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ribs ; the naked portion of costa forming a curl about the 

 middle. 



N. Bernaysii. Fig. 33. — Stems short, climbing. Pitchers 

 inflated below the middle, the anterior ribs winged with distant 

 coarse ciliae or weak bristles along their margins ; naked portion 

 of costa without a curl. 



N. Jardinci. Fig. 34. — Stems not climbing. Pitchers in- 

 flated below the middle, anterior ribs with a narrow non-crested 

 wing ; naked portion of costa without a curl. 



N. Roivance. Fig. 35. — Stems stout, not climbing. Pitchers 

 enlarging from the base upwards, thus forming a wide orifice ; 

 the anterior ribs with scarcely any wing ; naked portion of costa 

 without a curl. 



N.BowancB, Bail, (n.sp.) Fig. 35. (After Mrs. PiO wan, a painter 

 of Australian flowers.) — Pitchers, when fresh, beautifully marked 

 with reddish-purple, about 6 in. long, shortly and abruptly 

 curved at the base, from which it widens upwards, attaining a 

 width at the top of about 3 in., prominently marked on the out- 

 side by oblique parallel nerves and reticulate veins ; anterior 

 ribs hard, scarcely winged, much nearer together than in N. 

 Jardinei ; orifice very wide, posterior spur flat, tomentose ; 

 peristome 3 or 1 lines broad, with close transverse veins ; oper- 

 culum nearly orbicular, about 2 J in. diameter, with numerous 

 circular glands on the inner face. 



From specimens to hand from Mr. F. L. Jardine, of 

 Somerset, I am enabled to add the following to the above 

 description. 



Stems stout, erect, 2 or 3 ft. high, hoary tomentose. Leaves 

 numerous, coriaceous, prominently decurrent upon the stem, 

 falcately recurved, tapering towards the base into a broad 

 petiole, including this tapering base or broad petiole about 

 11 in. long, the broad centre about 1^ to 2^ in. wide; longitu- 

 dinal nerves 6 on each side of costa, the cross-veins wavy but 

 not very prominent from the thickness of the lamina, the naked 

 portion of costa or stalk of pitcher somewhat flattened, 7 to 

 10 in. long, without a curl, straight and cane-like. No flowers 

 or fruit yet to hand. Hab. : Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, 

 Frank L. Jardine. 



The two specimens sent by Mr. Jardine as Nepenthes Ken- 

 nediji, in the box with N. Rowance, proved to be N. Kennedyi 



