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cans ’ they, by a change of function and by the aid of ants, 
became ‘ flower-pots.’ 
And there is a sequel to the story scarcely less interesting. 
Looking through the descriptions of Dischidia in the Flora 
of British India, I came on that of D . complex based on a note 
of Griffith, which no one seems to have taken the trouble 
either to investigate or confirm. What excited my curiosity 
was that in this species a second pitcher is described internal 
to the primary one. This seemed to me so extraordinary 
that finding Griffith’s solitary and imperfect specimen in the 
Kew Herbarium I ventured to take some liberties with it. 
The result seemed to me so surprising that I have asked 
Mr. H. H. W. Pearson to work out the promising problem 
which it presents. 
