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Samar, Catubig River at Pinpisakan, Bur. Sci. 24349 Ramos, March 21, 
1916, in forests near the river. 
A species most closely allied to Freycinetia oblongifolia Merr., but 
strongly characterized by its unusually broad, thinly chartaceous, pro- 
minently tessellate leaves. 
FREYCINETIA BOTULI FOR M IS sp. nov. § Pleiostigma. 
Foliis circiter 70 cm longis et 3.5 cm latis, sensim angustatis, 
tenuiter et longe acuminatis, basi haud angustatis, auriculis 2 
ad 3 cm longis, omnino adnatis, laminae marginibus dentibus 
brevibus praeditis, in parte media laevibus; syncarpiis 3, ut 
videtur carnosis, siccitate cylindraceis, botuliformibus, 17 ad 20 
cm longis, 2.5 cm latis ; fructibus confertis, alte connatis, nume- 
rosissimis, circiter 3 mm diametro, apice subplanis vel paullo 
elevatis, haud angulatis; stigmatibus 7 vel 8. 
Scandent, the branches stout, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves 
about 70 cm long and 3.5 cm wide, gradually narrowed upward 
to the slenderly acuminate apex, the base not narrowed, the 
basal auricles adnate throughout, narrow, 2 to 3 cm long, toothed 
toward their apices, the margins below membranaceous, decidu- 
ous ; leaf margins below toothed, in the median part entire, and 
near the tip finely toothed, the midrib beneath with small teeth 
in the lower part, glabrous above. Syncarps 3, cylindric, dense, 
17 to 20 cm long and 2.5 cm in diameter when dry, their peduncles 
smooth, stout, about 3 cm long from a 5 to 6 cm long common 
peduncle. Fruits very numerous, connate nearly to their apices, 
about 3 mm in diameter, apparently fleshy, the free apices nearly 
plane or slightly elevated, not at all angular, the stigmatic por- 
tion elliptic, about 2 mm long; stigmas 7 or 8. 
Luzon, Sorsogon Province, Mount Lalao, Bur. Sci. 23363 Ramos, Sep- 
tember, 1915, in damp forests. 
This species is well characterized by its elongated leaves and its sausage- 
shaped, elongated syncarps, the individual fruits being united except at 
the very tips, the free portion being slightly elevated and not at all 
angular. In its elongated syncarps it differs radically from the species to 
which it is allied, such as F. scabripes Warb., F. batanensis Martelli, and 
F. banahaensis Elm. 
FREYCINETIA BULUSANENSIS sp. nov. § Pleiostigma. 
Species F. williamsii affinis, differt foliis longioribus et angus- 
tioribus, longissime et tenuissime attenuatis, pro ratio subfero- 
citer serratis. 
Scandent, slender, branched, the branches brownish, about 
3 mm in diameter, the internodes 3 to 8 mm long. Leaves rather 
stiff, 20 to 29 cm long, 5 mm wide, very gradually narrowed 
upward to the long and slender acuminate apex, the margins 
and midrib on the lower surface toothed throughout, the teeth 
