ON PITCHER AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. 



627 



N. saiiguiiiea has blood-red pitchers 5in. to loin. long. It is 

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

 cylindrical pitchers gin. to i2in. long, and 3in. to 4in. in 

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

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



There are numerous garden hybrids which have been derived 



intercrossmg 



from the 

 interesting and in many 

 instances striking addi- 

 tions. The following list 

 includes only the best 

 kinds : N'.chelsoni, derived 

 from the intercrossing of 

 JV. 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 5in. 

 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. Rafflesiaiia and 

 N. Veitchii^ and combines 

 the intermediate charac- 

 teristics of the parents. 

 The pitchers are loin. to 

 compressed, and of a 

 speckled with 

 ornament. The 



of the various species. These form 



Fig. 404. — Xepenthes Xorthiana. 



long. 



sub-cylindrical and slightly 

 colour, densely spotted and 

 red-crimson. The rim is a most striking 

 furrows are yellow, the ridges crimson, inter- 



bright 



light 



12m. 

 green 



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

 indisputably the finest hybrid yet obtained. It is derived from 

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



are Sin. to 



loin. 



long, and 2in. to 3in. 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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