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 The following table gives the results of this examination : — 



A few pitchers were found with minute drops of water on their sides. I 

 regarded this as water condensed from transpiration vapour, and so have not 

 included such pitchers among those containing water in the above table. 

 The pitchers with water were from one-eighth to two-thirds full. I give 

 below some further details about the water containing pitchers. 



The six pitchers with water found on June 21st were all in one group 

 belonging to one plant which was on a nearly erect, decayed branch. I did 

 not notice if the pitchers were partially separated from the branch. 



The pitcher with water of July 4th was a rather young one, about one- 

 eighth full of water. There were a few ants in it, but no nest-material. 



One of the pitchers of July 11th had slightly separated from the support- 

 ing branch, so that a small pocket was formed between its base and the 

 branch ; there was a good deal of nest-material about the roots, and the 

 mouth of the pitcher had been stopped up with the same material ; there 

 were no ants, though there were plenty in the adjoining dry pitchers ; they 

 had evidently been flooded out. The other pitcher with water of this date 

 contained no nest, though there were a few ants in the dry part of the 

 pitcher. 



Of the four pitchers of July 18th one was a young one with pitcher-roots 

 not fully developed ; no ants were present, and it was about one-fifth full of 

 water. The other three pitchers were all together, and formed part of a 

 cluster which had become partially detached from the nearly vertical 

 supporting branch, so forming a pocket in which water could collect, and 

 from which it could run into the pitchers. Two of these three were young 

 and contained no roots at all ; in the third there were roots, a little nest- 



aOIENT. PKOC. R.D.S., VOL. XIII., NO. XXIV, 3 A 



