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oval, obovate-oval, or oval-oblong, 4.5 to 9.5 cm. long, 2.2 to 5.2 cm. wide, rounded 
or very obtuse at the base, usually 5-nerved, sometimes subemarginate, rounded or 
very obtuse at the apex and very abruptly contracted into a triangular, obtuse or 
acutish acumen 1 cm. long or shorter, subcoriaceous, deep green, concolorous, finely 
punctate on the upper surface, pilose-strigose along the veins beneath, elsewhere 
obscurely puberulent, glabrate in age, the lateral veins prominent beneath, 2 or 3 or 
rarely 4 on each side, strongly ascending, arcuate, laxly anastomosing near the margin, 
the veinlets inconspicuous; receptacles geminate, sessile, subglobose, 5 to 6.5 mm. 
in diameter, glabrous, green streaked with red, the ostiole not prominent, closed by 
3 very broad obtuse scales; involucre very small, bilobate, the lobes rounded, pilose 
at the base with rigid hairs; sepals blackish brown. 
Type in the U. 8. National Herbarium, no. 860679, collected at Cubilquitz, Depart- 
ment of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, altitude 350 meters, July, 1907, by H. von Tiirck- 
heim (no. II. 156; distributed as Ficus sapida). 
ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
GuaTeMALA: Near the Finca Sepacuité, Department of Alta Verapaz, March, 
1902, Cook & Griggs 26(N). Cubilquitz, alt. 350 meters, 1900, von Tiirckheim 
(J. D. Smith, no. 7668; distributed as F. hartwegit) (N, G). 
Costa Rica: In pasture bordering road, Buena Vista, road to San Carlos Valley. 
alt. 600 meters, April, 1903, Cook & Doyle 116(N). Santa Clara, September, 
1896, Cooper 10242 (N). Foréts de Las Vueltas, Tucurrique, alt. 635 to 700 
meters, March, 1899, Tonduz 13284 (N). 
Known in Guatemala as ‘‘mato palo.” 
This species has been confused with Ficus hartwegit Miquel, a Colombian plant, to 
which it appears to be related, but which differs in having pubescent recepta- 
cles, more numerous lateral veins, and a different kind of pubescence on the branches 
and leaves. The leaves suggest those of some species of the genus Colubrina, hence 
the specific name. 
20. Ficus costaricana (Liebm.) Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 298. 1867. 
Urostigma costaricanum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 322. 1851. 
? Urostigma warzewiezii Miquel, Versl. Med. Kon. Akad. Amsterdam 13: 410. 1862, 
? Ficus warczewiczit Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 298. 1867. 
Tree of large or medium size; young branches stout, grayish or brownish, glabrous 
or sometimes hirsute when young; stipules 0.8 to 2.5 cm. long, persistent or finally 
deciduous, broad, brown, thin, the outer ones densely silky-strigose outside; petioles 
stout, 1 to 3.5 cm. long, glabrous; leaf blades narrowly obovate-oblong, or sometimes 
obovate, oblong, or elliptic-oblong, 6 to 15.5 cm. long, 2.5 to 6.5 cm. wide, rounded 
and emarginate or subcordate at the base and usually 5-nerved, rounded or obtuse at 
the apex or rarely acutish or obtusely short-apiculate, glabrous, coriaceous, conco- 
lorous or nearly so, the lateral veins very coarse and prominent beneath, 5 to 7 on 
each side, divergent at an angle of about 60 degrees, arcuate, laxly anastomosing near 
the margin; receptacles geminate, sessile, depressed-globose, 10 to 12 mm. in diameter, 
glabrous, the ostiole not prominent, closed by 2 bracts; involucre bilobate, about 1 
cm. long, the lobes rounded, strigose outside. . 
TyPE LocALITy: Pitayaya, Costa Rica. Type collected by Orsted. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
GUATEMALA: Santa Rosa, Department of Santa Rosa, alt. 1,000 meters, May, 
1892, Heyde & Lux (J. D. Smith, no. 2983; distributed as F. lapathifolia) (N). 
Costa Rica: Rio Torres, November, 1910, Herb. Nac. Costa Rica 17510 (N), 
17549 (N); November, 1910, Tonduz & Jiménez 17535 (N). Without locality, 
Herb. Nac. Costa Rica 17548 (N); in 1888, Biolley 997 (N). San José, Novem- 
ber, 1910, Tonduz & Jiménez 17540 (N); June, 1911, Pittier 3673 (N), 3675 (N); 
November, 1901, Pittier 16218 (N); May, 1890, Pittier 2516(N). San Gabriel, 
