PLANTS FROM BATANES AND BABITYANES ISLANDS. 403 
tomosantibus ; receptaculis axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, pedunculatiSj 
subglobosis^ rubris, glabris, 1 ad 1.3 cm diamctro, basi 3-bracteolatis ; 
pedunculis 1 ad 3 cm longis, pubescentibus. 
A prostrate shrub spreading over the ground and rocks. Branches 
terete, glabrous, reddish-gray, the branchlets ratlier thick, reddish-brown, 
somewhat ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves suborbicular to elliptical, 5 to 
12 cm long, 4.5 to 8 cm wide, subcoriaceous, brownish when dr}-, entire, 
smooth, slightly shining above, base and apex broadly rounded, the 
former, in young leaves, slightly subpeltate and very obscurely cordate, 
glabrous, or with very few hairs along the midrib beneath; nerves about 
6 on each side of the midrib, prominent, distant, spreading, anastomosing 
into an arched marginal nerve, the reticiilations rather close, distinct; 
petioles 0.5 to 2 cm long, ferruginous-pubescent. Eeceptacles axillary, 
solitary or in pairs, male and gall flowers in one set, fertile female flowers 
only in other sets, subglobose, glabrous, dark-red when mature, 1 to 1.3 
cm in diameter, the peduncles 1 to 2 cm long, pubescent, the apex, just 
below the receptacle, with three small bracts. Staminate flowers pedi- 
celled, the perianth segments 4, dark-purplish, 1 mm long, the pedicel 
with a single bracteole similar to the perianth segments; stamens usually 
2, rai-ely 3, or even 4, the anthers 1.2 mm long. Gall flowers in the 
same receptacle, the perianth and bracteole as in the male flowers, the 
ovary ovoid, 1.2 mm long. Fertile female flowers in separate receptacles, 
the perianth small, the ovar}' ovoid, 1.5 mm in diameter, the interior 
wall of the receptacle with numerous triangular-ovate, dark-purple scales. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3573 Fcnix (type), 3232 Mcarns. Babuyan, 
3895 F^nix. N. v., Tap6. 
A species well characterized by its smooth elliptical or suborbicular loaves, 
distant nerves and pedicelled receptacles. 
F. nota (Blanco) Merr. 
Camiguin, J^OlIt Fcnix. 
One of the most Common and widely distributed species of the genus in the 
Philippines; endemic. 
F. philippinensis Miq. 
N, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3G05, S783 F^nix; 3783 Mearns, N. y.,Nusu. 
A widely di>tributed endemic species of doubtful status. 
The validity of this species is doubtful, King reducing it to F. dccaisncana 
Miq., while Hemsley is of the opinion that it is identical with F. gihhosa BK 
(F. insularis :M^iq.) Elmer has recently described it again as F. confum. 
F. ulmifolia Lam. Encycl. 2 (1790) 499. 
F. shiuosa Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 232. 
Camiguin, 4OIO F4nix. Babuyan, S9W FMx. Batan, Santo Domingo de 
Basco, 8579 F^nix. N. v., Yaysi. 
The earliest description of this form is that of Lamarck, F. ulmifolia Lam. 
being based on Philippine material. The species was considered as a doubtful one 
by Miquel. F. sinuosa Miq., based on Cuming 192t, and var. intcgrifoJia Miq., 
based on Cuming 192//, both from the Philippines, are manifestly one species, and 
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