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pedicels slender, lower ones 2-flowered, -5 in. long; flowers -15 in. 
across, tomentose outside. Capsule narrowed to a truncate top, 
1-25 in. long. Hab. Mountainous places. Malacca, Mt. Ophir 
(Derry, Hullett). Perak, Bujong Malacca. Penang Hill at 2500 ft. 
altitude, common. Kedah Peak. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(3) N- gracillima Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 320; Mac- 
farlane, l.c. 282. 
Slender climber. Leaves linear, sessile, coriaceous, 2 in. long, 
•2 in. wide; tendrils slender, 4 in. long; pitchers cylindric, 3 in. 
long, dark blackish purple; peristome narrow, corrugate; lid orbi¬ 
cular, *5 in. long; wings very low, no cilia. Raceme 4 in. long, 
base 3 in. long, nude, pubescent at top; pedicels at base 2-flowered 
above i-flowered, -I in. long. Perianth -i in. across, glabrous. 
Capsule *5 in. long, rather thick in the middle, narrowed to both 
ends. Hab. Mountains, Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
var. major. Leaves oblong, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide; pitchers 
4-5 in. long, 1 in. through; mouth 1-5 in. across. Racemes longer 
and laxer. Some pitchers with fine cilia on the ridges. Selangor, 
Gunong Semangkok; Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Pahang, Telom 
(Ridley). 
(4) N. alba Ridl. N. Singalana Macfarlane, l.c. 282 (not of 
Beccari). N. Bongso Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 320 (not of 
Korthals ). 
Fairly stout, scrambling, with a stout root. Leaves coriaceous, 
sessile, amplexicaul narrowed at top to tendril, 6 in. long, 1 in. 
wide; tendril about 3 in. long; pitcher cylindric narrowed to 
base, 3*5 in. through, ivory white sometimes spotted with rose pink 
in the mouth and lid, rarely canary yellow; wings and cilia o; 
peristome rather narrow corrugate; lid orbicular, 1 in. long and 
wide. Raceme 7 or 8 in. long, rather slender, red pubescent, 
especially above. Flowers mostly in pairs; pedicels -25 in. long. 
Perianth -15 in. across, pubescent. Staminal column longer than 
sepals. Capsule *5 in. long. Hab. On bare rocks and among 
bushes, Pahang, Gunong Tahan, at 5000 to 7000 ft. altitude 
(Ridley). 
(5) N. ramispina Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 58. 
Stem woody above rather stout. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate 
amplexicaul, coriaceous glabrous except midrib pubescent, 3*5 to 
5 in. long, 1 in. wide; tendril 2 to 8 in. long, pubescent; pitcher 
cylindric, narrowed at base, 6 to 8 in. long, 1 in. through, pubes¬ 
cent ; wings low with or without cilia; peristome narrowed, ridges 
close, very small, running up to a distinct neck; lid orbicular 
cordate, 1-5 in. across, spur at the back forked with 3 or 4 forked 
processes pubescent. Racemes slender, 6 in. long, pubescent. 
Flowers solitary on pedicels *3 in. long. Sepals -i in. long, back 
pubescent edged hairy. Staminal column as long, pubescent. 
Capsule -5 in. long, fusiform pubescent. Hab. Mountains 4000 to 
