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1. Freycinetia ferox Warb. Pflanzenreich 3 (1900) 33. 
Freycinetia lucbanensis Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 212. 
Luzon, without locality, Warburg s. n., in Herb. Berol. (type), carbon im- 
pression in Herb. Bur. Sci.: Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 8230, May, 1907, 
type of Freycinetia lucbanensis Elm. 
The species described by Elmer is identical with that of Warburg, but neither 
specimen is mature. In the original description of the species Warburg errone- 
ously describes the leaf as 30 cm long, but the type, which I have examined in 
Herb. Berol., has leaves about 1 m long, Warburg’s “30 cm” being a typographical 
error for, probably, 80 cm. Because of this error, Mr. Elmer did not recognize 
the identity of his plant with Warburg’s species. The type of F. ferox Warb. 
was from central Luzon, probably Tayabas Province. 
2. Freycinetia maxima sp. nov. § Oligostigma. 
Eobusta, scandens, ramis circiter 3 cm diametro, teretibus ; foliis 
numerosis, dense imbricatis, flaccide-coriaceis, utrinque reticnlatis, 0.5 
ad 1 m longis, 7 ad 8 cm latis, anguste oblongo-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis, 
apice abrupte breviter acuminatis, basi paullo augustatis ibique margini- 
bus membranaceis pallidis vel purpnreis 6 ad 15 cm longis, usque ad 2 cm 
latis, instructis, totis marginibus valcle spinuloso-serratis, costa subt.us, 
in partibus superioribus, spinulosis. Spadicibus fructiferis ternis vel 
quaternis, oblongo-ellipsoideis vel anguste oblongo-obovoideis, 15 cm 
longis, 6 ad 7 cm diametro, leviter longitudinal iter sulcatis vel subcylin- 
draceis; pedunculis circiter 2.5 cm longis, 1 cm crassis; fructibus im- 
maturis linearibus, 1.5 cm longis, 1 mm diametro; stigmatibus 2 vel 3. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Malicboi, For. Bur. 10751/ Curran, -July 22, 1908: 
Albay-Sorsogon, Adumoy Hills, For. Bur. 12381 Curran, June, 1908. 
A species apparently most closely allied to the preceding and to Freycinetia 
latispina Warb., of Celebes, but distinct from both, and from all other described 
forms. It is remarkable for its large leaves, which are relatively broad, strongly 
reticulate, on their margins and in the upper part of the lower surface of the 
midrib, strongly spineseent, but more especially remarkable for its very large 
syncarps, each composed of several thousand fruits. 
3. Freycinetia oblongifolia sp. nov. § Oligostigma. 
Eobusta, scandens, circiter 4 m alta; ramis teretibus, 1 cm crassis; 
foliis submembranaceis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, circiter 20 cm 
longis, 4 ad 5 cm latis, basi angustatis, baud vaginantibus ; apice breviter 
abrupteque acuminatis, margine prope basin apicemque clenticulatis, in 
media parte inermibus. Inflorescentiis terminalibus, spadicibus femineis 
ternis vel quaternis, bracteis multis imbricatis roseis, acutis vel acumi- 
natis, marginibus costisque glabris vel apicem versus dentatis, exterioribus 
1 ad 2 cm longis, circiter 1.5 cm latis, interioribus 6 ad 8 cm longis, 
2.5 ad 3 cm latis, circumdatis. Spadicibus fructiferis, cylindraceis, 
aurantiacis, circiter 7 cm longis, 2 cm latis; fructibus circiter 2.5 mm 
diametro basi plus minus succulentis, supra lignosis, angulatis; stigma- 
tibus 2. 
Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Surigao, Bolster 31/2, 21/9, May and February, 
1906, in forests, 100 to 130 m altitude. 
