. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 626 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. numerous ribs and tooth-like lobings, is wholly of sanguineous red, while the broad, undulated lid is much freckled with red on a yellow-green ground. JV. Hookeriana is one of the best known kinds, and possesses a good constitution and pitchers freely. The colour is .green, spotted with red. It is a native of Sarawak. JV. Kennedyana, from Northern Australia, is a pretty species, with pitchers 5in. long, elongated-cylindrical in form, and of a reddish colour. JV. Khasiana (JV. distillatoria)
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 626 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. numerous ribs and tooth-like lobings, is wholly of sanguineous red, while the broad, undulated lid is much freckled with red on a yellow-green ground. JV. Hookeriana is one of the best known kinds, and possesses a good constitution and pitchers freely. The colour is .green, spotted with red. It is a native of Sarawak. JV. Kennedyana, from Northern Australia, is a pretty species, with pitchers 5in. long, elongated-cylindrical in form, and of a reddish colour. JV. Khasiana (JV. distillatoria) has pitchers 6in. to 7in. long, green, with purplish markings. It is a native of China. JV. lanata is a distinct and pretty species, but very rare. The pitchers are about 6in. long, and greenish-yellow. It is a native of Borneo. JV. madagascariensis (Fig. 403) is a free-growing, most desirable kind, with small distinct reddish-crimson pitchers. JV. Northiana (Fig. 404) is one of the finest Nepenthes in cultivation. The flask-shaped pitchers are reddish-green, striped and spotted with crimson, while the lid is green, spotted with red; when mature they are i2in. to i6in. long, and 3m. to 5in. broad. It is a native of Borneo. JV. Phyllam- phor a (from Borneo) is a dis- tinct species of free habit, producing pitchers ioin. long, and of the same colour as the leaves. JV. Raffles- iana is the species oftenest seen under cultivation; its robust constitu- tion, combined with the freedom with which it produces its elegantly-shaped pitchers, readily accounts for its popularity. The pitchers are 5in. to 6in. long, green, spotted with red. JV. Rajah (from Borneo) is probably the grandest of all the species of Nepenthes. The broad, ampullaceous pitcher is 6in. in diameter and 12m. long. It has two fimbriated wings in front, is covered with long rusty hairs above, and studded with glands within; the margin is scalloped into bold undulations. The lid is ioin. long and 8in. broad. Unfortunate
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