74 J« M. Macfarlane. — IS'epenthaceae. 



55. N. stenophylla Masters in Gard. Chron. s. 3. VIII. (1890) 240, XI. (1892) 

 402 cum icon. 58, 401; G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 224; Veitch, 

 Hort. Veitchii (1906) 303, 486. — Planta gracilis, ramosa, scandens. Caulis 2 — 3 m 

 longus X 3 — 6 mm crassus, cjlindricus, glaber, minute fusco-punctatus, internodiis 

 inferne brevibus, superne 2 — 3 cm longis. Folia 15—25 cm longa X 2 — 3,5 cm lata, 

 subcoriacea, petiolata; petiolus 3 — 6 cm longus alatus, alae a basi laminae deorsum 

 gradatim angustatae et verticaliter directae, basim versus leviter expansae et ad 1 / i — y a 

 amplexicaules ; lamina lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata, inferne in alas petiolares et 

 superne in cirrhum attenuata, supra glabra subtus fusco-punctata et sparse puberula, 

 marginibus leviter ciliatis, nervi longitudinales in paria 3 dispositi, omnes a basi folii 

 Orientes, par intimum 6 — 8 mm, par secundum 8 — 11 mm, par tertium 8,5 — 10 mm 

 a costa remotum, nervi transversi valde obscuri, irregulariter ascendentes et reticulati; 

 cirrhus 10 — 20 cm longus, gracilis, concavo-convexus, sursum leviter ampliatus, in basim 

 ascidii abrupte expansus, =b fusco-punctatus et puberulus; ascidia 8 — 15 cm longa 

 X 1,5 — 2,5 cm lata, tubulosa, inferne dz ventricosa, medium versus angustata, dein 

 sursum in os obliquum expansa, pallido-viridia maculis et areolis purpureis diffusis, dr 

 fusco-puberula, alae ventrales inferne in nervös reductae, medium versus gradatim ex- 

 pansae non ciliatae, superne 2 — 3 mm latae et sub peristomio abrupte rotundatae et 

 ciliatae, os 2 — 5 cm X 1 — 2,5 cm ovato-elongalum admodum obliquum; peristomium 

 5 — 7 mm latum, valde obliquum, cylindricum, antice quam postice angustius, marginibus 

 sub operculo appositis, crebre striatum, rubrum; operculum 2 — 3 cm longum X 1,5 — 

 2,5 cm latum, ovato-cordatum , extus fusco-puberulum et punctatum, intus ad basim 

 carina media levi et glandulis multis parvis circularibus dispersis obsitum; calcar 7 — 

 10 mm longum, puberulum, filiforme; ascidium intus per dimidium v. duas partes 

 superiores glauco-purpureum v. purpureo-maculatum , opacum et deducens, inferne niti- 

 dum glandulosum et detinens, glandulae copiosae, discretae, expositae. Flores et 

 fructus ignoti. 



S. W. Malayische Provinz; Borneo (Curtis ex hört. Veitch!). 



56. N. maxima Reinw. in litt, ad Nees v. Esenbeck in Ann. sc. nat. III. (182 4) 

 369 t. 20, f. 2; Blume, Mus. bot. lugd. batav. II. (1852) 8; Miq. Fl. Ind. batav. I. 

 p. 1 (1855) 1075; Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 105; Beccari, Malesia III. 

 (1886) 9 ex parte. — JSf. Celebica Hook. f. in DC. Prodr. XVII. (1873) 100. — X 

 Curtisii Mast, in Gard. Chron. II. (1887) 681,. 689 f. 133; Hook. f. in Bot. Magaz. 

 (1891) t. 7138; Masters in Illustr. Hort. XXXV. (1888) 65 t. 59, et in Gard. 

 Chron. II. (1889) 661 f. 90. — N. fallax G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 

 191. — Planta saepe robusta alte scandens. Caulis 6 — 10 m altus X 10 — 12 mm 

 crassus, juvenilis fulvo- v. ferrugineo-pubescens, demum sparse pubescens v. glaber. 

 Folia 18 — 40 cm longa X 5 — 8 cm lata, sub-coriacea v. coriacea, petiolata; petiolus 

 4 — 10 cm longus, alatus, alae verticales medio angustatae, basim versus gradatim 

 ampliatae, divergentes, ad !/ 2 — 2 /3 amplexicaules, basi non v. leviter decurrentes, in 

 laminam sursum aliquanto abrupte ampliatae, marginibus fusco-ciliatis; lamina elliptica 

 v. oblongo-lanceolata, lucido-viridis v. luteo-viridis, supra glabra, subtus juventute stel- 

 lato-pubescens demum fusco-punctata, costa supra dense hirsuta demum glabra, subtus 

 ferrugineo-puberula, marginibus db ferrugineo-ciliatis, apice acuminata, rotundata, v. rb 

 peltata, nervi longitudinales obscuri, in dimidio superiore laminae in paria 3 dispositi, 

 par intimum 22 — 30 mm, par secundum 27 — 38 mm, par tertium 28 — 40 mm a costa 

 remotum, omnes inferne oblique in costam vergentes, v. nervi omnes a costa oblique 

 Orientes et irregulariter nervis transversis conjuncti; cirrhus 15 — 25 cm longus, sparse 

 hirsutus et stellato-pubescens, sursum in basim ascidii recurvatam gradatim ampliatus; 

 ascidia 10 — 25 cm longa, X 3 — 5 cm lata, dimorphia v. trimorphia; inferiora inferne 

 ventricosa superne cylindrica, alae ventrales basi v. angustae dein abrupte ampliatae, 

 ciliatae et ad os continuatae ; ascidia intermedia cylindrica, alae ventrales angustatae 

 non v. vix ciliatae; ascidia superiora infundibuliformia, alae ventrales ad nervös pro- 

 minentes reductae, ascidia ongnia luteo- v. pallido-viridia, diffuse maculis et areolis 



