58 J- M. Macfarlane. — Nepenthaceae. 



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

 glandulosum, glandulae profunde immersae. Flores et fructus ignoti. 



Austr.-malayisehe Provinz; Cape York Peninsula in N. 0. Australien (F. L. 

 Jardine!). 



32. N. neglecta Macfarlane ex Icon. Beccarii. — Caulis 4 — 6 mm crassus, elon- 

 gatus, trigonus, anguli a marginibus folii superioris continui, superne ± pubescens, 

 juvenilis fusco-tomentosus. Folia superiora (solum visa) 18 — 25 cm longa X 3 — 4 cm 

 lata, sessilia, ad y 2 v. 2 / 3 amplexicaulia, non decurrentia, obovato-lanceolata, apice 

 in cirrhum attenuata, supra glabra, costa excepta quae dz fusco-pubescens est, subtus 

 fere glabra v. per costam sparse puberula, nervi longitudinales in paria 6 rarius 5 

 dispositi, par intimum 5 — 8 mm, par secundum 8 — 13 mm, par tertium 10 — 15 mm 

 a costa remotum, paria cetera proportione decrescente, nervi transversi sinuosi et oblique 

 ascendentes; cirrhus 15 — 2 cm longus, inferne gracilis, gradatim in basim ascidii re- 

 curvatam ampliatus; ascidium 10 — 12 cm longum X 2,5 — 3 cm latum, subcylindricum, 

 gradatim a basi ad os obliquum ovalum ampliatum, inferne sparse puberulum, os versus 

 fusco- v. ferrugineo-tomentosum evadens, alae ventrales angustae non ciliatae v. ad 

 nervös prominentes reductae, os circulare v. subovatum, transversum v. dr obliquum, 

 postice in Collum triangulum elongatum; peristomium 2 — 3 mm latum, cylindricum, 

 crebre striatum, margo incurvatus denticulatus ; operculum 3 — 3,5 cm latum orbiculare, 

 extus glabrum basim versus ± ferrugineo-pubescens, intus glabrum glandulis paucis 

 magnis irregulariter dispersis, exsertis v. perithecioideis; calcar 4 — 5 mm longum, ferru- 

 gineo-pubescens; ascidium intus per partem octavam v. sextam glauco-purpureum opacum 

 et deducens, inferne nitidum detinens et (quod solum in hac specie occurrit) supra non 

 glandulosum, dein glandulis paucis parvis et irregulariter dispersis obsitum, basim versus 

 glandulis magnis remotis et immersis instructum. Flores et fructus ignoti. 



S. W. Malayische Provinz; Borneo: Labuan (Low!, Burbidge!). 



Nota. Cujus speciei characteres distincti mihi a cl. Beccari primum communicati erant, 

 qui figuram paravit nominatam. Mihi benigne permisit ut et specimina eius et figuras scrutatus 

 hanc descriptionem pararcm. 



33. N. gracilis Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839) 22 t. 1 et t. 4 f. 1 — 38; 

 Spach, Hist. nat. des veg. XIII. (1846) 32 5, pl. 144; Miq. Fl. Ind. batav. I. p. 1 

 (1855) 1071; Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXII. (1859) 422; Masters in Gard. Chron. 

 (1872) 542", Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 104; Burbidge, Gard. of Sun (1880) 

 122; Beccari, Malesia III. (1886) 14; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1890) 71; G. Beck in 

 Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 190. — N. Korthalsiana Miq. 1. c. 1071, Suppl. 151, 

 366, et 111. Fl. Arch. Ind. (1871) 2 pl. 1. — N. laevis Lindl. in Gard. Chron. (1848) 

 655. — Planta gracilis, diffuse ramosa, breviter scandens. Caulis 2 — 3 m altus X 3 — 6 mm 

 crassus, erectus v. rarius prostratus, nodosus et ramos ascendentes producens, trigonus 

 v. triangulus, viridis usque purpureus, glaber. Folia 10 — 20 cm longa X 1,5 — 4 cm 

 lata, sessilia, linearia v. elliptica, basi ad 2 / 3 — 3 /4 amplexicauli, leviter v. profunde 

 decurrente attenuata, herbacea v. sub-coriacea, lucido-viridia juventute glabra v. dz pubes- 

 centia, nervi longitudinales in paria 5 — 7 saepe dispositi, par intimum 4 — 7 mm, 

 par secundum 6 — 1 1 mm, par tertium 7,5 — 13 mm, par quartum 8,ö — 14 mm a costa 

 remotum, paria cetera proportione decrescente, par intimum a costa basim versus oriens, 

 cetera a basi folii orientia, nervi transversi irregulariter ascendentes; cirrhus 6 — 10 cm 

 longus, gracilis, versus basim ascidii recurvatam leviter ampliatus; ascidia 6 — 12 cm 

 longa X 1 — 3 cm lata, lucido- v. pallido-viridia, extus et intus ± purpureo-maculata, 

 glabra v. minute punctata sub peristomio tomentosa, subdimorphia ; inferiora cylindrica 

 inferne ventricosa, alae ventrales expansae ciliatae v. o; superiora cylindrica v. inferne 

 leviter ventricosa, alae ventrales angustae ciliatae v. ad nervös prominentes non ciliatos 

 reductae, os circulare postice vix elongatum; peristomium 1,5 — 3 mm latum, cylindricum 

 aequale, margo interior breviter denticulatus, superficie delicate striata; operculum 1 — 2,5 cm 

 latum, cordato-orbiculare, extus fusco-punctatum, glabrum, intus glandulis paucis magnis 

 perithecioideis diffusis v. glandulis multis parvis immersis instructum; calcar 1 — 6 mm 



