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NEPENTHES 



6. lanata, Masters. Here used for the 

 plant with the green pitcher and yellow 

 rim which is one of two things passing in 

 the trade as N. Veitchii. The name N. Ja- 

 nata was first used at the bottom of plate 

 261, vol. 23 of I.H., but the accompanying 

 text is headed -ZV. Veitchii, and Masters 

 declares that the text refers to JV. Veitchii 

 and not to the plant there figured. Masters 

 gave, therefore, the first description of N. 

 lanata in G. C. II. 17:178, but he fails to 

 clearly distinguish the two plants. He 

 says that N. lanata has blackish hairs on 

 the under side of the Ivs. and that the 

 rim is "ultimately reddish brown." The 

 typical JV. Veitchii (B.M. 5080) is said 

 to have "rufous" hairs on the under side 

 of the Ivs. Borneo. I.H. 23:261 (proba- 

 bly a poor picture). Gn. 17: 237 (as N. 

 Veitchii). J\T. lanata should perhaps rank 



merely as a variety of N. Veitchii. 



7. ampullaria, Jack. This and Nos. 2 

 and 12 Hooker distinguishes from all other 

 species by their inflorescence, which is 

 more or less panicled, instead of racemose. 

 Pitcher oblong, 3 in. long; lid smaller than 

 the mouth, erect or bent back. Malaya. 

 F. 8.22:2325 (copied from B. M. 5109 and 

 reversed. Var. vittata is a spotted var. 

 I.H. 24:272. Var. major also has been 

 offered. Burbidge says this is the only 

 kind that has no honey glands, but J. M, 

 Macfarlane declares that all species have 

 honey glands on the rim, though this spe- 

 cies has none on the rudimentary lid. 



8. ruf6scens, Veitch (JV. Zeylanica, var. 

 rubra x N. Courtii) . Stem reddish, closely 

 covered by broad decurrent leaf-stalks, 

 which are about 1 in. long: Ivs. 12 x 2%in. : 

 pitcher narrowly flask-shaped, 7%x2in. 

 Fresh pitcher sent by Siebrecht differs 

 from G.C. III. 4: 669 in having a very nar- 

 row green rim, higher neck and lid faintly 

 flushed red above but freely spotted 

 below. 



9. hybrida, Veitch. Lvs. 8-9x2: pitcher 

 5 in. long; mouth ovate; lid spotted; neck 

 rather high. N. Khasiana was the male 

 parent. Judging from the structtire, J. 

 M. Macfarlane thinks that ^V. gracilis was 

 the female parent. Fully described in G. 

 C. 1872:541. 



10. cylindrica,Veitch. Hybrid of N. Zey- 

 lanica, var. rubra x .ZV. Veitchii. Pitcher 

 6-8 in. long, 1-1% in. wide, pale green, 

 with a very few crimson spots, inflated be- 

 low, but perhaps not quite flask-shaped; 

 lid oblong, much spotted at least beneath ; 

 rim is shown as narrow and regularly 

 rolled back in G.C. III. 2:521, but said to 

 be frilled and somewhat dilated toward 

 the neck. 



11. laevis, Lindl. Lvs. narrow, leathery, 

 without pubescence, fringes or teeth : 

 pitcher 2-4 in. long, cylindrical but nar- 

 rower above ; wings narrow-fringed or 

 not; rim entirely without ribs (a unique 

 character, if constant). Java, Singapore. 

 G.C. 1848: 655. 



12. distillatdria, Linn. Fig. 1471. This 

 is one of the oldest names among lovers 

 of the pitcher plants, but Masters says 

 the plants cultivated under this name are 

 really N. Khasiana. JV. distillatoria is 

 one of very few species that has pani- 

 cled fls. Lvs. narrowed into a 

 broadly winged, half -clasping stalk, 

 which is scarcely or not at all decur- 

 rent; texture leathery : pitcher 4- 



6x 1-1% in., cylindrical, obscurely 

 dilated at the base, more or less 

 flushed red upwards ; lid about as 



1472. Five distinct types of Nepenthes. 



Beginning from the top they are : N. 

 villosa, Lowii, Rajah, Rafflesiana, var. 

 Hookeriana and Rafflesiana. The first 

 three belong to the famous Kina Balou 

 group. The fourth is the parent of more 

 hybrids than any other kind. 



