1112 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 60 
tis, ambitu rotundatis, apice acutis, marginibus apicem versus 
dentato-fimbriatis; laminae marginibus in parte basilari den- 
tibus remotiuseulis, parvis, brevibus, validiusculis, acutis, 
subhorizontalibus praeditis, apicem versus brevi-tractu minute 
remote denticulato-serratis, caetero inermibus; costa media 
acute prominula, in tertia superiori parte tantum spinuloso- 
denticulata. Inflorescentia terna, valida. Syncarpia cylindra- 
cea; pedicellis robustis, 2.5 cent. longis, 1 cent. crassis, Sca- 
bridis, nee squamulosis; parte fructifera 11 cent. longa, 3-3.5 
cent. crassa. Baccae numerosissimae, confertae, anguste line- 
ares, 12-14 mill. longae, prismaticae, irregulariter acute pen- 
tagonae, vix 1 mill. erassae; parte seminifera 9 mill. longa; 
parte apicali brevissima, 1 mill. longa, subpyramidata, ver- 
tice plano circum annulato; stigmata duo ab annulo cincta. 
Semina oblonga, 2 mill. longa, minute striatula; raphe latera- 
liter, angustissima, alba, lateraliter percursa. 
Habitat:—In well drained soil of wooded ravines along 
the Colon creek at 1850 m. (4000 feet). Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
Distriet of Davao, Island of Mindanao, May, 1909. 
Elmer 
Philip. pl. n. 10781. (Herb. Martelli). 
3b Freycinetia gitingiana Martelli sp. nova 
Caulis 2.5 cent. crassus, teres griseo-flavescens, annulato- 
Gicatricosus, internodis 2.5 cent. longis, apicem versus tantum 
abunde ramosus. Folia in coronam ad apieem ramulorum 
conferta, erecto-ascendentia, apice recurvo, coriacea, late lo- 
riformia, 3.5-4 cent. lata, 70 cent. longa, apice subabrupte 
attenuata etin aeumine subulato, breviusculo terminata, basin 
versus paullo angustata, ibique arcuata et profunde canalicu- 
lata, utrinque longitudinaliter conspicue venosa, apicem versus 
in pagina inferiori obscure tessellata; auriculis, praecipue api- 
eem versus, violaceis, in sicco persaepe purpurascentibus sub- 
rectangularibus, 9 cent. longis, circiter 1 cent. latis, apice 
subrotundato-truncatis. Inflorescentia valida, terna; pedicellis 
cent. longis, 5 mill. crassis, squamuloso-scabridis, basi 
laevibus; parte fructifera cylindracea, 12 cent. longa, 4 cent. 
crassa, Baccae numerosae, confertae, lineares,  prismatico- 
pentagonae, 14 mill. longae; parte seminifera 9 mill. longa, 
subfusiforme, 2 mill. crassa; parte apicali libera 4 mill. longa, 
