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Nepenthes bicalcarata, the "Two-spurred Pitcher Plant,' 

 was also for the 

 first time intro- 

 duced alive, and 

 is very remark- 

 able, its pitchers 

 being armed in 

 a really formid- 

 able way, and the 

 swollen stalks of 

 its urns are per- 

 forated by a spe- 

 cies of ant in a 

 singular manner. 



Of palms a 

 beautiful species 

 of areca, having 

 gracefully arched 

 leaves and ver- 

 milion-coloured 

 sheaths, was in- 

 troduced alive, 

 as also a very 

 attractive dwarf 

 species of pin- 

 anga (/'. Veitchii, 

 H. Wend.), the 

 bifurcate fans of 

 which arc purple 

 below and glauc- 

 ous-green above, 

 blotched with 



brown. Aroids are plentiful in the shady l>ornoan forests, 

 the species in some cases being extremely local in their 



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