On the Pitchers of Dischidia rafflesiana 
(Wall.). 
BY 
D. H. SCOTT, M.A., Ph.D., F.L.S., 
Honorary Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory , Royal Gardens, Kezu, 
AND 
' ETHEL SARGANT. 
With Plates XI and XII. 
Introduction. 
T HE following extract from the Bulletin of the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, will sufficiently explain how our present 
investigation came to be undertaken 1 : 
‘ Dischidia rafflesiana. After many unsuccessful attempts 
to introduce living examples of this interesting plant, Kew 
has at last succeeded, thanks mainly to the generosity of 
Dr. Treub, the distinguished Director of the Botanic Gardens, 
Java, who sent a plant of it in a Wardian Case, two years 
ago. This plant is now established and growing freely, 
producing numerous large pitcher-like leaves, as well as the 
small normal Hoya-Yike foliage.’ The presence at Kew of 
living specimens producing pitchers afforded an excellent 
opportunity for re-investigating these curious organs, as to 
1 Bull, of Miscellaneous Information, 1892, p. 284. 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. VII. No. XXVI. June 1893.] 
