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MONOCOTYLEDONEE. 
PanDANACES. (A.B. RENDLE.)_ 
Freyctnetia (§ OLIGostTIGMA) FLAVICEPS Rendle, sp. nov. 
Ramus subtenuis in parte superiore foliatus infra cicatricibus foliorum annulatus. 
Folia in sicco tenuiter coriacea, lineari-lanceolata, superne ad apicem acutum pun- 
gentem attenuata, margine et costa media tenui nisi sub apice inermi. Inflorescentia 
frugifera ramum terminans, axi trigono bracteis deciduis nudo. Synearpia terna, 
subglobosa, flava, pedunculo hispido. Carpe/la matura succulenta, apice libero obtuse 
pyramidata ; stigmata 2, hippocrepiformia vel semiorbicularia. Semzna apice et basi 
rubro-brunneo-tincta, rhaphe lata rhaphidophora et strophiolo angusto preedita. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., 8.W. ridge running up to Arfak lakes, scandent in 
forest, 6000-8000’. Fr. Dee. 6125. 
Branch 4-3 mm. thick, internodes 8-16 mm. long. Leaves 6-8 em. long, 
4:5-7 mm. wide. Axis of inflorescence barely 1 cm. long ; synearp about 
1:5 em. long and nearly as broad, somewhat flattened at the base ; about 
6-7 ripe carpels in a line drawn from apex to base, ripe carpel 2-3 mm. 
broad, free apex 1°5-2 mm. high. Seed witha broad raphe bearing a double 
line of white raphides, and on the opposite side a narrow wing-like 
strophiole. 
Near F. inermis Ridl. from the Utakwa River, which, however, has 
ellipsoidal red synearps with more numerous carpels and seeds with a much 
broader strophiole. 
Freyotnetia (§ PLerostigma) Gippsza Rendle, sp. nov. 
Ramus ramulosus superne foliatus, infra cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum annu- 
latus. Folia coriacea, e basi latiore amplexicauli linearia, superne gradatim angustata, 
acuta, recurvata, margine spinulifera; costa media tenuis, supra leviter impressa, in 
facie inferiore subprominens et sparsius spinulifera. Inflorescentia mascula. .. ... 
Inflorescentiea feminee ramulos breves terminantes ; ramuli in parte inferiore bracteis 
triangularibus acutis margine spinuliferis, seriebus 3 dense imbricatis superne 
gradatim increscentibus arcte induti, bracteis superioribus usque ad 7 subito majori- 
bus et spathiformibus, late ovatis, rubris, deciduis, margine sub apice spinuloso, alibi 
inermi. Spice florentes apice ramuli axillares, oblongo-ellipsoidex, pedunculo valido 
hispido. Carpella dense aggregata, parte brevi apicale 5-6-gona ; stigmata 4-6, in- 
terdum 3, in disco plano apicale ordinata ; ovariwm super locellos dense sublignosum. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., 8.W. ridge running up to Angi lakes, common over 
ground and on trees in forest, 7000-9000’. 9. Dec. 5516. 
Branch 4-7 mm. thick, internodes between the leaf-scars 3-5-4 mm. long. 
Leaves 16-22 cm. long, 3°5-5 mm. wide above the broader base. Stem of 
female flowering branchlets about 2 cm. long, covered below with densely 
imbricating closely superposed bracts increasing in size upwards from 
1-2-5 em. long ; above them are a series of larger, spathe-like, more spreading © 
bracts, increasing rapidly in size up to 5 cm. long and 4 cm, broad. Flower- 
