132 , MERRILL. 
reddish-brown, sparingly hirsute, becoming ghibrous. Leaves alternate, 
ovate or oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, shining above, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 
to 3.5 cm wide, entire, the margins somewhat recurved, base broad, 
rounded, sometimes slightly cordate, apex acuminate, the acumen blunt, 
beneath minutely and^ densely puncticulate ; nerves three on each side 
of the midrib, very prominent beneath, distant, curved-ascending, ob- 
Bcurely anastomosing, the reticulations rather distinct; petioles 2 to 3 
mm long, sparingly hirsute. Receptacles axillary, solitary, globose, 5 
mm in diameter or less, glabrous or nearly so, red. Male flowers not 
seen. Gall flowers (?) sessile, the perianth of three narrowly ovate, 
reddish, pellucid-punctate lobes 1 mm long or less, the ovary elliptical- 
ovoid, compressed, the styles short, united into a mass in the middle 
of tlie receptacle. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens llCt//, September, 1007. 
A species manifestly allied to Ficns rameniaeea Roxb., and undoubtedly of 
the section Ensyce, although the male flowers are unknown. Closely allied to 
Ficus tayahensis Elm., which was placed by Elmer in the section Sycidium. 
differing from that species in its sessile receptacles and fewer served leaves. 
PEOTEACE^. 
HELICIA Loiir. 
Helicia graciliflora Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ca. 6 m alta; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, submembranaceis, 
tenuiter acuminatis, subintegris vel pauce distanter dentatis, rariter 
grosse lobatis; racemis tenuibus, usque ad 20 cm longis, phis minus ferru- 
gineo-hirsutis vel pilosis; floribus tenuissimis, 16 mm longis, ca. 1 mm 
diam., pauce pilosis. 
A small tree about 6 m high. Branches slender, terete, grayish-brown, 
tlie young branchlets rather densely but deciduously brown-pilose or 
tomentoBe. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, 10 to 14 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm 
wide, submembranous, sharply and slenderly acuminate, the base acute, the 
margins subentire or with distant scattered teeth, rarely witli one or 
two large lobes, glabrous above, beneath, especially on the nerves and 
midrib, more or less deciduous-brown-piiose ; nerves about 7 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; pet- 
ioles 1.5 to 2 cm long, slender, the blade often dccurrent as a very 
narrow margin. Eaeemes very slender, many flowered, 20 cm long or 
less, the rachis, pedicels and flowers more or less brown-pilose with 
deciduous hairs. Flowers very slender, about IG mm long, 1 mm or less 
in diameter. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., April and ^o]> 
temher, 1907. 
A very characteristic species, readily reco;,aiizaLlo by its pubescence and very 
slender flowers. Among the Philippine species it is most closely allied to Uelicia 
loranihoidcs Tre-sl, but very distinct from that species. 
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