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236 / MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
FREYCINETIA BecoartiySolms-Laub. in Ann. Gard. Buitenz. iii. (1883) 100. 
Camps III, 2500 ft.; VIa and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft. 
“ Fruit raspberry-red." 
Distrib. Endemie in New Guinea. 
I have seen no specimen of the type, but it agrees with the deseription, except that 
the leaves are somewhat smaller. 
FREYCINETIA INERMIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis lignosus, 4 mm. diametro, internodiis brunneis 6 mm. longis. Folia lineari- 
lanceolata, inermia, acuminata, obtusa, versus basin angustata, haud amplexicaulia, 
tenuiter coriacea, 8-9 cm. longa, 5-10 mm. lata, nervis tenuibus, carina gracili. 
Inflorescentia terminalis. Bractee ovate, triangulares, acuminatie, obtuse, costate, 
2 cm. longe, 13 mm. late vel minores. Pedunculus communis 5 mm. longus, 
pedunculis spicarum 3:1 mm. longis. Capitula 9 obovoidea, 3 mm. longa, in 
fructu (fere maturo) oblong:e, obtuse, rubre, 2 cm. longze, 1 em. crasse. Stigmata 
2 hippocrepiformia. Pistilla mediocria, apice libera, conica. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 300 ft. ; Camp ILI, 2500 ft. 
Nearest to F. luzonensis, Presl, but with narrower unarmed leaves, not sheathing at 
the base, and thicker and broader bracts. Fruit dull, raspberry-red. 
FREYCINETIA KLOSSII, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis lignosus, 6-7 mm. crassus, internodiis 1:5 cm. longis. Folia linearia, basi 
dilatata, aculeata acuminata, acumine aculeis parvis armata, 43 cm. longa, 12 mm. 
lata, pallida (sicca), tenuiter coriacea, costa gracili. Inflorescentia terminalis, 
pedunculo communi brevi 1 cm. longo, pedunculis spicarum 1:5 em. longis. 
Spice 3-4, in fructu oblongo-cylindricee, obtuse, 3:0 em. longe, 1:5 cm. crasse. 
Pistilla angusta, angulata. Stigmata 2, hippocrepiformia, minima, apicem pistilli 
tegentia. 
Camp I, 500 ft. : 
Allied to F. radicans, Gaud., but with much smaller spikes. 
FREYCINETIA LATERIFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caules graciles, 2 mm. crassi, internodiis 1 cm. longis. olia linearia, acuminata, 
curvula, tenuia, inermia, 12 em. longa, 3 mm. lata, costa gracili. Inflorescentia 
lateralis, pedunculo 5 mm. longo bracteis ovatis acutis costatis 2 mm. longis tecto. 
Pedunculi spicarum 5 mm. longi. Bractee florales oblonge, truncate, 5 mm. 
longw et late, mucrone brevi obtuso. Capitula 2, globosa, 4 mm. longa. Flores 
9 j mm. late. Stigmata 2, semi-orbicularia, apice pistilli minora. Fructus fere 
2 mm. longi, pulposi, oblongi, rubri. | 
Camps III, 2500 ft. ; V1 and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft. 
Very distinet in its small lateral inflorescence and short broad bracts. 
