NEPENTHES. 



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Fig. 56.— Nepenthes villosa. (Hook, f.) 



and produce leaves with prolonged midribs affording a support to 

 the plant and its inflorescence while maturing its seed. Sir Hugh 

 Low observed of ampullaria which he saw in Sarawak, that the first 

 formed leaves have no blades but only pitchers with which the 

 ground is frequently covered as with a carpet. As the plant con- 



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