1114 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 60 
4-6 mill. crassis, squamuloso-scabris, basi sublevibus; parte 
fructifera cylindravea, 6-8 cent. longa, 2-2.5 cent. crassa. Baccae 
numerosissimae confertae, lineares, prismatico-pentagonae, 11 
mill. longae, 2.5-8 mill. crassae, in earum dimidia inferiori 
parte (5 mill. longa) seminifera, apice breviter incrassatae, 
acute angulosae quasi costulata superne brevissime pyramida- 
tae, vertice late annulato, disciforme; stigmata duo, confluentia. 
Semina linearia, 1.5 mill. longa, raphe laterali alba pereursa. 
Habitat:—A twining climber, about small tree trunks, in 
gravelly soil of the woods along the Sinuban creek at 300 
m. (1000 feet). Magallanes (Mt. Giting-giting), Province of 
Capiz, Island of Sibuyan, April, 1910. Elmer Philip. pl. 
n. 12197. (Herb. Martelli). 
Stem terete, at least 1 inch thick, conspicuously ringed 
every inch or less, occasionally giving off slender curved and 
half drooping branchlets; branches scarcely rebranched, bearing 
ample foliage; leaves descending, leathery, dull deep green 
above, 1 inch wide, 2 feet long, somewhat paler beneath, 
twisted toward the apex, the margins curved upon the lower 
side; infrutescence suberect, termina], upon short 0.25 inch thick 
and conspicuously ringed peduncles; secondary peduncles triang- 
ular, yellowish green, 2 inches long; heads 3, of the same 
color except the brown stigmas, terete, 9 to 4 inches long, 
fully 1 inch thick, usually outwardly curved. (Elmer ms.) 
19* Freycinetia insipida Martelli sp. nova 
Caulis flexilis 1 cent. crassus sinuosus et nodosus vel 
obsolete spinosus, interdum ramosus, ligno inodoro et insipido, 
cortice cinerascenti vel lutescenti; ramulis 3-4 mill. crassis, 
dependentibus et intricatis. Folia 5 mill. dissita, reclinata, co- 
riacea, anguste lineari-lanceolata, 18-20 cent. longa, 5-6 mill. lata, 
utrinque sensim attenuata, apicem versus longe acuminato-subula- 
ta, basi angustata, ibique non vaginantia nec amplectentia, utrin- 
que crebre minute longitudinaleter venosa; auriculis subpersis- 
tentibus, albo-scariosis, 1.5-2 cent. longis, basi 5 mill. latis, lan- 
ceolatis, acutis, integris, costa media et laminae marginibus (apice 
tantum) minute et remote denticulatis. Folia floralia inferiora, 
foliis normalibus simillima, sed basin versus magis expansa 
et ovato-concavo-convexa, crebre venosa, ibique pallide vires- 
