236 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



Freycinetia Beccarii, Solms-Laub. in Ann. Gard. Buitenz. iii. (1883) 100. 



Camps III, 2500 ft. ; VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft. 



" Fruit rasphei'i'y-red." 



Distrib. Eodemic in New Guinea. 



I have seen no specimen of the type, but it agrees with the desci'iption, except that 

 the leaves are somewhat smaller. 



Fretcinetia inermis, E,idl., sp. nov. 



Caiilis lignosus, 4 mm. diametro, iuternodiis brunneis 6 mm. longis. Folia lineari- 

 lanceolata, inermia, acuminata, obtusa, versus basin angustata, baud amplexicaulia, 

 tenuiter coriacea, 8-9 cm. longa, 5-10 mm. lata, nervis tenuibus, carina gracili. 

 Inflorescentia terniinalis, Bractece ovatse, triangulares, acuminaise, obtusse, costatse, 

 2 cm. longse, 13 mm. latae vel minores. Fedanculus communis 5 mm. longus, 

 pedunculis spicarum 3*1 mm. longis. Capitula $ obovoidea, 3 mm. longa, in 

 f ructu (fere mature) oblonga?, oljtusse, rubree, 2 cm. iongse, 1 cm. crassae. Sliginata 

 2 hippocrepiformia. Fistilla mediocria, apice libera, conica. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 300 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft. 



Nearest to F. luzonensis, Presl, but with narrower unarmed leaves, not sheathing at 

 the base, and thicker and broader bracts. Fruit dull, rasjiberry-red. 



^ Freycintetia Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caulis lignosus, 6-7 mm. crassus, iuternodiis 1'5 cm. longis. Folia linearia, basi 



diktata, aculeata acuminata, acumine aculeis parvis armata, 43 cm. longa, 12 mm. 



lata, pallida (sicca), tenuiter coriacea, costa gracili. Inflorescentia terminalis, 



pedunculo communi brevi 1 cm. longo, pedunculis spicarum 1'5 cm. longis. 



SpiccB 3-4, in fructu oblongo-cylindricse, obtusse, 3 5 cm. longse, 1'5 cm. crassse. 



Fistula angusta, angulata. Stigmata 2, hippocrepiformia, minima, apicem pistilii 



tegentia. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. 

 Allied to F. radicans, Gaud., but with much smaller spikes. 



^ Frevcinetia lateriflora, K-idl., sp. nov. 



Caules graciles, 2 mm. crassi, iuternodiis 1 cm. longis. Folia linearia, acuminata, 

 curvula, tenuia, inermia, 12 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, costa gracili. Inflorescentia 

 lateralis, pedunculo 5 mm. longo bracteis ovatis acutis costatis 2 mm. longis tecto. 

 Pedimculi spicarum 5 mm. longi. Fractece florales oblongse, tfuncatse, 5 mm. 

 longse et latae, mucrone brevi obtuso. Capitula 2, globosa, 4 mm. longa. Flares 

 2 5 mm. latae. Stigmata 2, semi-orbicularia, apice pistilii minora. Fructus fere 

 2 mm. longi, pulposi, oblongi, rubri. 

 Camps III, 2500 it. ; VI b and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft. 

 Very distinct in its small lateral inflorescence and short broad bracts. 



