ON PITCHER AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 



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N. sanguinea has blood-red pitchers sin. to ioin. long. It is 

 a very rare species. IV. Veitchii is a most distinct species, with 

 cylindrical pitchers 9m. to 12m. long, and 3m. to 4m. in 

 diameter; they are of a light green colour, shaded with brown, 

 and covered with minute woolly hairs. It is a native of Borneo. 



There are numerous garden hybrids which have been derived 

 from the intercrossing of the various species. These form 

 interesting and in many 

 instances striking addi- 

 tions. The following list 

 includes only the best 

 kinds: N.chelsoni, derived 

 from the intercrossing of 

 N. Dominiana and N. 

 Hookeriana, has the inter- 

 mediate^ characters of the 

 parents, and is free-grow- 

 ing and most desirable. 

 The pitchers are of good 

 shape and substance, deep 

 green, heavily blotched 

 and spotted with reddish- 

 brown. N. Courtii is 

 a remarkably handsome 

 hybrid, with pitchers sin. 

 long and 2^in. in dia- 

 meter, cylindrical, pale 

 greyish-green in colour, 

 heavily spotted with red- 

 dish-brown. N. Dickson- 

 iana is of recent intro- 

 duction, and is derived 

 from the intercrossing 

 of N. Rafflesiana and 

 N. Veitchii, and combines 

 the intermediate charac- 

 teristics of the parents. 

 The pitchers are ioin. to i2in. long, sub-cylindrical and slightly 

 compressed, and of a light green colour, densely spotted and 

 speckled with bright red-crimson. The rim is a most striking 

 ornament. The furrows are yellow, the ridges crimson, inter- 

 rupted at intervals by deep red bands. N. Mastersiana is 

 indisputably the finest hybrid yet obtained. It is derived from 

 the intercrossing of N. sanguinea and N. Khasiana. The pitchers 

 are 8in. to ioin. long, and 2in. to 3m. broad. The colour is a 

 deep blood-red, with some spottings of a darker colour ; they are 

 cylindrical, slightly distended below, and contracted above the 

 middle. This is quite distinct from every other Nepenthes in 



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Fig. 404. — Nepenthes Northiana. 



