June 26, 1911] Some PHILIPPINE PANDANACEAE 1113 
subulato-costulata, in dimidia superiori parte pyramidata, ver- 
tice angusto, late annulato. Stigmata duo, confluentia. Semina 
oblonga, leviter faleata, 1.5 mill. longa, a raphe angusta alba 
percursa. 
Habitat:—In shallow soil with a shale subsoil of dry 
forests along the trail toward Espafia at 500 m. (1750 feet). 
Magallanes (Mt. Giting-giting), Province of Capiz, Island of 
Sibuyan, April, 1910. Elmer Philip. pl. n. 12358. (Herb. 
Martelli ). 
Stem 1 inch thick, terete, ringed every inch toward 
the top, yellowish gray except for the blunt spinules, mostly 
branched toward the top only; wood quite hard, porous, fi- 
brous in the center; leaves crowded toward the top, ascend- 
ing, with recurved tips, corisceous, shining deep green above, 
glaucous beneath, deeply caniculate on the upper side toward 
the base, sides more or less rolled upon the under side, mar- 
gins smooth except at the base; stipule nearly 3 inches long 
and 0.5 inch wide, early becoming lacerated, its margins smooth 
and with apex roundly truncate, usually purplish toward the 
top; peduncle erect, subterete, 0.75 inch thick, 3 to 5 inches 
long; secondary ones 8 inches long, triangular and thinner; 
heads usually 8, divergent, 5 inches long, 2 inches thick, 
rugosely terete. (Elmer ms.) 
3°. Freycinetia discoidea Martelli sp. nova 
Caulis teres, 1-1.5 cent. crassus, internodis 1 cent. longis. 
Folia numerosa secus ramos conferta, subimbricata, deflexa, 
coriacea, supra intense viridia, subtus nonnihil pallidiora, lo- 
riformia, 55-60 cent. longa, 2.5 cent. lata, apice acuminato- 
subulata, basin versus paullo angustata et canaliculata, ibique 
plus minusve areuata, ima basi breviter amplectentia, utrin- 
que crebre et conspicue longitudinaliter ^ venosa; longis, 
auriculis membranaceis, angustis, 6-7 mill. latis, 7-8 cent. 
superne angustatis et apice subrotundatis, marginibus in- 
tegerrimis; laminae marginibus in tertia inferiori parte bre- 
viter et minute dentatis, caeterum nudis, in extremo apice re- 
motiuseule denticulatis; costa media in parte apicali tantum 
brevissime et remote spinulosa. Infructescentia terminalis, ro- 
busta; pedicellis griseo-lutescentibus (Elmer), 9.5 cent. longis, 
