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Samar, Catubig River at Pinpisakan, Bur. Sci. 2J^SJf9 Ramos, March 21, 

 1916, in forests near the river. 



A species most closely allied to Freycinetia oblongifolia Merr., but 

 strongly characterized by its unusually broad, thinly chartaceous, pro- 

 minently tessellate leaves. 



FREYCINETIA BOTULIFORMIS sp. nov. § Pleiostigma. 



Foliis circiter 70 cm longis et 3.5 cm latis, sensim angustatis, 

 tenuiter et longe acuminatis, basi haud angustatis, auriculis 2 

 ad 3 cm longis, omnino adnatis, laminae marginibus dentibus 

 brevibus praeditis, in parte media laevibus; syncarpiis 3, ut 

 videtur carnosis, siccitate cylindraceis, botuliformibus, 17 ad 20 

 cm longis, 2.5 cm latis ; f ructibus conf ertis, alte connatis, nume- 

 rosissimis, circiter 3 mm diametro, apice subplanis vel paullo 

 elevatis, haud angulatis; stigmatibus 7 vel 8. 



Scandent, the branches stout, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves 

 about 70 cm long and 3.5 cm vi^ide, gradually narrowed upward 

 to the slenderly acuminate apex, the base not narrowed, the 

 basal auricles adnate throughout, narrow, 2 to 3 cm long, toothed 

 toward their apices, the margins below membranaceous, decidu- 

 ous ; leaf margins below toothed, in the median part entire, and 

 near the tip finely toothed, the midrib beneath with small teeth 

 in the lower part, glabrous above. Syncarps 3, cylindric, dense, 

 17 to 20 cm long and 2.5 cm in diameter when dry, their peduncles 

 smooth, stout, about 3 cm long from a 5 to 6 cm long common 

 peduncle. Fruits very numerous, connate nearly to their apices, 

 about 3 mm in diameter, apparently fleshy, the free apices nearly 

 plane or slightly elevated, not at all angular, the stigmatic por- 

 tion elliptic, about 2 mm long; stigmas 7 or 8. 



Luzon, Sorsogon Province, Mount Lalao, Bur. Sci. 23S6S Ramos, Sep- 

 tember, 1915, in damp forests. 



This species is well characterized by its elongated leaves and its sausage- 

 shaped, elongated syncarps, the individual fruits being united except at 

 the very tips, the free portion being slightly elevated and not at all 

 angular. In its elongated syncarps it differs radically from the species to 

 which it is allied, such as F. scabripes Warb., F. batanensis Martelli, and 

 F. banahaensis Elm. 



FREYCINETIA BULUSANENSIS sp. nov. § Pleiostigma. 



Species F. williamsii affinis, diflfert foliis longioribus et angus- 

 tioribus, longissime et tenuissime attenuatis, pro ratio subfero- 

 citer serratis. 



Scandent, slender, branched, the branches brownish, about 

 3 mm in diameter, the internodes 3 to 8 mm long. Leaves rather 

 stiff, 20 to 29 cm long, 5 mm wide, very gradually narrowed 

 upward to the long and slender acuminate apex, the margins 

 and midrib on the lower surface toothed throughout, the teeth 



