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sessile roundish smooth, studded on the inner surface with small glands.—Ceylon. What is 
commonly grown under this name is JV. khasyana. 
2. N. ampullaria, Jack. —Stem covered with rusty down; loaves smooth above, 
downy beneath, elliptic or obovate lanceolate, narrowed at the base into a short, winged, partly 
sheathing stalk, lower pitchers clustered, leafless, subglobose, downy, green, purple-spotted, 
1—2 in. in diameter; upper pitcher tubular, swollen on one side, with two fringed 
membranous wings ; mouth circular, glandular within; margin broad, infolded, striated; lid 
sessile linear-oblong, much smaller than the mouth, flat, narrowed at the base, downy without 
glands.—Singapore, Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo. There are two varieties of this in cultivation, 
called, respectively, N. a. vittata, and N. a. vittata major. 
3. N. Veitchii, Hook. fil. —Stem villose; leaves covered with reddish hairs beneath, 
variable in shape and size, always tapering at the base into a short thick stem-clasping stalk ; 
pitchers 6—12 in. long, 3—4 in. in diameter, pubescent, tubular, narrowed at the base, 
winged, wings fringed; margin very broad, and, like the throat, prominently incurved, 
pectinate; lid smaller than the mouth of the pitcher, stalked, studded with glands on the 
inner surface, oblong, keeled.—Borneo, 2,700 feet. This is the plant grown as N. villosa and 
N. lanata in gardens. 
4. N. Rafflesiana, Jack. —Stem cylindrical; leaves variable in size and form, pubes¬ 
cent when young, afterwards glabrous, lower ones tufted lanceolate, upper ones oblong, with 
a thick stem-clasping petiole; lower pitchers 5—8 in. long, 3—4 in. in diameter, greenish- 
yellow purple-spotted, dilated flask-shaped, with crested wings ; upper pitchers 6—12 in. 
long, funnel-shaped, wingless, margin indexed convex ribbed, ribs ending in small spiny points 
directed downwards, prolonged at the back into an erect dilated pectinate lamina ; lid stalked, 
ovate or roundish, studded with rather large glands on the inner surface.— Singapore, Sumatra, 
Borneo, &c. The plant grown in gardens as N. Hookeri is merely a form of this species, of 
which there are two well-marked varieties :—nivea , which is covered with snow-vrhite down ; 
and glaberrima , which is entirely glabrous. 
5. N. Phyllamphora, Willd. —Stem cylindrical; leaves puberulous when young, elliptic 
lanceolate, younger ones denticulate at the margins; petiole winged, partly stem-clasping ; 
pitchers cylindrical 4—6 in. long, not winged; mouth roundish, glaucous within, margin 
convex incurved ribbed, not prolonged at the back; lid oblong orbicular, smooth within but 
sprinkled with glands.—Malay Archipelago, China. 
6. N. sanguinea, Lindl. —Stem triangular, glabrous ; leaves subsessile cordate, stem- 
clasping, obovate-oblong; pitchers 12 in. long, 2—2^ in. wide, downy, dark crimson, cylin¬ 
drical (younger ones winged, dilated at the base), margin broad, prolonged at the back into a 
broad lamina ; lid oblong or orbicular, densely sprinkled with glands on the inner surface, 
provided with a spur-like process at the base on the outer surface.—Malacca. 
7. N. khasyana, Hook. Jil.~ Stem stout, glabrous ; leaves 1—2 ft. long, 1^—3|- in. 
wide, sessile, stem-clasping, decurrent, tapering towards the base, acute or acuminate; 
downy when young along the nerves, afterwards glabrous ; pitchers 4—7 in. long, 1^—3 in. 
in diameter, tubular, slightly dilated at the base, glabrous, green or reddish (in young plants 
winged) ; mouth heart-shaped striated; lid sessile orbicular, thickly studded with glands on 
the inner surface.—Bengal, Madras, Courtallum. This is the plant commonly grown in 
gardens as N. distillatoria. There is a form of it in cultivation, grown under the name of 
N. rubra. 
8. N. ALBO-MARGFNATA, Lobb. —Plant covered with whitish or fuscous down ; leaves 8—14 
in. long, ^—1^ in. wide, elliptic lanceolate, narrowed at the base, subsessile, slightly decur¬ 
rent, downy beneath, ultimately nearly glabrous ; pitchers 3—5 in. long, 1—1^- in. wide, 
funnel-shaped or cylindrical, green, purple or purple-spotted, downy, younger ones dilated at 
the base and provided with two fringed wings ; margin thickly ribbed, slightly prolonged at 
the back; throat glaucous within; lid sessile, downy outside, sprinkled with glands on the 
inner surface.—Singapore, Borneo, at an elevation of 2,500 feet. There is a variety called 
villosa with the stem densely setose, and the pitchers whitish, from Borneo. 
9. N. gracilis, ICorthals. —Stem glabrous, 3-cornered; leaves 4—7 in. long, 1 in. wide, 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, sessile, decurrent; pitchers 2 ^—4 in. long, glabrous, cylindrical, 
dilated at the base, narrowed in the middle, with two fringed wings; upper or older pitchers 
destitute of wings, throat glaucous blue, inflected margin narrow striate ; mouth of pitcher not 
prolonged at the back ; lid cordate, orbicular, slightly glandular within.—Malacca, Singapore, 
Sumatra, Borneo ; 1,500 feet. 
10. N. Teysmanniana, Miquel. —Stem slender, 3-sided, glabrous; leaves coriaceous, 
sessile, partially stem-clasping, scarcely decurrent, lanceolate-acuminate ; pitchers elongate- 
cylindrical, lower ones distended, upper ones slender, glabrous ; mouth ovate, not prolonged at 
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