310 MERRILL. 



1. Freycinetia ferox \\;irl). IMlaii/cincicli 3 ilildO) X\. 

 J'rcyciiirtia luchaiiciisis Elm. Leall. Pliilip. But. 1 (1907) 212. 



Ia'zo.n, without locality, Wdibiirf/ fi. )i., in Herb. Berol. (type), carbon im- 

 pression in Herb. Bur. 8ci.: Province of Tayabas. l.ucbaii. Klinrr S.230. IMay, 1!)07, 

 type of Frcijciiielia lucbanensis Elm. 



The species described by Elmer is identical with that of Warburg, but neither 

 specimen is mature. Tn the orijiinal description of tlie s))ecies Warburg errone- 

 ously describes the leaf as ;W cm long. Imt tlie type, which I have examined in 

 Herb. Berol., has leaves about I m long, Warburg's "30 cm" being a typographical 

 en-or for, probably, 80 cm. Because of this error, INlr. Elmer did not recognize 

 tlie identity of his jjlant with Warburg's species. The type of F. ferox Warh. 

 was from central Luzon, probably Tayabas Province. 



2. Freycinetia maxima sp. nov. S (>li</<)sH</iiia. 



liobusta, scandens, raiiiis circiter I! em diametro, icretihiis ; foliis 

 numerosis, dense imbricatis, llaccide-coriaoeis, iitriiKiuo reticulatis, 0.5 

 ad 1 m longis, 7 ad 8 cm latis, angiiste oblongo-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis, 

 apice abriipte ln'oviter acuininatis, l)asi paullo angustatis ibique margiiii- 

 bus ineinl)ranaceis pallidis vel piirpureis G ad 15 cm longis, usque ad 2 cm 

 latis, instructis, tot is marginibus valde spinuloso-serratis, costa subtus, 

 in partil)us sujx'i-ioribus, spinulosis. Spadicibus fructiferis lernis vel 

 quaternis, oblongo-ellipsoideis vel anguste oblongo-obovoideis, 15 cm 

 longis, () ad 7 cm diametro, leviter longitudinal iter sulcatis vel subcylin- 

 draceis ; ix'dunculis circiter 2.~) cui longis, 1 cm crassis; fructibus im- 

 maturis linearibus, 1.5 cm longis, 1 mm diametro ; stigmatibus 2 vel 3. 



Luzox, Province of Tayabas, ]\Ialicboi, For. Bur. 1075.'f Curran, July 22, 1908: 

 Albay-Sorsogon, Adumoy Hills, For. Bur. 12381 Curran, June, 1908. 



A S]>ecies apparently most closely allied to the ])rece(Iing and to Frci/cincti<i 

 liilisijjud Warb., of Celebes, but distinct from hotl:, and fiom all other described 

 forms. It is remarkable for its large leaves, whicJi are relatively broad, strongly 

 reticulate, on their margins and in the U])per part of tli<' lower surface of the 

 midrib, strongly spinescent, but more especially remarkable for its very large 

 syncar])S, each composed of several thousand fruits. 



3. Freycinetia oblongifolia sp. nov. S Olif/ostij/ma. 



liobusta, scandens, circiter 4 m alta; ramis teretibus, 1 cm crassis; 

 foliis sut)mem1)ranaeeis, ohloiigis vel ol)b)ngo-buieeolat is, circiter '^0 cm 

 longis, 4 ad 5 cm bitis. basi angustatis. Iiaud vagiiiaiitilms : apii'c lu'eviter 

 abntpte(iue acumiiiatis, margine prope basin a|>icem(|ue denticnhitis, in 

 nu'dia ])arte inermibiis. Inlloresceiiliis tei-minalil)us. spadicibus femineis 

 tei-nis vel quaternis, l)racl('is mull is iiiil)ricatis roseis, aciitis \cl aciimi- 

 natis, marginibus e()stis(|uc glaluis vel ai)icem vei-sus dental is, e.xterioribns 

 1 ad 2 cm longis, cii'ciler 1.5 cm latis. intei'ioribus (i ad S em longis, 

 2.5 ad .'! cm latis, circumdal is. SpadiciWus I'rucl i I'ci'is, cvlindi'aeeis, 

 aurantiaeis, cii-citer 7 cm longis, •.' cm latis: t'ructibus circiter "^.5 mm 

 diametro basi plus minus succulctitis, supi-a lignosis, angulatis: stigma- 

 tibus 2. 



Mindanao. I'rovince of Surigao. Surigao, Bnl.shr .i>,!. .?'/.''. May and I'ebrnary, 

 inOf), in forests. 100 to 130 m altitude. 



