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CV. NEPENTHACEjE. 
[Nepenthes. 
pitchers ; the young growth more or less clothed with soft hairs, the shorter ones 
of which are usually stellate, the longer ones frequently simple. Leaves decur- 
rent and slightly stem-clasping ; petiole 2in. long winged ; lamina 8in. long and 
from 2 to nearly 3in. hroad in the middle, tapering towards each end ; midrib at 
first purplish-red, longitudinal nerves on each side of midrib usually 6 ; the 
narrow portion or stalk of pitcher about Gin., without the loop of N. Kennedy i, 
F. v. M. ; pitcher 5 to Tin. long, lfin. diameter near the top, enlarging in the 
lower half to about 2fin., with numerous prominent longitudinal nerves and 
reticulations ; anterior ribs with narrow red wings ; orifice wide and arising 
towards the spur ; peristome narrow, about 1 line broad, with numerous trans- 
verse veins ; posterior spur recurved; operculum elliptical, about 2in. long, with 
numerous various-sized circular glands on the inner surface ; inside of pitcher 
more or less spotted or stained purplish-red, glandular portion extending rather 
more than half-way up. Racemes dense, 4 to 8in. long in the males, shorter 
in the females ; male perianth of 4 oval segments, about 3 lines long, 
reflexed upon the pedicel, united and forming a cup at the base ; staminal column 
about the length of the perianth-segments, head of anthers 1 line diameter. 
Female perianth like the male, stigma sessile. Capsule coriaceous, fin. long, 
4-valved, each valve crowned by a lobe of the stigma. 
Hab.: Somerset. Cape York Peninsula, Frank L. Jardine. 
6. "Si . Eowanae (after Mrs. Rowan, a painter of Australian flowers), Bail. 
Ql. Agri. Journ. i., with plate. Stems stout, erect, 2 or 3ft. 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 llin. long, the broad centre about 1), to 
24-in. wide ; longitudinal 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 lOin. long, without a curl, straight 
and cane-like. Pitchers, "when fresh, beautifully marked with reddish-purple, 
about Gin. long, shortly and abruptly curved at the base, from which it widens 
upwards, attaining a width at the top of about 3in., prominently marked on the 
outside 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 4 lines broad, with close transverse veins ; 
operculum nearly orbicular, about 2Jin. diameter, with numerous circular glands 
on the inner surface. Glandular portion inside pitcher nearly reaching the- 
orifice. Flowers and fruit unknown. 
Hab.: Cape York, F. I.. Jardine. 
7. Alicae (After Miss Alice Jardine), Bail. Ql. Agric. Journ. iii. 356, 
FI. lx. A dwarf plant forming pitchers when only 3 or 4in. high, not exceed- 
ing a height of more than a foot [F. L. Jardine), starting from a creeping 
rhizome. Leaves numerous, sessile, and stem-clasping at the base, lamina or 
broad portion lanceolate, falcate, conduplicate, 2 to 34in. long, \ to fin. broad, 
when opened out : parallel nerves 3 or 4 on each side of costa, the naked portion 
or pitcher stalk slender, about 2 to 3in. long. Pitchers l-g to 2-fin. long, 4 to fin. 
diameter, slightly enlarging above the base, and again at the orifice, anterior ribs 
with entire wings about f-iine broad, parallel longitudinal nerves numerous, and 
as well as the reticulations rather prominent ; peristome narrow, posterior spur 
recurved, often flattened and rather long, Operculum orbicular, 8 lines diameter,, 
purple and glandular on the inner surface and glandular portion inside pitchers- 
scarcely extending half-way up. Flowers and fruits unknown. 
Hab.: Cape York Peninsula, F. L. Jardine. 
