166 
The figure cited above does not agree exactly with Cuming's plant, 
` the leaves being armed throughout their whole length; but it most 
probably De ate ae species, which certainly is not even closely 
allied to F. luzonen 
. Freycinetia Vidalii, Hemsl. [Pandanacex]; species F. angusti- 
Jio et P. pycnophylle similis, caulibus scandentibus dense foliatis, 
foliis breviter vaginantibus, vaginis auriculatis, tenuibus simu 
coriaceis lentisque fl is angustis fere linearibus sursum valde 
attenuatis subtus pallidioribus per totam longitudinem in mar inibus 
iu 
€xceptis erustaceis eburneis, staminodiis brevibus filiformib 
Habitat = Islands: Bayombong, Nueva Vises Luzon, 
Vidal, 3 
. Folia jap maximis 21-3 lin, latis. Bractee worn 
2-23 poll. longs; exteriores longiores. Pedunculi 1— —1i poll. longi, 
'padicis pars florifera 4-6 lin. longa. 
296. Freycinetia formosana, Hemsl. Vire $ robustissima, 
orce affinis, foliis confertissimis superioribus subdistichis 
lineari-lanceolatis elongatis e basi lata surs pndai attenuatis vix 
secus costam s 
teriocibuà foiiis fere squantibus, spadieibus femineis maxi 
asciculatim aggregatis valide pedunculatis, floribus femineis inter se 
fere liberis, staminodiis obsoletis, stigmatibus 3-9 sepius circiter 6 
Habitat.—Formosa : without locality, — 630 ; Kolaig 
Ford, 45. 
Folia 2-3 ped. longa, ben 1-1} poll. lata sursum valde attenuata. 
Bractee basi usque ad 2} poll. lata. A Sti feminei cum seo is 
brevibus 4—6 poll. longi, sicci r -9 lin. diametro 
This is very similar to F, arborea, Gaud. in general appearance, but 
the leaves are not aculeate throughout their whole length, and the 
female spadices are always more than one or two 0, 
297. Freycinetia Beccarii, Hemsl. [Pandanacex] ; es F. m 
antifolie similis sed evidenter scandens caulibus Dorata foliis "at 
videtur in apicibus innovationum confertis amplexicaulib ec vagin- 
'oria a 
cuspidato-acuminatis deo Bon gere in et sla versus 
‘multinerviis (utrinque eliiter 23-25), bracteis parvis foliei spa- 
rset femincis ternis parvis valide pedunculatis ovoideis vel ue 
us femineis parvis staminodiis minutis, stigmatibus 2-3 
pedum —Borneo: Sarawak, Beecari, 3598. 
Folia 3-9 poll. longa, 1-3 poll. lata. Bractee semipollicares. Pedun- 
-euli pollicares, Spadici um femineorum pars florifera circiter 6 lin, 
