310 MEKIIILL. 
1. Freycinetia ferox Warb. Pfliuizeiireicli 3 (1900) 33. 
Freycinvfia lucbanensis Elm. Leall. PJiilip. Bot. 1 (1907) 212. 
Luzon, without locality, Warburg s. n,, in Herb. Berol. (type), carbon im- 
pre.ssion in Herb. Bur. 8ei.: Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 8230, May, 1907, 
type of Freycinetia lucbanensis Elm. 
The species described by l':lnier is identical with that of Warburg, but neither 
specimen is mature. In the original description of the species Warburg errone- 
ously describes the leaf as 30 cm long, but the type, which I have examined in 
Herb. Berol., lias leaves about 1 ui long, Warburg's "30 cm" being a typographical 
error for, probably, 80 cm. Because of this error, Mr. Elmer did not recognize 
the identity of his plant with Warburg's species. The type of F. ferox Warb. 
was from central Luzon, probably Tayabas Province. 
2. Freycinetia maxima sp. nov. %.OHyosHgma^ 
JTobnsta, pcandons, raiiiis circiter 3 cm diametro, teretibiis; foliis 
nnnierosis, dense imbricatis, flaccido-coriaceis, ulrinque reticulatis, 0.5 
ad 1 m longis, 7 ad 8 em latis, anguste oblongo-lancoolatis vel lanceolatis, 
apice abrupte breviter aeuminatis, basi paullo augustatis ibique margini- 
bus membranaceis pallidis vel purpureis G ad 15 cm longis, usque ad 2 cm 
latis, instructis, totis marginibus valdo spimiloso-serratis, costa subtus, 
in partibus superioribus, spinulosis. Spadicibus fnTctiferis ternis vel 
quaternis, ol)longo-ellipsoideis vel anguste oblongo-obovoideis, 15 cm 
longis, 6 ad 7 cm diametro, leviter longitudinaliter suleatis vel subcylin- 
draceis; pedunculis circiter 2.5 cm longis, 1 cm crassis; fructibus im- 
inaturis linearibus, 1.5 cm longis, 1 mm diametro; stigmatibus 2 vel 3. 
Luzox, Province of Tayaba.s, Malicboi, For. Bur. lOl.jJt Curran, July 22, 1908: 
Albay-Sorsogon, Adumoy Hills, For. Bur. 12381 Curran, June, 1908. 
A species apparently most closely allied to the preceding and to Freycinetia 
latispimi Warb., of Celebes, but distinct from both, and from all other described 
forms. It is remarkal)le for its large leaves, which are relatively broad, strongly 
reticulate, on their margins and in the upper part of the lower surface of the 
midrib, strongly spinescent, but more especially r<-uiarkable for its very large 
syncarps, each composed of several tliour^and fi uits. 
3. Freycinetia oblongifolia sp. nov. § OUgostigma. 
Piobusta, scandens, circiter 4 m alta; ramis teretibus, 1 cm crassis; 
foliis submembranaceis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, circiter 20 cm 
longis, 4 ad 5 cm latis, basi augustatis, baud vaginantibus; apice breviter 
abrupteque acuminatis, margine prope basin apicemque denticulatis, in 
media parte inermibus. Tnflorescentiis terminalibus, spadicibus femineis 
ternis vel quaternis, bractcMS multis imbricatis roseis, acutis vel acumi- 
natis, margini]>us costisque glabris vel apicem vemis dentatis, extcrioribns 
1 ad 2 cm longis, circiter 1.5 cm latis, interioribus 6 ad 8 cm longis, 
2.5 ad 3 cm latis, circumdatis. Spadicibus fructiferis, cylindraceis, 
uurantiacis, circiter 7 cm longis, 2 cm latis; fructibus circiter 2.5 mm 
diametro basi plus minus succulcntis, supra lignosis, angulatis; stigma- 
tilms 2. 
Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Surigno, Bolster 3)2, 249, May and February 
lOOfi, in forests, 100 to 1.^0 m altitude. 
