. The gardens of the sun: or A naturalist's journal on the mountains and in the forests and swamps of Borneo and the Sulu archipelago. Botany; Botany; Birds; Birds. Appendix. 34' Nepenthes Ucalcarata, the " Two-spui-red Pitcher Plant," was also for the first time inta-o- duced alive, and is very remark- able, its pitchers being armed in a really formid- able wa J', and the swollen stalks of its urns are per- forated by a spe- cies of ant in a singular manner. Of palms a beautiful species of areca, having gracefuUyarched leaves and ver- milion- coloured sheaths, was in- troduced alive
. The gardens of the sun: or A naturalist's journal on the mountains and in the forests and swamps of Borneo and the Sulu archipelago. Botany; Botany; Birds; Birds. Appendix. 34' Nepenthes Ucalcarata, the " Two-spui-red Pitcher Plant," was also for the first time inta-o- duced alive, and is very remark- able, its pitchers being armed in a really formid- able wa J', and the swollen stalks of its urns are per- forated by a spe- cies of ant in a singular manner. Of palms a beautiful species of areca, having gracefuUyarched leaves and ver- milion- coloured sheaths, was in- troduced alive, as also a very attractive dwarf species of pin- anga (P. Veitchii, H. Wend.), the bifurcate fans of which are purple below and glauc- ous-green above, blotched with brown. Ai-oids are plentiful in the shady Bomeanforests, the species in some cases being extremely local in their. ITBPEHTHES Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burbidge, F. W. (Frederick William), 1847-1905. London, J. Murray
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