Nepenthes. 55 



aequaliter denüculatus, per totam superficiem conspicue striatus; operculum 4 — 5 cm X 

 2 — 2,5 cm ovato-cordatum, herbaceum v. sub-membranaceum, margine interiore ascidii 

 multo minus, viride ad viridi-rubrum, extus glabrum v. minute puberulum, intus glan- 

 dulis circularibus irregulariter et sparse diffusis obsitum, nervi laterales in paria 3 — 4 

 dispositi; calcar 5 — 10 mm longum, truncatum; ascidium intus ab ore deorsum nitidum 

 glandulosum et detinens, inferne rubro-viride v. rubrum, glandulae superne multae, 

 minulae, profunde immersae, inferne magnae, exsertae, approximatae et ovales v. cir- 

 culares. Inflorescentia 30 — 60 cm longa, (j* longior quam Q, laxiflora, ferrugineo- 

 puberula; pedunculus 15 — 20 cm longus; pedicelli 12 — 25 mm longi, capillares, uni- 

 flori. Sepala elliptica v. obovata, extus ferrugineo-puberula intus purpurea et glandulis 

 multis minutis dispersis obsita. Columna staminea sepalis longior, basis ferrugineo- 

 puberula, superne glabra; antherae 8, uniseriatae. Ovarium breviter pedunculatum, 

 l'errugineo-pubescens. Capsula 17 — 20 mm longa, fusiformis, stipitata, sparse puberula 

 v. brunneo-nitida, valvae ellipticae lobis stigmaticis inconspicuis divergentibus. Semina 

 7 — 8 mm longa. 



Provinz der Philippinen: Insel Luzon, ohne Standort (Cuming n. 947); Piddig, 

 Balanga, Bongabong, S. Mateo (Blanco); Montalban (Loher n. 417!); Isarog, S. Mateo, 

 Siniloan, Benguet, Piddig, Balanga, Bongabong (Vidal!); Ins. Visayas (Blanco). 



28. N. Burkei Masters in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. (1889) 492 f. 69 et 566, ser. 3. 

 VIII. (1890) 184; Veitch, Hort. Veitchii (1906) 300, 486. — Aspectus ut in N. ventri- 

 cosa. Folia 20 — 25 cm longa X 3 — 3,5 cm lata, crassa, herbacea ad coriacea, lineari- 

 lanceolata, basim versus leviter angustala dein deorsum expansa, ad Y 2 — 2 A amplexi- 

 caulia, ± decurrentia, glabra et brunneo- punctata, nervi et cirrhus ut in N. ventricosa', 

 ascidia 10 — 20 cm longa X 3 — 7 cm lata, subdimorphia; inferiora cylindrica inferne 

 leviter ventricosa; superiora leviter v. satis valde prope v. supra medium constricta, 

 inferne db ventricosa, os versus leviter ampliata, glabra v. sparse pubescentia et brunneo- 

 punctata, inferne viridia v. rubro-viridia maculis rubris, superne late viridi- et rubro- 

 maculata, alae ventrales ut in JV. ventricosa, os ovatum, oblique directum ; peristomium 

 15 — 2 5 mm latum, rubrum v. obscure purpureum, margo exterior amplus, expansus, 

 reflexus, undulatus, margo interior denticulatus, superficie crebre striata; operculum 5 — 

 8 cm longum X 3 — 5 cm latum, ovato-cordatum, orificio ascidii multo majus, per super- 

 ficiem pallido-viridem, rubro- v. purpureo-maculatum, extus minute pubescens, intus 

 glandulis circularibus in duas series latere utroque lineae mediae dispositis obsitum, 

 nervi laterales 6 — 7-paria; calcar 7 — 10 mm longum; ascidium intus ad 1 / 6 — J / 2 glauco- 

 purpureum v. rubrum, opacum et deducens, inferne viridi-rubrum v. rubrum, glandu- 

 losum et detinens, glandulae ut in N. ventricosa. Inflorescentia et flores ut in proxima, 

 sed antherae 8 — 10, uniseriatae v. subbiseriatae. 



Provinz der Philippinen: Ohne Standort (Burke!); Insel Mindoro, auf dem 

 Berge Dulangan, 1600 m (Whitehead!); auf dem Berge Halcon, 1300 m (Merrill n. 

 4392!). 



Nota. Species valde affinis N. ventricosae, quacum forsan scrius speciminibus numero- 

 sioribus allatis loco varietatis bene distinctae conjungenda erit. Characteres speciei certe satis 

 multi et constantes sunt: consistentia foliorum tenuior, basis eorum saepe contracta, os ovalum 

 non ellipticum et transversum, operculum majus nervis in paria 6 — 7 (nee solum 3 — 4) dispositis, 

 ascidia maculata, peristomium fusco-purpureum, superficies deducens satis alta, antherae majores. 



Var. ß. excellens Veitch in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. XXI. (18 97) 233, Hortus 

 Veitchii (1906) 300. — Ascidia pro rata brevia, lata, rubro-viridia usque rubro-pur- 

 purea, maculis densis purpureis late diffusis, peristomium per marginem exteriorem 

 strictum undulatum. 



Ohne Standort (ex Hort. Veitch.). 



Var. y. proliflea Mast, in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII. (1890) 18*4. — Folia quam 

 in forma typica angusliora, dense congesta, ascidia copiose producta, pallido-viridia, 

 maculis parvis rubris. 



Ohne genauen Standort (ex Hort. Veitch.). 



