PINANGA VEITCHII.
Nepenthes bicalcarata, the “ Two-spurred Pitcher Plant,”
was also for the
first time introduced
alive, and
is very remarkable,
its pitchers
being armed in
a really formidable
way, and the
swollen stalks of
its urns are perforated
by a species
of ant in a
singular manner.
Of palms a
beautiful species
of areca, having
gracefully arched
leaves and vermilion
- coloured
sheaths, was introduced
alive,
as also a very
attractive dwarf
species of pin-
anga (P. Veitchii,
H. Wend.), the
bifurcate fans of
which are purple
below and glaucous
green above, . NEPENTHES b ic a l c a r a ta .
blotched with
brown. Aroids are plentiful in the shady Bornean forests,
the species in some cases being extremely local in their
