167 
298. Fre eycinetia Creaghii, Hemsl. [Pandanacew]; foliis brevibus 
tenuiter coriaceis laxe vaginantibus linearibus acutis basin et apicem 
versus minute aculeolatis multinerviis deors sum gradatim minoribus 
infimis i innovationum | edunculata, 
bracteis brevibus latis vix acutis crassis coloratis ornatis, spadieibus 
masculinis ternis minimis breviter pon oa parte florifera cylindrica, 
staminibus numerosis filamentis fere liberi 
Habitat.—British North Borneo, Govan Creagh. 
Folia superiora circiter 6 poll. longa, inferiora ad vaginam reducta 
Pedunculi communi 1-14 poll. longi. Spadietum pedunculi circiter 
semipollicares, pars florifera 3—4 lin. longa. 
299. Freycinetia caudata, Hemsl. [Pandanacex]; scandens, epi- 
phytica (fide Horne) caulibus graciliusculis internodiis distinctis, 
audato- 
acuminatis basin versus subito angustatis complicatis semiamplexicau- 
libus nec vaginantibus apicem versus presertim in acumine aculeis 
minutis instructis cum costa circiter hare? bracteis coloratis 
herbaceis lanceolatis lem ma spadiees superantibus, 
spadicibus femineis ternis parvis distinete pedunculatis cylindricis, 
‘staminodiis minutis stigmati 3. 
Habitat.—Fiji : on rg of trees throughout the islands, J. Horne, 
zy pis foerit, Gre 
oll. sapius, T5 poll longa, maxima 1 poll lata. 
Plone 6-9 lin. longi. Spadicium femineorum pars florifera 1-1} 
poll. longa. 
300. Freycinetia sumatrana, Hemsl. |Pandanacee] ; robusta, foliis 
confertissimis ^c Coriaceis rigidissimis linearibus longis basi vix dilatatis 
sursum valde attenuatis sed vix acutis remote aculeolato-denticulatis 
coloratis e basi lata longissime caudatis, spadicibus mediocribus 
quaternis distincte pedunculatis oblongis, staminodiis minimis vel 
obsoletis, stigmatibus 2-3. 
Habitat.—Sumatra: Mount Singalan, Beccari, 211. 
Folia 2-3 ped. longa, basi circiter 1 poll. lata. Bractee 9-12 poll. 
longs, basi 11-2 poll. late. Pedunculi circiter pollicares. Spadicium 
femineum pars florifera 9-12 lin. longa. 
DXXVIIL—NEW SEEDLING SUGAR-CANE IN 
QUEENSLAND. 
The Annual Report of the (Queensland) Pe kl of Agriculture 
for the year 1894-5, describes the progress (pp. 5 9-7) of the sugar 
central mills at Mackay. “ The establishment of these, mills has led 
to an entire change in the industry, and especially have they been the 
cause of large estates being sub-divided and sold, or let on lease in small 
areas, the existing mills upon these estates being converted into a central 
