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abruptly short-acuminate with an obtuse acumen, subcoriaceous, glabrous, con- 
colorous, the midvein very prominent beneath, the lateral veins slender, slightly 
prominent, 8 to 12 on each side, divergent at an angle of 70 to 80 degrees, slightly 
arcuate, laxly anastomosing near the margin; peduncles geminate, glabrous, 3 to 5 
mm. long; involucre deeply bilobate, 4 mm. long, the lobes broadly rounded, brown, 
glabrous; receptacles subglobose, 8 to 9 mm, in diameter, glabrous, the ostiole slightly 
depressed, closed by 3 scales, 
Type LocaLiry: Montserrat. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
GUERRERO: Acapulco, 1894-95, Palmer 355 (N, G, F). 
This species occurs in Porto Rico, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, 
St. Vincent, Barbados, and Grenada. The above description is based wholly on 
Mexican specimens, which it is suspected came from a cultivated tree. 
36. Ficus glycicarpa Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 297. 1867. 
Urostigma glycicarpum Miquel, Versl. Med. Kon. Akad. Amsterdam 13: 409. 1862. 
Young branches brownish, glabrous or sparsely pilose: stipules about 1 cm. long, 
densely fulvous-sericeous outside: petioles stout, 1 to 2 cm. long, sparsely short- 
pilose or glabrate; leaf blades narrowly elliptic-ohlong, narrowly obovate-oblong, or 
obovate, 7 to 18 cm. long, 4 to 7 em. wide. rounded or subtruneate at the base and 
emarginate, sometimes deeply so, 5-nerved, obtuse or rounded at the apex and usually 
with a short broad obtuse acumen, coriaceous. glabrous, the costa and lateral veins 
very coarse and prominent beneath, the latter 7 to 12 on each side, divergent at an 
angle of about 45 degrees, nearly straight, arcuately anastomosing near the margin; 
peduncles geminate, 2 to 3 mm. long; involucre bilobate. small, thin, brown; recep- 
tacles globose, 1.5 to 2 cm. in diameter, glabrous or nearly so, the ostiole not promi- 
nent, closed by 3 brown scales. 
Type Locaniry: Hacienda de Ja Laguna, Veracruz, Type collected by Schiede, 
July, 1829. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: 
Veracruz: Region of Orizaba, August, 1866, Bourgeau 2818 (N, G). 
Bourgeau’s collection is the only one seen by the writer which agrees with Miquel’s 
description. Miquel describes the largest leaf blades as being 20 em. long and 7.5 
cm. wide, dimensions which are not quite equaled by the present specimens. 
37. Ficus bonplandiana (Liebm.) Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 8: 298, 1867. 
Ficus obtusifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2:49. 1817, not F. obtusifolia Rox), 1814. 
? Urostigma tnvolutum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk, Skrivt. V. 2: 320. 1851. 
Urostigma bonplandianum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 323. 1851. 
? Ficus involuta Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 8: 298. 1867. 
A large tree with short thick trunk and spreading crown: young branches very 
stout, densely leafy at the ends, sparsely puberulent:; stipules triangular-oblong, 
acuminate, 1.5 to 3 em. long, thin, dark brown, glabrous; petioles stout, 1 to 2 em. 
long, glabrous; leaf blades obovate-oblong to broadly obovate, 11 to 21 em. long, 5 
to 9.5 cm. wide, cuneately narrowed to the base or rarely obtuse, rounded at the 
apex, coriaceous, concolorous, glabrous, the lateral veins prominent beneath, 6 to 8 on 
each side, ascending at an angle of 45 degrees, arcuate, distant and not closely parallel, 
obscurely anastomosing near the margin, the veinlets conspicuous, finely reticulate; 
peduncles geminate, 2 to 4 mm. long, very stout: involucre large, bilobate, often 
covering nearly half the receptacle, the lobes rounded, often split at the apex, finely 
and densely sericeous; receptacles globose, 1.5 to 2 em. in diameter, densely and 
finely sericeous, the ostiole prominent, 3 mm. broad, the scales broad, rounded; 
sepals ferruginous. 
Type Locauity: Near Acapulco, Guerrero, Type collected by Bonpland. 
