LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. 1. Manila, P. I., October 14, 1907. Art. 11. 
FREYCINETIA FROM LUCBAN 
BY 
A. D. E. ELMER. 
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Stiema 1 To 5.—Oligostigma. 
l. F. lucbanensis n. sp.—Scandent, with few divaricate 
branches some of which are rather long and deflexed. Stems 
5 em. thick, gray, smooth, with very oblique rings from 3 
to 8 em. apart. Leaves crowded toward the apex in spi- 
rally twisted rows, mostly ascending, coriaceous, much light- 
er or yellowish green beneath, sides from the middle to 
apex involute, about 8 dm. long, 3 cm. wide, finely ser- 
rate on the margins toward the base and the midrib beneath 
toward the apex, strap like, very little attenuate toward the 
base, apex slenderly acuminate, the tip triangular and scab- 
rous or minutely toothed. Pistillate spadices immature, 3, 
the individuals upon 3 to 5 em. long peduncles, 7 to 12 
em. long, 2 to 3 em. thick; fruits very numerous, 7 mm. 
long, 1 mm. thick toward the apex, slenderly columnar, set 
in contact the entire length except the apical portion which 
bears 2 to 3 stigmas. 
Type specimen 8230, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1907. In swampy wooded regions 
at Bukal, a barrio between Lucban and Sampaloc. 
2. F. multiflora Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. Vol. 2; 
No. 4, Sec. C, 259, 1907.—Scandent, widely branching. Stems 
