26 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
Ficus liebmanniana Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot Lugd. Bat, 3: 298. 1867. 
Ficus sulcipes Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 8: 298. 1867. 
Ficus baccata Miquel, Ann. Mus, Bot. Lugd. Bat. 8: 299. 1867. 
Ficus fasciculata 8. Wats. Proc. Amer, Acad. 24: 78. 1889, not F. fasciculata King, 
1888. 
Ficus sonorae 8, Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 24: 78. 1889. 
Large or small tree with pale yellowish bark; young branches rather slender, ful- 
vous or brownish, glabrous or minutely puberulent; stipules 5 to 15 mm. long, narrow, 
long-acuminate or attenuate, thin, brown, deciduous, glabrous or minutely puberulent; 
petioles slender or stout, 5 to 80 mm. long, glabrous or minutely puberulent; leat 
blades very variable in outline, oblong, elliptic-oblong, lance-oblong, lanceolate, 
oval, ovate, or rarely broadly ovate, 4 to 12 cm. long, 1.5 to 4.7 em. wide, rounded or 
obtuse at the base, sometimes subemarginate, gradually or somewhat abruptly acute 
to long-acuminate at the apex or rarely obtuse, the tip of the blade acute or obtuse, 
coriaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous, bright or yellowish green. concolorous, the 
costa prominent beneath, the lateral veins very slender, slightly prominent beneath, 
5 to 12 on each side, divergent at an angle of 45 to 60 degrees, usually arcuate, laxly 
anastomosing near the margin, the blades usually conspicuously 3-nerved at the base, 
the 2 basal lateral veins commonly much more conspicuous than the other lateral ones; 
peduncles geminate, slender, glabrous or puberulent, sometimes longer but usually 
shorter than the receptacles; involucre inconspicuous, deeply bilobate, 3 to 4 mm. 
long, the lobes rounded, spreading, glabrous or minutely puberulent; receptacles 
subglobose, 9 to 12 mm. in diameter, spotted, glabrous or minutely puberulent, the 
ostiole dceply depressed, usually surrounded by an elevated annulus. 
Type LocALity: Near Acapulco, Guerrero. Type collected by Bonpland. 
ILLusrrATION: Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald pi. 35. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Sonora: Guaymas, November, 1887, Palmer 645 (N, G), 92 (G, type of F. sonorae, 
N, ©), 646 (G, type of F. fasciculata, N); June, 1897, Rose 1207 (N, G); May 
11, 1892, Brandegee (C). Sierra de Alamos, March, 1910, Rose, Standley & 
Russell 12869 (N), 12991 (N). 
SivaLoa: Guadalupe, April, 1910, Rose, Standley d& Russell 14774 (N). Villa 
Unién, April, 1910, Rose, Standley & Russell 13904 (N). 18906 (N), 18947 (N). 
La Rastra, alt. 600 meters, March, 1899, Goldman 362 (N, G). Rosario, July, 
1897, Rose 1824 (N); April, 1910, Rose, Standley & Russell 14646 (N). Mazat- 
lan, March and April, 1910, Rose, Standley & Russell 13745 (N), 14128 (N). 
Valley of Rio Fuerte, October, 1898, Goldman 244 (N, G). 
Teric: Acaponeta, April, 1910, Rose, Stondley & Russell 14444 (N); June, 1897, 
Rose 1452 (N). San Blas, June, 1897, Nelson 4842 (N). Maria Madre Island, 
May, 1897, Nelson 4288 (N, G). Tepic, 1892, Palmer 1855. 
Jauisco: Near Guadalajara, September, 1891, Pringle 3860 (N, G, I). Casa 
Fuerte, April, 1905, Griffiths 3334 (N). 
TaMAuipas: Tampico, alt. 15 meters, January, 1910, Palmer 140 (N). 
San Luis Porosi: Tamasopo Canyon, July, 1890, Pringle 3554 (G, F). Las 
Palmas, June, 1892, Pringle 5305 (G). 
Cotma: Colima, 1891, Palmer 1119 (N, G). 
MicuoacAn?: La Providencia, alt. 900 meters, April, 1899, Longlassé 1014 bis (N). 
GueRRERO: Between Copala and Juchitango, alt. 60 to 180 ineters, February, 
1895, Nelson 2311 (N, G). Acapulco, 1894-95, Paliner 62 (N, G, F). 
Moretos: Near Cuernavaca, May, 1899, Rose d Hough 4850 (N). 
Oaxaca: Valley of Oaxaca, alt. 1.530 to 1.740 meters, September, 1894, Nelson 
1252 (N. G). Nazareno Etla, alt. 1.599 meters, June, 1895, DZ. C. Sinith 489 
(G). Cerro del Fule, alt. 1.600 meters, May, 1907. Cenzatti 1805 (F). 
Between San Carlos and San Bartolo, alt. 900 to 1,440 meters, April, 1898, 
