348 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. . 
they possess other characteristics which are without parallel. The 
dilated foliaceous petiole, with its pitcher-shaped termination, — 
and its articulated lid-like lamina, are among the curiosities of 
the vegetable world. (Fig. 382.) 
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Fig. 382.—Pitcher Plants. 2 ) 
Nepenthes phyllamphora. The petiole P @ p leaves the ste™ S 
at a, and spreads into a flat leafy member, P; it then conte 
into a wiry petiole, as a, which performs a revolution, and aga” 
