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the plants be syringed every day with tepid water, and the powerful rays of 
the sun be broken by the shadow of some other plants. One in a similar 
situation at Chats worth is upwards of four feet high, and bears pitchers of a very 
large size. 
The next plant in order is the Cephalotus follicularis , or New Holland Pitcher 
Plant. The root is a perennial belonging to the natural order Rosacea, according 
to Dr. Hooker, although Dr. Lindley places it doubtfully under Sanguisorbea, in 
his “ Introduction to the Natural System.” This plant is remarkable for the 
presence of flat leaves ( d ) of an elliptical form amongst the pitchers (a, e). The 
form of these last are ovate, of a green colour, tinged with purple, and beautifully 
fringed with hairs. The inside, which contains sweetish watery fluid, and entraps 
many insects, especially ants, is dark purple. The mouth is contracted, and crested 
with rings of dark purple. In regard to the organisation and position of its pitchers, 
the plant may be compared to the Sarracenia. M. Labillardiere discovered it in 
Leuin’s Land, and figured and described it in his specimens of the plants of New 
Holland. Mr. Browne, during his voyage with Captain Flinders, detected it on 
nearly the same line of coast, viz. in the neighbourhood of King George’s 
Sound. 
Not being in possession of this plant, we are unable to speak from experience, 
and have copied from Dr. Hooker, in the Botanical Magazine, what is stated above, 
in which work it is beautifully figured, fol. 3119. Several trees and climbing plants 
have similar appendages attached to the leaves, but are entirely destitute of the 
lid. For instance, in the species of Dischidia , which nre climbing plants, the 
pitchers are in the form of bags of a greenish colour, and hang in bunches from 
