260 MERRILL. 



tcrininal; pistillate spadices 5 or (i. oblonfr-cvliiidi-ical. <S to 10 em. long, 

 al)out 1.5 em. thiek, the peduncles 3 cm. long, ferruginous, strongly sca- 

 l)rous. Fruits very numerous, the free portions sul)pyramidal, strongly 

 ridged. Stigmas 2, rarely 3. 



Scandcnt in forests at 000 jii. alt. (No. ri(;47). 



A s|>cfii's possibly as closoly related to Frcyclnetia hizonrvsifi Presl. as to any 

 oilier. (lifrerin<!; from that .species in its lon<;er leaves and more ninnerons and 

 nnicli larj^er spadices. No. 2994 AIn'ni's collcclor from tlir Province of IJizal. 

 l.n/on. is aj)parently the same. 



Freycinetia globosa Merrill, n. sp. S l'lciosfi(/iii<i. 



Gracilis, scandens, ramulis 2 ad 3 iiiiii. latis. foliis late lanceolatis vel 

 oblongo-lanceolatis. 2.5 ad 7 cm. longis, 5 ad 15 mm. crassis, apice l)revi- 

 ter acuminatis, hasi al)rupt(' angustatis, dciitiiadatis; iniloresccntiae 

 terminales, spadices 2 terni, fructiferi globosi, ca. 2 cm. diamctro, po- 

 diinculis glabri.s, 1 cm. longis; fructus ca. 1 cm. longus; semina 2.5 mm. 

 longa, anguste linearia; stigmata 4. 



Slender, scandent, the branches reddish-brown, glabrous, 2 to ;! imii. 

 thick. Leaves broadly lanceolate or ol)long lanceolate, 2.5 to T cm. long, 

 5 to 15 mm. wide, sliortly aeiiininate. the base rather al)ruj)tly, narrowed 

 into a 5 mm. long clasping petiole, not auricled, the margins slightly 

 denticulate throughout, the teeth small, often ol^scure; nerves about 15. 

 l)arallel, nearly as prominent as the midrih. Inflorescence terminal, 

 pistillate spadices globose, red. lleshy, about 2 cm. in diameter, the 

 peduncles glabrous, about 1 cm. long: fruits nearly 1 cm. long, ileshy, 

 ovoid: seeds numerous, white, nai'rowly linear, 2.5 mm. long. 



Scandent in forests at l.l.lO ni. alt. (No. .'5791). 



A species apparently related to Freycinetia cnsifolio ^ferr., from ^^ount Mari- 

 veles and to F. fiphcicrocephaln Caiidieh., differing frf)m the I'ohik r in its relatively 

 iiroader, shorter leaves and from the latter in its longer, (|uite dillerently shajied 

 and less strongly denticnlate leaves whicli are not auriculate at the hase. 



OUAMTTsE^.. 



MISCANTHUS .\nders. 



Miscanthus sinensis AiKJers. Oefv. \'et. Akad. l-'orhandl. Stoekh. (IS.!;!) 100; 

 Mfir. ill I'liilip. .lourii. Sci. 1 i i!ll»(i| Sni)i>l.. .S2:5. 

 In oj.en heaths at 2.40U m. alt. (No. 5704). 

 On most l'hi!ip])ine nionntains. 

 .fapnn iuid Ctiiiin to Coehiii CliiTia. 1V)rneo and Celclies. 



POLLINIA Irin. 



Pollinia sp. near /'. UKUunillut Nees ; Merr. in i'liilip. .I<mrn. Sci. 1 ( lOOO) 

 Siippl.. :!27. 



in an old clearing at 700 m. alt. (No. .")(;-27 ) . 



Apimrently identical with sjieeimens from Luzon liiai llmLiI has indicated in 

 lit. as an nndersci'ihed species. 



