae. Semina tenuia, 8 — 9 mm longa. — Fig. 16. 



S.W. Malayische Provinz; Borneo: Auf der nördlichen Seite des Berges Kina 

 Balu bis 2000 m (Low!); "on the sunny southern spur" up to 2700 m (Burbidge!); 

 auf dem Kiau-Bücken, 1500 m (Burbidge!); "spur of Kina Balu" (Spencer St. John). 

 M". Edwardsiana X villosa Burbidge. — N. Harryana Burbidge in Gard. 

 Chron. I. (1882) 56, etiam in litt, ad Hook. f. in Herb. Kew. et ad auctorem. — Ascidia 

 sparse villosa, alae ventrales elongatae, aliquanto angustae, ciliatae; magnitudine et 

 forma operculi, altitudine et spissitudine zonae deducentis intermedia. 



Borneo: "South spur of Kina Balu" about 3000 m (Burbidge!). 



Nota. Plantae duae epiphyticae ejus hybridae a Burbidge loco natali in vicinia parentis 

 utriusque lectae sunt. Cl. Burbidge characteres intermedios observavit, et nomen supra cita- 

 tum in honorem cl. Harry Veitch proposuit. Hanc sententiam auctor materiem microscope 

 scrutatus sequitur. 



27. N. ventricosa Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1. (1837) 807, ed. 2. (1845) 556, 

 ed. 3. III. (1879) 215, IV. (1880) app. 173: Blume, Mus. bot. lugd. batav. II. (1852) 

 10; Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 100; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXIII. 

 (1898) 380; Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXX. (1901) 312 cum ic. xyl. 313; 

 Veitch, Hort. Veitchii (1906) 486. — Planta terrestris v. epiphytica, humiliter scandens, 

 luteo-viridis v. viridis. Caulis 1 — 2 m altus X 7 — 9 mm crassus , cylindricus usque 

 obtuse trigonus, glaber, internodiis brevibus. Folia 1 5 — 2 5 cm longa X 2 — 3 cm lata, 

 crassa, herbacea usque subcoriacea, circum caulem approximata, sessilia, ad 2 / 3 am- 

 plexicaulia, breviter decurrentia, inferiora linearia usque lineari-lanceolata basi leviter 

 dilatata, superiora elliptico-lanceolata basim versus rb angustata, glabra, nervi longitu- 

 dinales in paria 6 raro 5 dispositi, obscurissimi, par intimum 3 — 5 mm, par secundum 

 5 — 8 mm, par tertium 7 — 11 mm, par quartum 8,5 — 13 mm, par quintum 9,5 — 

 14 mm a costa remotum, par sextum tenellum intramarginale, omnia a basi folii 

 orientia, nervi transversi obscuri, irregulariter et oblique ascendentes; cirrhus 10 — 

 20 cm longus, gracilis, fere plano-convexus, versus basim ascidii rotundatus, glaber; 

 ascidia 10 — 16 cm longa X 3 — 6 cm lata monomorphia v. subdimorphia, inferiora 

 cylindrico-ventricosa , superiora inferne valde ventricosa, in medio constricta, os versus 

 late expansa, crassa, sub-succulenta, glabra v. minute puberula, pallido- ad albido- 

 viridia, saepe rb rubro-erubescentia, alae ventrales ad nervös leviter prominentes 

 reductae, os ellipticum , transversum; peristomium 10 — 25 mm latum, rubrum v. 

 viridi-rubrum, margo externus amplus, expansus, reflexus, undulatus, margo internus 



