CXIV. NEPENTHACE.E. 
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(Ape’s cups) by Malays. Use: The stems are used for binding 
hedges. 
Leaves not distinctly petioled, not decurrent on stem. 
Inflorescences of panicled cymes, pitcher-lid 
very narrow . . . 
Inflorescence racemose; pedicel i- to 3- 
flowered, lid wide, dorsal spine simple. 
Pitchers elongate, a white ring below peri¬ 
stome 
Pitchers elongate, slender, fuscous, black 
Pitchers elongate, slender, white often rose 
spotted ...... 
Pitchers elongate dorsal spine trifid, hairy . 
Pitchers large red with spiny neck, lid 
glabrous ...... 
Pitchers large, green or spotted red, lid hairy 
(1) N. ampullaria 
(2) N. albo-marginata 
(3) N. gracillima 
{4) N. alba 
(5) N. ramispina 
(6) N. sanguinea 
(7) N. Macfarlanei 
Leaves decurrent. 
Pitchers green, narrow cylindric, peristome 
rigid.(8) N. gracilis 
Leaves distinctly petiolate. 
Pitchers large, goblet and globular in shape . (9) N. Rafflesiana 
Pitchers cylindric.(10) N. phyllamphora 
(1) N. ampullaria Jack. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 271; Hook. f. 
Bot. Mag. t. 5109; Macfarlane, l.c. 280. 
Tall climber, tomentose in young parts, base creeping and 
bearing large whorls of small pitchers buried in the ground, above 
pitchers whorled on stem and these pitchers without laminas; 
above this are pitchers borne on a petiolate amplexicaule lamina 
oblong, narrowed to base, 5 to 7 in. long, 175 in. wide, uppermost 
with no pitcher but a tendril 2 to 3 in. long. Pitchers globose, 
4 in. long, 3 in. through or less, green spotted dark red; peristome 
•5 in. wide, finely and closely ribbed, wings -25 in. wide, ciliate; 
petioles of the lowest pitchers hairy; lid small, narrow, 2 in. long, 
•25 in. wide, green. Flowers in a dense tomentose panicle of 
cymes 8 in. long, 2 in. through, green. Stamens red. Capsule 
1 in. long. Hab. In wet places, low country. Singapore (Jack), 
Jurong; Garden Jungle, etc. Johor Town. Pahang, Kwantan 
(Dumford). Malacca, Brisu (Derry); Ayer Panas (Griffith). 
Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Rantau Pan- 
jang (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler); Ipoh (Curtis). Distrib. 
Sumatra, N. Guinea. 
(2) N. albo-marginata Lobb. Gard. Chron. 1849, p. 580; Mac¬ 
farlane, l.c. 281. 
Slender species about 6 ft. tall or less. Lamina of leaf narrowed 
to both ends, 8 in. long, 1 in. wide; pitcher cylindric narrowed to 
base and upcurved there, 5 in. long, 1-5 in. through, green spotted 
red; peristome very narrow, finely ribbed, below it a white band; 
lid, oblong, rounded, 1-5 in. long, 1 in. wide or less, green, spotted 
red. Raceme 8 in. long, glabrous; flowers rather scattered; 
