62 !• M - Macfarlane. — Ncpenthaceac. 



elliptica v. oblonga, inferne in petiolum gradatim v. abrupte angustata, superne in 

 cirrhum attenuata v. abrupte rotundata, juventute dense albido-tomentosa, demum sub- 

 glabra v. glabra, nervi longitudinales inconspicui, in paria 5 dispositi, par intimum 1 3 — 

 20 mm, par secundum 19 — 30 mm, par tertium 26 — 37 mm, par quartum 30 — 43 mm, 

 par quintum 31 — 46 mm a costa remotum, omnia a basi laminae orientia, nervi trans- 

 versi obscuri, obliqui, ascendentes, paralleli, 4 — 8 mm separati; cirrhus 20 — 40 cm 

 longus, glaber, fere piano- v. concavo-convexus, superne cylindricus et in basim ascidii 

 recurvatam gradatim ampliatus; ascidia 10 — 20 cm longa X 7 — 12 cm lata, dimorphia; 

 inferiora^ ampullacea v. ventricosa, juvenilia albido-tomentosa demum glabra, pallido- 

 viridia v. nitido-albida, copiose purpureo-maculata v. diffusa, alae ventrales inferne late 

 expansae, os versus aliquantö contractae, longe ciliatae, per superficiem ventralem pallido- 

 virides, dorso ut in ascidio coloratae, os obliquum ovatum, postice in collum altum 

 prolongatum; peristomium 10 — 20 mm latum, subaequale, margine exteriore revolutum, 

 interiore oblique inclinatum superficie valide et crebre striata margine interiore in dentes 

 pectinatos terminante, viridi- v. saepe db purpureo-striatum, postice sursum in lamellas 

 cum striis et dentibus deflexis parallelas productum; operculum 4 — 10 cm longum X 

 3 — 8 cm latum, ovato-oblongum , extus glabrum, intus glandulis in series duas inter 

 medium et margines dispositis obsitum ; calcar 10 — 20 mm longum, filiforme; ascidium 

 intus postice per collum triangulum glaucum ± purpureo-maculatum, opacum et dedu- 

 cens, dein nitidum glandulosum et detinens; ascidia superiora 12 — 30 cm longa X 

 4 — 10 cm lata infundibuliformia, purpureo-striata v. maculata, alae ventrales angustae, 

 leviter v. non ciliatae, vel ad nervös prominentes reductae, os antice fere transversum 

 postice in collum dz elongatum ; peristomium antice aequale, postice sursum in lamellas 

 duas cum striis et dentibus deflexis leviter divergentes productum; calcar 5 — 30 mm 

 "longum, filiforme; ascidium intus ab ore per quartana v. trientem superiorem glaucum 

 v. glauco-purpureum opacum et deducens, inferne nitidum glandulosum et detinens. 

 Inflorescentia 15 — 30 cm longa, albido-tomentosa demum subglabra; pedunculus 10 — 

 15 cm longus; racemus densiflorus, pedicelli 12 — 15 mm longi, uni- rarius biflori. 

 Sepala 4 late ovata v. elliptica, extus tomentosa intus rubra et dense glandulosa. Columna 

 staminea sepalis aequalis glabra, purpurea; antherae 16 — 20 irregulariter biseriatae. 

 Ovarium oblongum quadrangulum , albido-tomentosum; stigma peltatum 4-lobatum. 

 Capsula 2 — 4 cm longa, saepe ztr curvata, sparse tomentosa, stigmatibus late peltatis, 

 purpureis, sulcatis. Semina 15 — 20 mm longa, testa circum embryonem brunnea, in 

 alis albido-membranacea. 



S. W. Malayische Provinz; Malakka: Singapore (Jack, Wallich n. 2242!, Bec- 

 carü); auf dem Berg Ophir bei Malakka (Maingay n. 2751 !); Insel Billiton (Riedel!). 



Sumatra: Ohne Standort (Jack); Westküste von Sumatra (Korthals). 



Borneo: Auf dem Berg Kina Balu, 1000 m (Low!); ohne Standort (Lobb n. 85!). 



Bangka: >dans les Marais« (fide Miquel). 



Einheim. malay. Name: Ketakong-mendjangan. 



Nota. N. Rafflesiana var. insignis Mast, (in Gard. Chron. XVIII. (1882) 424) vix a typo 

 differt. Varietates tres infra describendae formis intermediis cum speciminibus typicis con- 

 junguntur. 



Var. ß. nigro-purpurea Mast, in Gard. Chron. XVIII. (1882) 424. — Ascidia 

 ovata, lurido-purpurea , sparse pallido- v. albido-punctata , collum aliquantö breve. — 

 Cult., loc. nat. incert. 



Var. y. nivea Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 97. — Minor, subcoriacea 

 usque coriacea, tomento niveo copioso obtecta. 



Borneo: Labuan (Motley n. 348!); ohne Standort (Barbe r n. 348!); N. Borneo 

 und Labuan (Burbidge!); Montrado in der Prov. Pontianak (Teysmann). 



Var. ö. minor Beccari, Malesia III. (1886) 11. — Glabra, innovationibus pubes- 

 centibus, ascidia superiora parva, inflato-infundibuliformia, collo valde elongato, operculo 

 late ovato. 



