xiii. c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 269 
toward the base rather conspicuous. Syncarps 3, globose, 2.5 
cm in diameter, their peduncles glabrous, 1.5 cm long. Fruits 
numerous, flask-shaped, about 9 mm long, narrowed upward, 
the upper part somewhat angular. Stigmas 4 or 5. 
Luzon, Sorsogon Province, Mount Bulusan, Bur. Sci. 23686 Ramos, 
September, 1915. 
A species manifestly allied to Freycinetia williamsii Merr., but distin- 
guished by the characters indicated in the diagnosis. In the typical form 
of Freycinetia williamsii the leaves are not at all toothed. 
FREYCINETIA APAYAOENSIS sp. nov. § Pleio stigma. 
Foliis numerosis, anguste ensiformibus, usque ad 70 cm longis 
et 1.5 cm latis, superne sensim longe attenuato-acuminatis, vix 
tessellatis, coriaceis, auriculis apice liberis; syncarpiis 4, cylin- 
draceis, 6 ad 8 cm longis, circiter 2 cm diametro, pedicellis 
scabris; fructibus numerosis, liberis, superne subpyramidatis, 
4- ad 6-angulatis et sulcatis, sursum angustatis, apice circiter 1 
mm diametro; stigmatibus 4 ad 6. 
Scandent, attaining a length of 12 m, the stems, when dry, 
about 1 cm in diameter. Leaves numerous, narrowly ensiform, 
60 to 70 cm long, about 1.5 cm wide, coriaceous, scarcely tessel- 
late, gradually narrowed upward to the very slenderly acuminate 
apex, somewhat narrowed below, the base above the sheathing 
parts about 1 cm wide, margins below sharply toothed, in the 
median parts unarmed or sometimes with a few scattered teeth, 
the long slender tip finely toothed on the margins and midrib, the 
latter usually unarmed in the lower part of the leaf ; auricle 
chartaceous, rather brittle, adnate to the leaf-margin except at 
the tip, here 3 to 4 mm wide, subtruncate to somewhat ovate 
and toothed on the upper side. Syncarps 4, cylindric, 6 to 8 
cm long, about 2 cm in diameter, their pedicels scabrous, about 
3 cm long. Fruits numerous, free, the upper parts subpyra- 
midal, narrowed upward, conspicuously 4- to 6-angled and sili- 
cate, the tip about 1 mm in diameter ; stigmas 4 to 6. 
Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Ngagan, Bur. Sci. 2803b Fenix, May 9, 
1917, in forests. 
This species belongs in the group with Freycinetia scabripes Warb. and 
F. atocensis Martelli, but among other characters is readily distinguished 
from both by its conspicuously 4- to 6-angled and sulcate fruits which are 
narrowly pyramidal above. 
MARANTACEAE 
PHACELOPHRYNIUM K. Schumann 
PHACELOPHRYNIUM CYLINDRICUM sp. nov. 
Foliis longe petiolatis, chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, acumina- 
tis, usque ad 30 cm longis; inflorescentiis pedunculatis, spicis 
