PHILIPPINE FREYCINETIA. 309 



Stigmas 1 to 3, usually 2. § OLiGOSTKi.MA. 

 Leaves about 1 m long, 5 to 8 cm wide. 



Leaves long and gradually acuminate; syncarps 3-nate, about 3 cm in diameter. 



L F. ferox 

 Leaves abruptly acuminate; syncarps 3- or 4-nate, 5 to 7 cm in diameter. 



2. F. maxima 

 -Leaves nuicli less than 1 m long. 



Leaves oblong, 3.5 to 4.5 cm wide, abruptly short-acuminate.. 3. F. ohhiigifoUa 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-Hanceolate, 2.5 cm wide or less, usually slenderly 

 long-acuminate. 



Leaves 10 to L5 cm, rarely IS cm long.... 4. F. luzonensis 



Leaves 20 to 60 cm long. 



Syncarps 2 cm long or less ; leaves about 40 cm long, 5 to mm wide. 



5. F. ridalii 

 Syncarps 4 to 11 cm long. 



Mature syncarps about 4 cm long. 



Leaves about 20 cm long G. F. robinsonU 



Leaves 40 to 50 cm long 7. F. curranii 



Mature syncarps 7 to 11 cm long. 



Syncarps 4-6-nate, about 7 cm long; leaves 20 to 30 cm long. 



S. 7^. mult {flora 

 Syncarps ternate, about 11 cm long; leaves 40 to GO cm long. 



9. F. auriculata 

 Stigmas 3 to 10. § Pleiostigma. 



Syncarps cylindrical, 3 to 5 times as long as broad. 

 Leaves 2 cm wide or less. 



Leaves 20 to 25 cm long, gradually narrowed upwards to the long and 

 slenderly acuminate apex; syncarps binate or ternate, 2.5 to 3.5 cm 



long 10. F. palawanensis 



Leaves 10 to 18 cm long, not caudate-acuminate; syncarps 4-nate or 5-nate, 



2 cm long or less 11. F. jagorii 



Leaves 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide. 



Leaves abruptly short-acuminate. 



Leaves 30 to 40 cm long, margins scabrous near the base and apex only, 



the median portions smooth 12. F. phiHppinensis 



Leaves about 1 m long, margins scabrous throughout IZ. F.riyida 



Leaves gradually and slenderly long-acuminate. 



Leaf margins scabrous only near the base and ape.x 14. F. scahripen 



Leaf margins scabrous throughout. 



Leaf base dilated, the stipule free above 15. F. dilatata 



Leaf base not dilated, the stipule attached along one side througliout 



its length IG. F. nrf/roscn.'iis 



Syncarps globose or subglobose. 



Leaves 4 to 5 cm wide, abruptly short-acuminate. 



Leaves strongly auricled at the base 17. /''. merriUii 



Leaves not auricled at the base 18./'. mcoacarpa 



Leaves not exceeding 2 cm in width. 



Leaves 2 to 3 mm wide 19. /•'. moimceplmJa 



Iveaves 7 to 20 mm wide. 



Leaves G cm long or less 20. F. .^phaerocephaJa 



Leaves exceeding 6 cm in length. 

 Leaves 1.5 to 2 cm wide. 



Leaves 9 to 13 cm long ! 21. F. rostrata 



LeaA'es about 20 cm long 22. F. wnrhunjii 



Leaves less than 1 cm wide. 



Leaves less than 10 cm long 23. F. ensifolia 



Leaves 15 to 25 cm lony 24. F. ioilliam.ni 



