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CX1II. CYTINACE.35. 
[Brugmansia. 
cylindric; anthers numerous, opening by 2 pores. Stigma large, 
hairy, cup-shaped. Ovary unilocular. Species 2, 1 Japanese, 
1 Malayan. 
(1) B. Lowii Becc. Atti. Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xi. 198; Fawcett, 
Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 244, PI. 36. 
Unisexual, dark brownish red, about 3 in. tall and 6 in. across, 
dark brownish red with long reddish hair inside, lobes 14 to 16, 
acuminate acute. Hab. In lowland woods growing on prostrate 
stems of vines. Rare. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling (Ridley). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo. 
Fig. 137.—Brugmansia Lowii. 
Order CXIV. NEPENTH ACE^E. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, sub-coriaceous, base oblong 
then a tendril-like midrib, ending in a pitcher usually with 2 
ciliate wings, and the mouth corrugated (peristome) and a terminal 
oval or round lid at first closing the mouth, pitcher glandular 
inside and often on lid, usually containing water, and forming 
an insect trap. Flowers small, green, brown or red, in cymes panicled 
or on a simple raceme, unisexual, regular. Sepals 4, in pairs. 
Stamens usually 8 to 12, rarely 4 to 6, or indefinite in a staminal 
column. Pistil of 4 syncarpous carpels. Ovary 3- to 4-celled; 
ovules many; style short or o. Capsule sub-woody. Seeds small 
with a bicaudate filiform wing. (Macfarlane, Journ. / 4 s. Soc. Beng. 
lxxv. 279). One genus Nepenthes. Species about 70, Madagascar, 
Ceylon, India, Australia, Polynesia 1 species each, the rest Malay 
Peninsula and islands. The pitcher plants are called Priok Kra 
