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numerous ribs and tooth-like lobings, is wholly of sanguineous 

 red, while the broad, undulated lid is much freckled with red 

 on a yellow-green ground. 



JV. Hookeriana is one of the best known kinds, and possesses 

 a good constitution and pitchers freely. The colour is .green, 

 spotted with red. It is a native of Sarawak. JV. Kennedyana, 

 from Northern Australia, is a pretty species, with pitchers 5in. 

 long, elongated-cylindrical in form, and of a reddish colour. 

 JV. Khasiana (JV. distillatoria) has pitchers 6in. to 7in. long, green, 

 with purplish markings. It is a native of China. JV. lanata is a 

 distinct and pretty species, but very rare. The pitchers are 

 about 6in. long, and greenish-yellow. It is a native of Borneo. 

 JV. madagascariensis (Fig. 403) is a free-growing, most desirable 

 kind, with small distinct reddish-crimson pitchers. JV. Northiana 

 (Fig. 404) is one of the finest Nepenthes in cultivation. The 

 flask-shaped pitchers are reddish-green, striped and spotted with 



crimson, while the 

 lid is green, spotted 

 with red ; when 

 mature they are 

 i2in. to i6in. long, 

 and 3m. to 5in. 

 broad. It is a 

 native of Borneo. 

 JV. Phyllam- 

 phor a (from 

 Borneo) is a dis- 

 tinct species of free 

 habit, producing 

 pitchers ioin. long, 

 and of the same 

 colour as the 

 leaves. JV. Raffles- 

 iana is the species 

 oftenest seen under 

 cultivation; its 

 robust constitu- 

 tion, combined 

 with the freedom with which it produces its elegantly-shaped 

 pitchers, readily accounts for its popularity. The pitchers are 

 5in. to 6in. long, green, spotted with red. 



JV. Rajah (from Borneo) is probably the grandest of all the 

 species of Nepenthes. The broad, ampullaceous pitcher is 6in. 

 in diameter and 12m. long. It has two fimbriated wings in 

 front, is covered with long rusty hairs above, and studded with 

 glands within; the margin is scalloped into bold undulations. 

 The lid is ioin. long and 8in. broad. Unfortunately, it is of 

 delicate constitution. 



Fig. 403. — Nepenthes madagascariensis. 



