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toward the base rather conspicuous. Syncarps 3, globose, 2.5 

 cm in diameter, their peduncles glabrous, 1.5 cm long. Fruits 

 numerous, flask-shaped, about 9 mm long, narrowed upward, 

 the upper part somewhat angular. Stigmas 4 or 5. 



Luzon, Sorsogon Province, Mount Bulusan, Btir. Sci. 23686 Ramos, 

 September, 1915. 



A species manifestly allied to Freycinetia williamsii Merr., but distin- 

 guished by the characters indicated in the diagnosis. In the typical form 

 of Freycinetia williamsii the leaves are not at all toothed. 



FREYCINETIA APAYAOENSIS sp. nov. § Pleiostigma. 



Foliis numerosis, anguste ensiformibus, usque ad 70 cm longis 

 et 1.5 cm latis, supeme sensim longe attenuato-acuminatis, vix 

 tessellatis, coriaceis, auriculis apice liberis; syncarpiis 4, cylin- 

 draceis, 6 ad 8 cm longis, circiter 2 cm diametro, pedicellis 

 scabris; fructibus numerosis, liberis, superne subpyramidatis, 

 4- ad 6-angulatis et sulcatis, sursum angustatis, apice circiter 1 

 mm diametro; stigmatibus 4 ad 6. 



Scandent, attaining a length of 12 m, the stems, when dry, 

 about 1 cm in diameter. Leaves numerous, narrowly ensiform, 

 60 to 70 cm long, about 1.5 cm wide, coriaceous, scarcely tessel- 

 late, gradually narrowed upward to the very slenderly acuminate 

 apex, somewhat narrowed below, the base above the sheathing 

 parts about 1 cm wide, margins below sharply toothed, in the 

 median parts unarmed or sometimes with a few scattered teeth, 

 the long slender tip finely toothed on the margins and midrib, the 

 latter usually unarmed in the lower part of the leaf; auricle 

 chartaceous, rather brittle, adnate to the leaf -margin except at 

 the tip, here 3 to 4 mm wide, subtruncate to somewhat ovate 

 and toothed on the upper side. Sjnncarps 4, cylindric, 6 to 8 

 cm long, about 2 cm in diameter, their pedicels scabrous, about 

 3 cm long. Fruits numerous, free, the upper parts subpyra- 

 midal, narrowed upward, conspicuously 4- to 6-angled and sul- 

 cate, the tip about 1 mm in diameter ; stigmas 4 to 6. 



Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Ngagan, Bur. Sci. 2803Jt Fenix, May 9, 

 1917, in forests. 



This species belongs in the group with Freycinetia scabripes Warb. and 

 F. atocensis Martelli, but among other characters is readily distinguished 

 from both by its conspicuously 4- to 6-angled and sulcate fruits which are 

 narrowly pyramidal above. 



MARANTACEAE 



PHACELOPHRYNIUM K. Schumann 



PHACELOPHRYNIUM CYLINDRICUM sp. nov. 



Foliis longe petiolatis, chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, acumina- 

 tis, usque ad 30 cm longis; inflorescentiis pedunculatis, spicis 



