I'lTCHEn 1»LANTS, 



sago over these ^waiiips ^wliicli were occasioned 

 hy mtumttis sj)! ings of very eiK^^ti'^t fresh 

 -mdi&i^ isr^ by tlins imnkA ^tm Imi prostrate 



nil n eleariul I nit very luirrow spiiee, wliicli 

 wtuiUI, jjerliaps, Ite ralknl a patliway, ami ex- 

 tended for the distance of probalily a wile. 

 Walking oretfh^ slippery, arid dtettlMasteady 

 bridges, rendered loften liable to Jni- 

 mersion ol' our lower extremities. 



Abont tlle^^e ?:\vanips, partially ininierstd in 

 the crystal water, and partially entwining to 



t(m^ idght tHe ^Imitv in tlm vicinity, a 

 species of Nepenthes, ot Ktcher plant, the 



Monietj nianko, or Monkey-cnp, of the Malays, 

 (beeaiise tliey snj>pose those creatnrcs to use 

 them as drinking cups,) abounded ; a large 



t^hsmetisi and edlotMi«$s t^upt wxmm&^ 



the roots, as well as at certain pafte <rf iJie »t«» 



Tlir plant rose far aliove the stream, and en- 

 twined itself aronnd the trees in its vicinity, 

 even to tlie height of twelve feet. The ternii- 



insects were immersed, the cnp^^ were ornamented 

 over their snrfare with stria^, and dots of a dark 

 red colour ; sometimes those around the stems 

 wonM %ft ©olotttbss* but ifaried iw»i<mally, by 

 being greenish and small, and alsooov-ered like 



