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duces pitchers of a bright red colour, and is of very free 

 growth. It is at present very rare in collections. 



N. sanguinea. — This is an extremely rare plant in culti- 

 vation, and, as far as we are aware, it is far from common 

 in its native habitat, or at least it has rarely been found 

 by plant collectors. The leaves are dark green, but the 

 pitchers are it chief attraction, being from five to ten 

 inches in length, and of a deep blood red colour. It is a 

 native of Java ? 



N. Sedeni. — This is a garden hybrid, having been ob- 

 tained from seed in this country, N". disHllatoria being one 

 of the parents, the habit of which this plant seems to bear. 

 It is a free-growing variety, and produces pitchers very 

 freely : these are medium sized, light green, profusely 

 blotched and freckled with brownish crimson. It is a very 

 desirable addition to this curious and interesting genus of 

 plants. 



N. villosa, — This is a rare plant in cultivation, of robust 

 habit, producing broad somewhat spathulate leaves of a 

 dark ferrugineous green. The pitchers are from ten to , 

 twelve inches long, dull green, faintly blotched with red- 

 ^dish brown, winged in front, the wings deeply lacerated at 

 the edges. The annular disc of the mouth is very broad, 

 and reddish pink in colour. Lid small, rusty green, 

 blotched with reddish brown. It is found growing in 

 swampy places on the mountain of Kina Balou, Borneo, 

 at 8,000 and 9,000 feet altitude. 



NiDDLAElUM. 



A genus of short-stemmed plants, belonging to the 

 order BromeliacecB, and nearly allied to Billbergia. The 

 name is derived from "nidus," a nest, from the circum- 

 stance of their flowers being produced low down in the 



