402 MEERILL. 
FICUS Linn. 
F. ampelas Burm. 
Sabtan, 3154 Fenix. 
Rather common in the Philippines; India to Malaya. 
F. caudatifolia Warb. 
Camiguin, -iJSi, 4101 F^nix. Batax, Santo Domingo de Baseo, 378^ Fenix. 
N. v., Alintdbao. 
An endemic form, closely allied to F. rostrata Lam., and frequently so identified. 
F. stipuiosa :Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 287; King, in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta 1^ (1887) 284. 
Urostigma stipulosum Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 6 (1847). 568. 
XJrosHgma caulocarpum ]\Iiq. 1. c, non Ficus caulocarpa Miq. Ann. !Mus. Lugd.- 
Bat. 3 (1SG7) 235. 
Ficus infectoria Roxb., var. caulocarpa (Miq.) King, 1. c. 63. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3706 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; Borneo. 
The synonymy of this species is rather complicated, as Miquel iu 1867 described 
Ficus caulocarpa without any reference to his earlier Vrostigma caulocarpum, 
the latter being based on a Philippine sj^ecimen, Cuming no. lf)SO, and the former 
on Celebes material. As the specific name caulocarpa is thus invalidated in 
Ficus for the present form, another name becomes necessary, and I have here 
adopted Ficus stipuiosa Miq,, to designate the Pliilippine form. King 1. c. 184, 
expresses the opinion that F. stipuiosa Miq., is identical with Urostigma caiilo-' 
carpum Miq., and after examining the various numbers of Cuming's Philippine 
plants, I am of the same opinion. F. stipuiosa Miq., is certainly only immature 
Vrostigma caulocarpum, with the stipules not fallen. The form is exactly 
matched by some of our recently collected material. 
F. megacarpa Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 14. 
F. elliptica Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 440, non H. B. K. 
Camiguin, 410/f Fenix. 
A species known only from the Philippines. 
Ficus elliptica Miq., was described from a sterile specimen, Philippines, Cuming 
1927, and was later reduced by Miquel himself to F. disticha Blume, in which he 
was followed by King. I have examined Cuming's specimen and am of the 
opinion that it is identical with the species which I described as F. megacarpa, 
which is not at all allied to F. disticha Blunie. Miquel's name is however invali- 
dated by the earlier F, elliptica 11. B. K. 
F. hauili Blanco. 
Camiguin, 3995 Fenix. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3567 Fenix. N. v., 
Yahnat/. 
This species is scarcely distinct from Ficus leucantatoma Poir., and is the 
Philippine form so identified by many authors. It has recently been described 
by Warburg as Ficus didymophylla, but Blanco's name is much the older, and 
should be maintained, if the plant is to be retained as distinct from F. leucanta- 
toma Poir. Endemic in the Philippines. 
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Ficus mearnsii sp. nov, § Eusyce. 
Fnitex repens; ramis teretibiis glabris, ramulis Junioribus bninnois, 
plus minus ferrugineo-liirsutis ; foliis subeoriaceis, suborbicularibus vel 
ellipticis, glabris^ 5 ad 12 cm longis, apice rotundatis, basi late rotundatis, 
subpeltatis; nervis utrinquc circiter 6, prominentibuSj distantibus, anas- 
