Terrestrial scrambler or prostrate herb c. 30 cm tall. Stem terete or slightly flatten-ed, to 1 m or more in length, 0.6-1.2 cm diam., internodes 2-5(-10) cm long. Leaves thickly coriaceous, petiolate, orbicular to ovate, 7-20 by 6-16 cm, apex rounded, peltate 1/2-1/3 way from apex, base obtuse to cordate; petiole stout, 5-10.5 by 0.5-0.8 cm, V-shaped in transverse section, the lower 3 cm clasping the stem for 4/5 or its complete circumference. Longitudinal nerves 3-5 on each side of the margin, spread evenly through the marginal half of the blade. Pennate nerves ± 9 pairs, at 45° from the midrib and branching within the innermost of the longitudinal vein pairs. Lower pitchers unknown. Upper pitchers 10-30 cm long, lower third globose to obovoid, leathery-woody, 8-11.5 by 6-8.5 cm, abruptly constricted above, the upper 2/3 narrowly infundibuliform, 2.8-5 cm wide at the base, chartaceous, flaring gradually to 5.2-9 cm at the mouth, ridges and wings absent except the smallest pitchers with two thin fringed wings 1.5 mm wide; mouth ± circular, horizontal to slightly oblique; peristome subcylindrical, 1-12 mm wide, ribs 0.3-0.7 mm apart, 0.1-0.2 mm tall, outer edge entire or slightly sinuate, inner edge toothed; lid ovate, vaulted, being markedly concave below, 3-8 by 2-5 cm, apex rounded, base cordate, the lower surface with a laterally flattened basal appendage to 8 mm tall, nectar glands crater-like, slightly longitudinally elliptic, 0.2-0.3 mm long, fairly densely and evenly scattered; spur simple, c. 5 mm long. Male inflorescence unknown. Fruit unknown. Seed unknown. Indumentum of coarse, patent, bronze hairs 1-2 mm long, dense on the stem, lower leaf, petiole and tendril, less dense, shorter (0.5-0.6 mm long), less conspicuous and browner on the outer pitcher. Colour of stems, petioles and midribs red; pitcher, including lid white, with a few red flecks; peristome white, heavily streaked with red; inflorescence colour unknown.
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