NEPENTHES 



large as the mouth and horizontal. Ceylon. 

 P.M.4:1. L.B.C.ll: 1017. Not B.M. 2798. 

 which is N. Khasiana. 



N. Zeylanica, Rafin., is referred by Index 

 Kewensis to N. distillatoria. N. Zeylanica, 

 var. rubra, Hort., is an old garden name 

 which Veitch in G.C. Ill, 2:521 refers to N. 

 hirsuta, var. glabrescens. An abnormal form 

 of JT. Zeylanica, with 2 midribs and 2 

 pitchers from the same leaf, is shown in G. 

 C. II, 13:309. 



13. Phyllamphora, Willd. Fig. 1471. Lvs. 

 with a long winged petiole, half-clasping or 

 less; nerves numerous longitudinal; tex- 

 ture of young Ivs. membranous : pitcher 4-6 

 in. long, subcylindrical; lid about as large 

 as the mouth and horizontal. Cochin China, 

 Moluccas. The above description is from 

 Hooker, not from B.M. 2629, which, accord- 

 ing to H. J. Veitch (J. H. S. 21:232), is 

 really JV. gracilis. In R. H. 1887, p. 511, is 

 a picture labelled N. Phyllamphora, which 

 is the same thing as the one in R. H. 1861. 

 p. 173, labelled IT. distillatoria. 



14. Khasiana, Hook. Fig. 1471. Not ad- 

 vertised, but probably common in cult, un' 

 der the name of JV. distillatoria. Lvs. ses- 

 sile, clasping, shortly decurrent; nerves pin- 

 nate ; texture firm, but hardly leathery: 

 pitcher 4-7 x l%-3 in., spotted above, larger 

 than those of JV. distillatoria. Himalayas. 

 B. M. 2798 (erroneously as JV. distillatoria). 

 In B.M. 2798 the pitcher is cylindrical but 

 narrow at the bottom. J. M. Macfarlane ver- 

 ifies this description, and adds that the true 

 -ZV. Khasiana has a long, narrow pitcher 

 which is green or tinged with brick red. 



15. Burkei, Mast. This is distinguished 

 from apparently all other species by the 

 absence of wings. It has the wide rim, with 

 irregular fluted projections of JV. Veitchii. 

 Pitcher 8x2% in., oblong, but swelled in 

 the lower third. Borneo. G. C. Ill, 6:493. 

 Var. prolifica, Mast., has a more slender 

 habit, narrower Ivs., smaller and less highly 

 colored pitchers, produced in greater pro- 

 fusion. 



16. VMtchii, Hook. Fig. 1467. A splen- 

 did plant, remarkable for its extremely 

 wide rim, which sometimes attains 2 in., and 

 is often boldly scalloped at the margin in- 

 stead of being rolled neatly back. Being 

 one of the most distinct in general appear- 

 ance, it has been much used in hybridiz- 

 ing. The name has been endlessly confused. 

 It is commonly said that there are two forms 

 of 1Y. Veitchii passing in the trade one 

 with a spotted pitcher and red rim, and the 

 other with a green pitcher and yellow rim. 

 The latter is here called N. lanata. The 

 former is indisputably the true N. Veitchii, 

 since the original description of N. Veitchii 

 consists in a mere citation of B. M. 5080, 

 which, by the way, bears the erroneous 

 legend of N. villosa. B.M. 5080, therefore, is 

 the type of N. Veitchii, and that is a spotted 

 pitcher with a red rim. N. Veitchii has a 

 large hairy pitcher, attaining 10x3% in., 

 which tapers toward the base, is nowhere 

 bulged, and has an ovate mouth, surrounded 

 by a wide, high-necked rim; the lid seems 

 small in comparison. Borneo. F. M. 1877: 

 265. G.C. II, 16:781. Perhaps, also, G.C. II, 

 18:809 (as N", sanguinea). Burbidge says 

 that -ZV. Veitchii is a true epiphyte, grow- 

 ing 20-100 ft. above ground and dif- 

 fering from most, if not all, other 

 species in actually claspingthe trunks 

 and bearing its Ivs. in a 2-ranked 

 fashion. 



17. yilldsa, Hook. Fig. 1472. This 

 is distinct from all other species here 

 described by its rim, which is com- 



