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MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. 

 PANDANACE^E. (A. B. RENDLE.) 



FKEYCINETIA ( OLIGOSTIGMA) FLAVICEPS Rendle, sp. nov. 



Samus subtenuis in parte superiore foliatus infra cieatricibus foliorum annulatus. 

 Folia in sicco tenuiter coriacea, lineari-lanceolata, superne ad apicem acutura pun- 

 gentem attenuata, margine et costa media lenui nisi sub apice inermi. Inflorescentia 

 frugifera ramum terminans, axi trigono bracteis deciduis nudo. Syncarpia terna, 

 subglobosa, flava, pedunculo hispido. Carpella matura sncculcnta, apice libero obtuse 

 pyramidata ; stigmata 2, hippocrepiformia vel semiorbicularia. Semina apice et basi 

 rubro-brunneo-tincta, rhaphe lata rhaphidophora et strophiolo angusto prsedita. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., S.W. ridge running up to Arfak lakes, scandent in 

 forest, 6000-8000'. Fr. Dec. 6125. 



Branch 4-3 mm. thick, internodes 8-16 mm. long. Leaves 6-8 cm. long, 

 4*5-7 mm. wide. Axis of inflorescence barely 1 cm. long ; syncarp about 

 1*5 cm. long and nearly as broad, somewhat flattened at the base ; about. 

 6-7 ripe carpels in a line drawn from apex to base, ripe carpel 2-3 mm. 

 broad, free apex 1*5-2 mm. high. Seed with a broad raphe bearing a double 

 line of white raphides, and on the opposite side a narrow wing-like 

 strophiole. 



Near F. inermis Ridl. from the Utakwa River, which, however, has 

 ellipsoidal red syncarj.s with more numerous carpels and seeds with a much 

 broader strophiole. 



FREYCINETIA ( PLEIOSTIGMA) G-IBBSE.E Rendle, sp. nov. 



Rarmis ramulosus superne foliatus, infra cieatricibus foliorum delapsorum annu- 

 latus. Folia coriacea, e basi latiore amplexicauli linearia, superne gradatim angustata, 

 acuta, recurvata, margine spinulifera ; costa media tenuis, supra leviter impressa, in 



facie inferiore subprominens et sparsius spinulifera. Inflorescentia mascula 



Inflorescentia feminea ra,mvi\os breves terminantes; ramuli in parte inferiore bracteis 

 triangularibus acutis margine spinuliferis, seriebus 3 dense imbricatis superne 

 gradatim increscentibus arete induti, bracteis superioribus usque ad 7 subito majori- 

 bus et spathiformibus, late ovatis, rubris, deciduis, margine sub apice spinuloso, alibi 

 inermi. Spicce florentes apice ramuli axillares, oblongo-ellipsoidese, pedunculo valido 

 hispido. Carpella dense aggregata, parte brevi apicale 5-6-gona ; stigmata 4-6, in- 

 terdum 3, in disco piano apicale ordinata ; ovarium super locellos dense sublignosum. 



Hal. Arfak Mts., !S.W. ridge running up to Angi lakes, common over 

 ground and on trees in forest, 7000-9000'. ? . Dec. 5516. 



Branch 4-7 mm. thick, internodes between the leaf-scars 3*5-4 mm. long. 

 Leaves 16-22 cm. long, 3*5-5 mm. wide above the broader base. Stem of 

 female flowering bnmchlets about 2 cm. long, covered below with densely 

 imbricating closely superposed bracts increasing in size upwards from 

 1-2*5 cm. long ; above them are a series of larger, spathe-like, more spreading 

 bracts, increasing rapidly in size up to 5 cm. long and 4 cm. broad. Flower- 



