ASIA 
In Malaya the Mohammedan influence is very 
strong. In this typical cemetery is planted, by every 
headstone, a self-branching Pleomele, a relative of 
our Dracaenas and a promising new house plant. 
Some of the Nepenthes collected in Malaya: left 
Nepenthes gracilis; top N. ampullaria; which grows 
on the ground; center N. Rafflesiana with pitchers 
to | foot long and 4 inches in diameter; right N. 
distillatoria. Insects are attracted into these pitchers 
where pepsin water gradually digests them. 
In Singapore it is so warm and humid that when a 
bird deposits a seed in the masonry of a house, a 
tree or fern will happily grow out of the walls, and 
mingle with the Chinese laundry, hung out on bam- 
boo poles to dry, if possible, between the daily 
rains. 
Most Nepenthes in Malaya grow either near the 
ground in heavy white clay, or in low jungle, in a 
tangle of climbing Lygodium ferns, Selaginellas, 
water Hyacinths, bamboo, Cyperus and Ficus. Con- 
tinuous monsoon rains make photography difficult. 
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