56 J. M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



29. N. melamphora Blume, Cat. Hort. Buitenz. (1823) 114 et Mus. bot. lugd. 

 batav. IL (1852) 8 t. 1 ; Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXII. (1859) 423 et in DC. 

 Prodr. XVII. (1873) 101; Beccari, Malesia III. (1886) 13; G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. 

 Zeitg. (1895) 186; Hemsley in Cat. North Gall. Kew. ed. 4. (1886) n. 662. — N. gym- 

 namphora Reinw. in litt, ad Nees v. Esenbeck in Ann. sc. nat. III. (1824) 365, t. 19, 

 20 f. 1; Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839) 32 t. 3; Miq. PI. Jungh. (1851) 169 

 et Fl. Ind. batav. I. p. 1 (1855) 1072; Massart in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. XXXIV. 

 (1895) 253; Heinricher in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 2. V. (1906) 277. — Non 

 N. melamphora Villar in Fl. Filip. ed. 3. IV. (1880) 173 quae N. Blancoi est. — 

 Planta robusta ramosa scandens. Caulis 2 — 3 m altus X 7 — 10 mm crassus, ascen- 

 dens v. prostratus nodosus subrhizomatosus et ramos ascendentes ferens, rami prostrati 

 ad nodos radicantes et fasciculos ascidiorum circiter 5 — 10 gerentes ut in N. ampul- 

 laria, rami ascendentes obscure trigoni glabri v. sparse hirsuti. Folia ramorum prostra- 

 torum 4 — 5 cm longa X * — <,5 cm lata, sessilia, fasciculata; folia ramorum ascendentium 

 20 — 35 cm longa X 5 — 8 cm lata, remota, lanceolata v. obovata, sessilia, basim versus 

 angustata v. in petiolum breviter alatum producta, 1 / 2 — amplexicaialia, non v. raro leviter 

 decurrentia, supra glabra subtus ferrugineo-puberula demum brunneo-punctata , nervi 

 longitudinales in paria 5 rarius 4 dispositi, par intimum 9 — 12 mm a costa remotum 

 et a medio v. infra medium costae oriens, par secundum 13 — 17 mm a costa remotum 

 et a quarta inferiore costae oriens, par tertium 14,5 — 19 mm a costa, par quartum 

 15 — 20 mm a costa, par quintum 15,5 — 21 mm a costa, tria ultima a basi folii 

 orientia, nervi transversi obliqui ascendentes; cirrhus 10 — 20 cm longus piano- v. con- 

 cavo-convexus, ferrugineo-pubescens v. glaber, ascidia 8 — 16 cm longa X 2,5 — 6 cm 

 lata, semimembranacea, dimorphia, inferiora (terrestria) saepe fasciculata, ampulliformia 

 v. ovata, ferrugineo-hirsuta v. subglabra, rubro-viridia maculis magnis purpureis et 

 superficiebus irregularibus diffusis, alae ventrales 6 — 8 mm latae, longe ciliatae, os 

 obliquum, postice in collum triangulum elongatum; peristomium 6 — 15 mm latum, 

 antice cylindricum et zh angustatum, postice' ± transverse expansum et in Collum 

 sursum elongatum, crebre striatum, margine intus longe (2 — 5 mm) pectinatum; oper- 

 culum 4 — 6 cm longum X 3 — 4,5 cm latum, ovatum, basi leviter cordatum, extus 

 purpureo-maculatum et dz ferrugineo-pubescens, intus glandulis parvis magnis ovalibus 

 per medium obsitum; calcar 7 — 10 mm longum filiforme simplex v. 2 — 3-fidum, 

 pubescens; ascidium intus per quadrantem v. trientem superiorem glauco-purpureum 

 opacum et deducens, inferne nitidum glandulosum et detinens; ascidia superiora ali- 

 quanto rara, cirrhi foliorum saepissime ascidiis abortivis terminati, ascidia cylindrica v. 

 infundibuliformia, alae ventrales angustae ± ciliatae, v. ad nervös prominentes reductae, 

 os leviter obliquum in collum breve elongatum; peristomium aequale; operculum cor- 

 dato-orbiculare , 3 — 5 cm latum, intus ad duarum partium spatium glauco-purpureum 

 opacum et deducens, inferne fusco-purpureum glandulosum et detinens. Inflorescentia 

 25 — 40 cm longa, ferrugineo-hirsuta demum inferne glabra; pedunculus 10 — 25 cm 

 longus, racemus dr laxiflorus; pedicelli 12 — 2 mm longi biflori v. superne uniflori, 

 saepe bracteolati. Sepala ovalia, extus et per marginem interiorem ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosa, intus copiose glandulosa. Columna staminea sepalis aequilonga v. longior, fer- 

 rugineo-puberula demum superne glabra; antherae 8, rarius 6, uniseriatae. Ovarium 

 ovatum, breviter pedunculatum, ferrugineo-pubescens; Stigmata 4 crassa, prominentia, 

 leviter sulcata. Capsula 30 — 35 mm longa, pedunculata, parce pubescens v. hirtella, 

 valvae lanceolatae, stigmatibus leviter inclinatis obscure bilobis. Semina 1 5 mm longa, 

 gracilia attenuata. 



S. W. Malayische Provinz; Java: Mähe, in der Nähe von Solfatar Kawaspanda, 

 1500 m (Reinwardt!); auf dem Berge Pangerango bei Tapos, 1600 m (Junghuhn 

 n. 564!); im westlichen Teile von Java (Blume!, Kühl!, van Hasselt, Kort- 

 hals!); bei Tjibodas (Fleischer !, Engler n. 4844!); Pangerango bei Tjibodas, 2500 — 

 2700 m (Beccari!, Kurz!); auf dem Berge Malabar, 1200 — 2200 m (Anderson 

 n. 2 80). 



