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sulae, 16-10 cent, longae, 4 cent, latae, ovato-lanceolatae, 
plus-minusve longe acuminato-subulatae, acute concavo- 
naviculares, carinatae, longitudinaliter crebre venoso-stria- 
tae. Inflorescentia mascula tantum nota, terminalis, terna, 
pedicellis 4 cent, longis, 4 mill, crassis ; parte staminifera 
cylindracea, elongata, 5-6 cent, longa, 7 mill, crassa ; sta- 
mina numerosa, conforta, 5 mill, longa, filamentis gracilli- 
mis ; antheris parvis, oblongis. 
Habitat. — Isole Kei, nella G-rande Kei. (Raccoglitore 
ignoto, n.° 246 ; in herb. Buitenzorg). 
Freycinetia gladiifolia n. sp. 
Scandens, caulis 7-8 mill, crassus, internodis brevibus, 
8 mill, longis ; folia conforta, arcuato-ascendentia, rigida, 
linearia, ensiformia, 1 cent, lata, acuminato-subulata, 35-40 
cent, longa, subtus crebre et minute longitudinaliter ve- 
noso-striata, basi non angustata, supra canaliculata et bre- 
viter vaginantia ; auriculis membranaceis, lanceolatis, acutis, 
fere 3 cent, longis; laminae marginibus, brevi tractu in 
parte media, levibus, caeterum dentibus brevissimis et mi- 
nutis, basilaribus patentibus, munitis. Inflorescentia mascula 
tantum nota, terminalis, plurimis spathis subcarnosis, coloratis 
involuta. Spathae exteriores, vel potius folia floralia, foliis 
simillimae sed breviores, et basin versus sensim dilatatae, 
carnosae et coloratae ; spathae interiores etiam carnosae et 
coloratae, 2 7 2 -3 i / i cent, latae, 7 cent, longae, ovato-lan- 
ceolatae, convexae, acutae vel in acumen viridem folia- 
ceurn plus minus ve elongatum productae. Spadices ma- 
sculi quaterni ; pedicellis tenuibus, 2 */ s mill, latis, 2 
cent, longis, levibus, longitudinaliter striatulis ; parte sta- 
minifera 2 V 2 cent, longa, cylindracea. Stamina perplurima, 
filamentis 2 mill, longis; anthaeris, brevibus oblongis. 
Habitat. — Nuova Guinea, Rorido Misori, Baia del Geel- 
vinch; Maggio 1872. (0. Beccari s. n., in herb. Beccari). 
