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In Captain Smith’s no. 4935 the tips of the leaf blades are acute instead of rounded. 
In the Colombian specimens the blades are merely very obtuse and not at all apicu- 
late. In the latter the receptatles have adherent to them a peduncle 12 mm. long. 
Both these collections, which are referred only tentatively to F. tonduzti, were dis- 
tributed as Ficus guianensis, but, judging from descriptions, the latter species is far 
removed from the present plant. 
The common name of the Costa Rican plant is given as ‘‘chilamate.’’ 
4. Ficus segoviae Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 300. 1867. 
Pharmacosycea angustifolia Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 3: 333. 1851, not 
Ficus angustifolia Roxb. 1814. 
Young branches brown, glabrous or obscurely puberulent; stipules very narrow, 
tapering gradually from the base to the long-attenuate apex, 2 to 5.5 cm. long, green, 
glabrous; petioles slender, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long, glabrous, canaliculate; leaf blades 
elliptic, narrowly elliptic, or narrowly oblong-elliptic, 10 to 20 cm. long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm, 
wide, acutely cuneate at the base and 3-nerved, not at all emarginate, gradually 
acuminate or long-acuminate at the apex, subcoriaceous, pale green, sparsely sca- 
berulous when young but soon glabrate, the lateral veins prominent beneath, slender, 
14 to 20 on each side, divergent at an angle of 55 to 60 degrees, arcuate, laxly anasto- 
mosing near the margin, the veinlets not prominent; peduncles solitary, 4 to 5 mm. 
long, very stout, glabrate; involucre very small, reflexed; receptacles globose, 1.6 to 3 
cm. in diameter, at first sparsely scaberulous but soon glabrate; ostiole prominent, the 
scales broad, rounded, brown; sepals dark ferruginous. 
TYPE LocaLity: Segovia, Nicaragua. Type collected by Orsted. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
GUERRERO: Cajfién de la Mano Negra, near Iguala, August, 1905, Rose, Painter & 
Rose 9381 (N). 
Veracruz: Zacuapan, March, 1909, Purpus 3784 (G, F, C). 
GuATEMALA: Capetillo, Department of Zacatepéquez, alt. 1,400 meters, March, 
1892, J. D. Smith 2604 (N, G). 
The specimens cited and described agree perfectly with the original description, 
except for Liebmann’s statement that the leaf blades are obtuse at the base. The 
species is doubtfully distinct from Ficus glabrata, but the leaf blades seem to be of 
characteristic outline. 
5. Ficus glabrata H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 47. 1817. 
? Ficus anthelmintica Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. 88. 1843, not J. anthelmintica 
Raeuschel, 1797. 
A large tree, often 30 to 40 meters high; young branches stout, brown or pale 
yellowish brown, glabrous; stipules 5 to 6 mm. long, narrow, tapering gradually from 
the base to the long-attenuate apex, green, glabrous; leaf blades elliptic-oblong or 
elliptic-oval, broadest at the middle, 12 to 23 cm. long, 5 to 10 cm. wide, acute to very 
obtuse at the base and 5-nerved, not at all emarginate, rather abruptly narrowed to 
the acute or acuminate apex, subcoriaceous or sometimes almost herbaceous, pale 
green, glabrous, the lateral veins prominent beneath, divergent at an angle of 60 
degrees or more, 14 to 21 on each side, approximate, parallel, slightly arcuate, laxly 
anastomosing near the margin, the veinlets nearly obsolete; peduncles solitary, 
7 to 15 mm. long, stout, glabrous; involucre very small, irregularly lobed, the lobes 
obtuse; receptacles subglobose, 1.5 to 4 cm. in diameter, glabrous or very sparsely 
and obscurely scaberulous; ostiole prominent, about 1 mm. broad; sepals dark 
ferruginous. 
Type LocaLity: Near Bojorque and Teneriffe, along the Magdalena River, Colom- 
bia. Type collected by Bonpland. 
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