PITCKER PLANTS. 



tlio:^c at tlio cxtrciuity uf tlic leaf, with dark-reU 



sp<us. I eollectect mmiei^ ^ecimens of tMs 

 cusioijt^ Slid Clit^ciSttiig piimt^ 



The coinitry had generally m undnUiting 



rharacter, aiul our jjerro-riiiations ext{Mi(KMl iiitu 

 dense forests, in which, among the larger 

 ptoduction^ Df {&e v^t^I^ kmg^auL} small, 

 deliea*e fmm were oftsm almndsEntly ^eafi, ^^y- 

 ing the luxury of shade and moisture. 1"i)ot» 

 extensive cleared tracts, covi'rf'd liy (Jamhir, 

 Pepper, and other plantations, tlie neat liahita- 

 iim^^f the phintei^, sarroimded hy fmit-lreos 

 md MwmMg sktvib^ hrm&i a pleasmg vaiiety^ 

 from the grand and nnignificent wildnes-; of 

 nature, to the innre enltivatcd improvements of 

 art — heautitul in contrast. 



fine duili^ thse fii"st pan tine iay, -we ejqj©- 



rieuced % lieavy shower of raim, whiclj thi*. 

 Malays aerounted for hy my liaviuo; uatln'n'd 

 and carried in my hand a large quantity of the 

 Nepenthes, or Pitcher plants, which, they said 

 had o^eaMdined rain to fell . * 



* lluiHiiliius says that the natives of Aniboyua were un- 

 wHlhig tfv^'og^ fiim npeeUatm ttf tlie plants ^roiiL#e namm^ 



tains, froin iIr- full jteistiaslnn, that if iIil- app'eiHjiagies W^ve 

 gathered ami ennitietl of water^ heavy rain woM|3t 0ltejltt»ke 

 them tMf feti&a* In cdataiit^^ witit tiie s&m he^ 



