72 J. M. Macfarlane. — Nepenlbaceae. 



Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 221. — Planta terrestris v. epiphytica, scandens. Caulis 1 — 3 m 

 altus X 8 — 10 mm crassus, obluse trigonus, ramosus, juvenilis tomentosus demum 

 glaber, viridis usque purpureus. Folia 10 — 30 cm longa X 2,5 — 4 cm lata, herbacea 

 v. subcoriacea, petiolata; petiolus 3 — 6 cm longus, ad y$ — x ji amplexicaulis , alatus, 

 alae gradatim in laminam sursum dilatatae, supra fere glabrae cum areis axillaribus 

 ferrugineo-hirsutis, subtus pilis dispei'sis obsitae; lamina elliptica usque lanceolata, apice 

 superficie superiore cirrhi acuminata, juvenilis fusco- usque ferrugineo-pubescens demum 

 glabra et fusco-punctata, nervi longitudinales in paria 3rarius 4 dispositi, par intimum 

 10 — 20 mm a costa remotum et oblique ab ea abiens spatio parlis terliae basis defl- 

 ciens, par'secundum 14 — 27 mm, par tertium 16 — 30 mm a costa remotum, utrumque 

 a basi laminae oriens, nervi transversi costae rectae v. zt deflexae; cirrhus 12 — 22 cm 

 longus, infra tenuis, gradatim ad basim ascidii ampliatus, dz pubescens v. glaber; 

 ascidia 8 — 20 cm longa X 2 — 5 cm lata, monomorphia v. dimorphia; inferiora cylin- 

 drico-ventricosa, superiora cylindrica, herbacea ad coriacea, albido- v. fusco- et stellato- 

 pubescentia, nervi longitudinales et transversi numerosi, alae ventrales infra nervös pro- 

 minentes formantes, sursum in laminas ciliatas expansae; os ovatum obliquum, postice 

 ± in collum breve trianguläre productum; peristomium 5 — 20 plerumque 7 — 10 mm 

 latum, cylindricum, aequale v. rarissime regione exteriore per marginem postico-lateralem 

 late expansum, postice sub operculo marginibus parallelis et approximatis, crebre striatum; 

 operculum submembranaceum, ovato- ad orbiculari-cordatum , extu# stellato-pubescens, 

 intus carina basali auriculata copiose glandulosa et glandulis multis minutis circularibus 

 nectariferis obsitum; calcar 8 — 12 mm longum filiforme; ascidium intus per totum dimi- 

 dium superius coeruleo-purpureum opacum et deducens, inferne luteo-viride ad fuscum 

 nitidum glandulosum et detinens, basim versus glandulae magnae exsertae et discretae. In- 

 florescentia 25 — 70 cm longa, tf longior quam Q; pedunculus 10 — 30 cm longus, fusco- 

 v. ferrugineo-pubescens; pedicelli 10 — 14 mm longi, interdum basim versus bracteolati, 

 uniflori. Sepala 4 — 5 mm longa, obovata, extus et margine intus tomentosa, intus 

 purpurea et glandulis multis nectariferis dispersis obsita. Columna staminea infra puberula, 

 supra glabra; antherae 8 — 10, uni- v. sub-biseriatae. Pistillum 4-carpellatum ; ovarium 

 albido- ad ferrugineo-tomentosum ; stigmata 4 triangula, sulcata. Capsula 20 — 25 mm 

 longa, fusiformis, nitida, punctata v. sparse pubescens. Semina 12 — 14 mm longa; 

 testa circum embryonem undulata. 



Provinz der Philippinen: "Often abundant and forming thickets by streams" bis 

 zu 1000 m auf dem Berg Mariveles in Luzon (Williams!), und bis 2 400 m auf dem 

 Berg Apo in Südost-Mindanao (Williams); Ins. Luzon: Vintar (Blanco); Tonglon 

 (Loher n. 415!); Dupax in Prov. Nueva Vircaya (Vidal n. 3 944!); Lampola (Warburg 

 n. 13 119); auf dem Bex'g Mariveles in der Prov. Bataan (Vidal, Meyer n. 2 211!, 

 Merrill n. 3229!, 518l!, Eimer n. 5854!, 7022!, Borden n. 1375! Whitford 

 n. 419!, Williams n. 402.!, 664!); auf dem Berg Isarog (Vidal); Prov. Albay (Cuming 

 n. 947!); Tinnan Fluss in Prov. Infanta (Whitford n. 805!); Baguis (Merrill n. 4 655!, 

 Topping n. 76, Curran n. 4 832!); Lueban (Eimer n. 5 854!); Trinidad (Williams 

 n. 1012!); Benguet (Loher n. 416!); Ins. Panay (Cuming n. 1682!); Ins. Bohol 

 Cuming n. 1812!); Ins. Mindanao, Bogobo auf dem Berg Apo (Williams n. 2 560!); 

 Surigao (Bolster n. 258!, 270!). 



Einheim. Namen: » Bat-batidor, Cadung, Igorrote, Tumahaha« (Vidal); 

 » Inomangcalao« (Borden). 



Var. ß. ecristata Macfarlane var. nov. — Carina operculi reducta v. 0, glandulae 

 operculi paucae, mediocres usque magnae, irregulariter dispersae. 



Mindanao: Prov. Misamis, auf dem Berg Malindang (Mearns u. Hutchinson 

 n. 4632!). 



Var. y. biflora Macfarlane var. nov. — Glandulae operculi in medio parvae similes, 

 marginem versus magnae et irregulariter dispersae. Pedicelli 2- rarissime 1-flori. 



Negros: Westl. Prov. Negros, auf dem Berg Selay (Whitford n. 1537!). 



