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CXIV. NEPENTHACEiE. 
(7) N. Macfarlanei Hemsl. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1905, 12; Ic. PL 
2814, 2815; Macfarlane, l.c. 284. (Fig. 138, p. 23). 
A stout climber but often dwarf and epiphytic, red hairy when 
young. Leaves oblong, 5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide, sessile, half 
amplexicaul; lower pitchers ventricose, 8 in. long, 3 in. or more 
through, wings low ciliate, apple green, or spotted red to deep 
red, peristome broad running up to a point behind strongly 
spiny, ridges numerous; lid oblong-ovate, rounded, 2-5 to 3 in. 
long, 2 to 3 in. wide, hairy; upper pitchers cylindric not ventricose, 
smaller. Racemes 5 to 10 in. long, dense, very many-flowered, 
red hairy. Flowers orange or red, 1 to 3 on a pedicel, hairy. 
Sepals *2 in. across, broad hairy. Stamen-column very short. 
Capsule dilate in centre, narrowed to both ends, 1 in. long. Hab. 
Mountain at 4000 ft. altitude, often terrestrial, the pitchers embedded 
in moss, Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Semangkok at 4000 ft. 
altitude. Perak, Gunong Bubu (Murton, Wray); Gunong Batu 
Putih (Wray); Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). A beautiful species, 
easily recognised by its hairy lid. 
(8) N. gracilis Korth , Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 22, t. 1; Mac¬ 
farlane, l.c. 285. 
Slender climber; stem green and purple. Leaves linear to elliptic, 
herbaceous, sessile decurrent shortly acute, 5 in. long, 1 in. wide; 
tendrils slender, 3 in. long; pitchers usually pale green sometimes 
reddish, cylindric, rather narrow, lower ones somewhat ventricose, 
upper narrow; wings occasionally shortly ciliate, usually not winged, 
3-5 in. long, 1 in. through; peristome very narrow and finely in¬ 
conspicuously ridged shortly narrowed to lid; lid orbicular with 
large glands near the base. Inflorescence 6 to 8 in. long; pedicels 
1- (rarely 2-)flowered. Sepals tomentose outside. Staminal column 
shorter. Capsule thick, 1-25 in. long, long-narrowed to base, 
shortly to top. Hab. Common in thickets, low country, Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Holland Road; Changi. Johor, Tebing Tinggi. 
Malacca (Jack); Ayer Panas (Griffith); Bukit Bruang (Curtis). 
Pahang, Pekan. Dindings, Pulau Sembilan (Curtis). Perak, 
Lahat; Thaiping (Wray). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Kedah 
Peak (Robinson). Distrib. Malay isles. 
var. arenaria Ridl., is a non-climbing tufted plant in sandhills 
at Pekan. 
(9) N. Rafflesiana Jack, Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 270; Macfarlane, 
l.c. 286; Bot. Mag. t. 4285. 
Stout climber, upper parts tomentose. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
petioled; petioles stout, 4 in. long, blade oblong narrowed at both 
ends, 6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; tendril stout, 12 in. long; 
pitchers of two forms, lower ones broad ventricose, 5 in. long, 3 in. 
through, base round, green, more or less thickly blotched red, 
wings 1 in. wide, ciliate; peristome thick, strongly ribbed, narrowed 
up to lid spiny; lid oblong orbicular, 3 in. long and wide, green 
