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pedicellis robustis, 4 cent, longis, 12 mill, crassis, basin 
versus incrassatis, in sicco scabriusculis nec squamulosis. 
Syncarpia valida, cylindracea, 10-13 cent, longa, 25-35 
mill, lata ; baccae numerosissimae, confertae, lineares, an- 
gulosae, 1 mill, crassae, 11 mill, longae, omnes appropin- 
quatae, in earum dimidiam inferiorem partem seminiferae, 
et in parte apicali brevissima, 2 mill, longa, coriacea, sub- 
liberae, vertice angusto, plano, annulo vix prominulo cincto 
et stigmatibùs duobus oppositis, repleto. Semina subincurva, 
fere 1 mill, longa, linearia; raphe angusta, alba vix mani- 
festa, instructa. 
Habitat. — Nuova Guinea, lungo il Fly River. (De Al- 
bertis, 1879 ; in herb. Beccari). 
Freycinetia oblanceolata n. sp. 
Caulis planus, nec nitens, 5—9 mill, crassus, foliis alte 
vestitus; internodis 2-2 */» cent, longis; folia dissita, erecto- 
patula , chartacea, oblanceolato-spathulata, plana, 15-21 
cent, longa, 3-4 cent, lata, utrinque longitudinaliter a ve- 
nis remotiusculis, suboscuris percursa, in sicco persaepe 
longitudinaliter crispula, apice rotundata, plioato-falcata, 
subabrupte breviter acuminato-subulata, sensim usque ad 
basin angustata, ibique 5-10 mill, lata, ima basi subam- 
plectentia, minime vaginantia ; auriculis membranaceis, 
cito in fbras solutis, 2 */ g cent, longis, latiusculis (7 mill.); 
laminae marginibus basi et apice, tantum brevi tractu, 
dentibus brevissimis (interdum etiam evanidis) acutis, cras- 
siusculis, remotis, patentibus munitis ; costa media promi- 
nula, apicem versus remote et minute spinulosa. Inflore- 
scentiae pedunculum spathis plurimis, imbricatis, vestitum. 
Spathae parvae, decrescentes, membranaceae, superiores 5 
cent, longae (inferiores minores), lanceolato-acutae vel obtu- 
siusculae, basi 10-12 mill, latae, amplectentes, plicato-na- 
