314 MERRILL. 



subtus iiiiiiuk' (k'liticiilalis. S|ia»lii-iliiis rriicl ifcris ici-niinaliluis, binis 

 vol teriiis, deiisis. oblon^xis. cyliiidraccis. T ad 10 cm loiigis, 1.5 cm 

 diaiuetro; fnK-til)us circitei' .") iimi bmyis. plus minus an^indatis, apice 

 ti'uncatis; stipiudibus 5 vol (!. 



Xegros, Moinit Sil;iy. Whilj'ord I'i'il. -May, l!tO(J, iu forests on t-xposeil ridges 

 at an altitude of about l.'iOO in. 



This .species is allied to tin- precedini;', and in tlic ineliniiuary woik on tlie 

 present paper it was considered to be the same as /•'. dilatata. On going over the 

 material with Mr. Elmer, however, it was found that the present species diti'ered 

 constantly from the preceding in its leaves being densely imbricated but not 

 dilated at the base, the membranaceous margins narrower and attached along 

 one side, leaving no free portion at the apex, and by its very dense syncarps 

 and shorter fruits. Tl has again been collected by ]\Ir. Elmer in southern Negros. 



17. Freycinetia merrillii Elm. Eeall. IMiilip. J^ot. 1 ( 1!J()7 ) "ilG. 

 Lrzo.N. Province of Tayabas, Lucban. Elmer UKil, May. 1907, type. 



18. Freycinetia megacarpa sji. no\ . § J'lciosl ifiina. 



Seanck'us, ranus ramuJiscpu' plus minus triaiiiiidaribus, 5 ad 10 mm 

 crassis, rubro-brnnneis ; folds ol)longis vel oblon<i()-lanceolatis, 14 ad 

 IT cm lon^iis. :].o ad -4 em bdis, submombrauaceis, apice breviter acu- 

 nnnatis, l)asi angustatis, vix vaginantibus, nuu'giiie apieeni versus ])auce 

 obscureque deuticulatis. inferne integris ; inflorescentiis terndnalibus, 

 tends vel (juateriiis; pcdunculis 'i ad ;!.•") cm longis; syiicar[)iis gl()l)Osis 

 vel ovoideis, ;} ad ."> cm dianicti'o; fructibus carnosis, ovoideis vel 

 obovoideis, usque ad 1..") cm longis. apic-e plus minus pyramidatis, angu- 

 hilis, breviter rostratis; stigmatibus cii'citer (J. 



MiNUA.NAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n.. March, 1907. 



A species manifestly allied to the preceding, but the leaves lacking tlie 

 pi'ominent basal aniicles, and the margins of tlie leaves in the l)asal |)ortions 

 entire oi- subenliie. 



10. Freycinetia monocephala l-llin. I.call. IMiilip. I'.ot. 1 (l!t()ti-7) 7S. 21S. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban. and Mount Hanajao. Elmer l.iSI), 1)012, 

 May, ]!»07; Whifford HI I , October. 1004. 



A species well cliaracteri/ed by its usually solitary syncarps and veiy narrow 

 grass-like baxcs. 



:iO. Freycinetia sphaerocephala (iaudich. liot. \'oy. Bonite (l.S-4;5) /. 52; 

 Warb. in i^flan/.i-nreicli 3 (IIIOO) :{.■>. 



I'rri/riiirfia (/lobosa .M.i f. in Philip. .Iniirn. Sci. 2 (l!)()7) 2(10: l-'lni. Leall. 

 Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 217. 



Freycinetia .strohilaced X'id. Plinii. (inning. Philip. (ISS.")) l.')4: Kev. PI. \'asc. 

 Eilip. (18H(i) 280, non lilume. 



F..l'ZO.N, Province of .\lbay. Ciimitif/ S.C.I. .Mi.ndoko, .Mount I la Icon. Merrill 

 ')1!)1, November, l!lO(i. 



(iiining's s]>eeimcn is probably tlic tyjic of the species, altlinugli ( Ja iidicliaud 

 may iiave collected the siiini' form in tln' Philippines. ,\ tragnient of ('iiiiiiiii/ 

 S.iU is now in our lieibarium. and from the material now available, I tind that 

 the dill'eicnt iai characters liy which /'. i/lulxisd was separated are of no \alnc. 

 The (igure of /'. .sirohihirea given by \idal in Iiis Sinopsis Atlas I. !>■'). f. It. was 

 copii-d froni Itlnmr's i;iinipliia. liiii' \'i(|;il, 1. c. .\LII. 



