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outbreaks against the constituted autliority were of not infrequent oc- 
currence during the period while the collections liere considered were being 
made, so that it was unsafe to go far from the military post without 
an escort. In addition to the element of personal danger attending 
botanizing in the region, the humidity is so high that good specimens 
could be prepared only with difficulty. Under tlie circumstances Mrs. 
Clemens is to be congratulated on the extent and value of the material 
which she secured. 
The first set of the collection is deposited in the Herbarium of the 
■ Bureau of Science, where the types of the species here described are to 
be found. With the exception of the first set, and some specimens that 
have been sent to various si)ecialists for stud3', the collection remains at 
the disposition of the collector. 
URTICACE.K. 
LEUCOSYKE /oil. & Mor. 
Leucosyke candidissima {Blumo) Wedd. in DC. Trodr. 10' (1869) 235" 
Urtica candidissima Bhime Bijdr. {1S25) 498. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Caiup Koithley, Mrs. Clemens, September, 1907. 
A very striking species, previously known only from Java, the third of the 
genus to be found in the Philippines. 
MORACEZ^. 
FICUS Linn. 
Ficus dementis :Merrin sp. nov. § Urostigma. 
Arbor procera, glabra; ramnlis crassis, annulatis, angnlatis; foliis 
coriaceis, oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis, breviter obtnseqne acuminatis, 
basi acutis vel rotundatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, longe petiolatis; nervis 
utrinqiie ca. 7; receptaculis sessilibus, axillaribns, solitariis vel binis, 
ovoideis vel ellipsoideis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longia, basi grosse 3-bracteatis, brac- 
teolis involucrantibus, usque ad receptaculi medium porrectis. 
A very large tree, glabrous throughout. Brandies thick, reddish- 
brown, angular, with many annular sears. Leaves oblong or elliptical- 
oblong, coriaceous, shining, 20 cm long or less, 7 to 10 cm wide, entire, 
apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, base rounded or acute, usuallv rather 
abruptly narrowed at both ends; primary nerves about 7 on each side of 
the midrid, anastomosing near the margins, and with alternating rather 
distinct secondary nerves, the reticulations rather close; petioles 5 to 
7 cm long, the very young branches with numerous deciduous membt-anous 
lanceolate 8 cm long stipules, the apical scales on older branches coria- 
ceous, ovate, short-acuminate, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Receptacles solitary or in 
pairs in the leaf axils, sessile, ovoid or ellipsoid, 2 to 2.5 cm long, when 
young entirely enclosed in the ba.nl bracts, apex rounded, the ostiole 
