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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. N. Kennedyana, 

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

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

 JV. Khasiana i^N. distillatorid) has pitchers 6in. to 7 in. long, green, 

 with purplish markings. It is a native of China. N. lanaia is a 

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

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

 N. madagascajnensis (Fig. 403) is a free-growing, most desirable 

 kind, with small distinct reddish-crimson pitchers. N. Northiaiia 

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

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



with the freedom with which it produces its elegantly-shaped 

 pitchers, readily accounts for its popularity. The pitchers are 

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



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

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

 in diameter and i2in. 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 loin. long and Sin. broad. Unfortunately, it is of 

 delicate constitution. 



crimson, while the 

 lid is green, spotted 

 with red ; when 

 mature they are 

 1 2in. to i6in. long, 

 and 3in. to 5in. 

 broad. It is a 

 native of Borneo. 



Fig. 403. — Nepenthes madagascariensis. 



N. Phy Uam- 

 ph r a (from 

 Borneo) is a dis- 

 tinct species of free 

 habit, producing 

 pitchers loin. long, 

 and of the same 

 colour as the 

 leaves. N. Raffles- 

 iana is the species 

 oftenest seen under 

 cultivation; its 

 robust constitu- 

 tion, combined 



