NOTES 
THE DOUBLE PITCHERS OF DISCHIDIA SHELFORDII, 
sp. nov.— -A previous paper contained an imperfect account, founded 
upon herbarium material, of the double pitchers of four species of 
Dischidia, viz. D. complex from Malacca, the Phillippine D. pectenoides , 
and two undescribed Bornean species 1 . 
Mr. R. Shelford, M.A., Curator of the Sarawak Museum, has been 
so kind as to interest himself in the subject, and as a result of his 
endeavours complete herbarium material, as well as spirit specimens 
of a double-pitchered species from Kuching, have been received at 
Kew. These belong to a species not hitherto described, and are 
identical with Haviland’s specimen from the Kuching Lake, bearing 
the number 2015 2 . Upon these specimens is founded the description 
of the species which I have the pleasure of naming after Mr. Shelford, 
who has been the first to send to me the material which rendered 
a knowledge of the species possible. 
Dischidia Shelfordii, sp. nov. Planta epiphyta, volubilis, glabra. 
Folia normalia pauca, opposita, breviter petiolata, late triangularia 
vel suborbiculare, basi truncata, apice rotundata vel breviter apiculata, 
crassiuscula, arete nervata, L-J in. long. Ascidium maturum brevissime 
petiolatum, videtur solitarium in nodo, \\ poll, longum, 1 poll, 
latum, -J poll, crassum ; exterius late reniforme, colore lurido-purpureo 
suffusum, venis ramosis purpureis instructum (speciminibus in vini spiritu 
conservatis), apice invaginante introrsum et formante ascidium interius 
parvum. Cymae capituliformes, terminales in ramis axillaribus, 3-6- 
florae. Flores albidi (?), pedicellis brevissimis glabris crassiusculis 
suffulti. Calyx alte 5-lobatus ; lobi membranacei, oblongi, apice 
rotundati, carinati, glaberrimi, persistentes, circ. poll, longi. 
Corollae tubus urceolatus, quinquangularis, glaber, circ. 1 lin. longus ; 
lobi lanceolati, acuti, sub anthesin erecti, glabri, marginibus crassis, 
1 Pearson, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot., xxxv, 1902 ; pp. 375-390, with Plate IX. 
2 Pearson, loc. cit., 376 (and footnote), 378, 379. 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. XVII. No. LXVII. June, 1903 ] 
