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phe alba, crassa, seminis latus convexum percurrenti, stro- 
phiolo angustiori, sub-inconspicuo. 
Habitat. — Nuova Caledonia. (Deplanche, 1867, n. 1354 ; 
in herb. Caen, ex herb. Vieillard). 
Sectio IL — PLEIOSTIGMA. 
Freycinetia Kuchinensis n. sp. 
Caulis 3-5 mill, crassus, flexuosus, in sicco flavus, nitidns, 
interrupte (Beco.) foliosus ; internodis 1 cent, longis ; folia 
membranacea, patentia, lineari -lanceolata, et acuminato-su- 
bulata, 20-22 cent, longa, 7-10 cent, lata, supra plana, 
viridia, subtus pallidiora, utrinque crebre longitudinaliter 
venoso striata, supra basin, brevi tractu, panilo angustata, 
ibique arcuata, in parte basilari 2 1 , cent, longa, vaginantia 
et dilatata ; auriculis 2 1 , cent, longis, membranaceo-sca- 
riosis, subfalcatis, 5 mill, latis. apice rotundatis, paullo fim- 
briatis ; laminae marginibus laevibus, basin versus, bre- 
vi tractu, paucis dentibus brevibus, acutis, crassiusculis, 
irregularibus, remotis, subhorizontalibus munitis, in parte 
apicali tantum minute spinulosis; costa media, subtus, acuta 
et prominula, fere e medio usque ad apicem remote et mi- 
nute spinulosa. Inflorescentia foeminea bina vel terna, api- 
cali ; pedunculo plurimis spathis confertis, imbricatis, de- 
crescentibus membranaceis induto ; spathae breves, 2 1 s -4 
cent, longae, 8 mill, latae, lanceolato-acumiuatae, vel acutae, 
naviculares, basi amplectentes, in margines latiuscule sca- 
riosis ; pedicellis brevibus, 1 1 s cent, longis, 2 mill, crassis, 
laevibus vel antice longitudinaliter secus costulas piloso- 
scabridis. Syncarpia oblonga, 3-3 1 2 cent, longa, 2 cent, 
diam. ; drupae confertae usque ad apicem succulentae, 8 
mill, longae, cuneatae, exagonae, 4 mill, crassae ; parte 
apicali, 2 mill, longa, libera, fere rotundato-subpyrami- 
data, anguiosa, et mammilla parva stigmatifera, terminata. 
