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Leaves alternate, long-petioled, broadly ovate, thickly charta- 
ceous or subcoriaceous, 17 to 22 em long, 12 to 16 cm wide, the 
base rather broadly truncate-rounded, apex acuminate, margins 
rather finely serrate, both surfaces rather harsh, the upper 
surface olivaceous, supplied with widely scattered, white, stiff, 
spreading hairs, the lower surface paler, distinctly pubescent 
on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations, and with scattered, elon- 
gated, stiff hairs on the midrib and lateral nerves similar to those 
on the upper surface; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent, nearly straight, the primary reticulations 
subparallel, distinct; petioles 6 to 10 cm long, supplied with 
scattered, elongated, stiff hairs similar to those on the branchlets; 
Stipules broad, up to 4 cm long, acuminate, glabrous except on 
the median portion of the back below, which is supplied with 
scattered, elongated hairs similar to those on the branchlets. 
Inflorescences cauline, apparently from near the base of the 
trunk, elongated, simple, up to at least 30 cm in length, glabrous 
or nearly so, the rachis about 5 mm in diameter. Receptacles 
fascicled at the nodes or on the stout, slightly produced, lateral 
branches, globose to obovoid, about 8 mm in diameter, brown 
when dry, distinctly lenticellate, minutely furfuraceous, their 
peduncles up to 12 mm long, the receptacles subtended by 3, 
ovate, minutely pubescent, acute bracts about 2.5 mm in length. 
Inside of the receptacles somewhat ciliate. Male flowers not seen. 
Fertile female flowers sessile or pediceled, their perianth seg- 
ments oblong-obovate, about 2 mm long, slightly ciliate at the 
tips; styles about 1 mm long. 
LUZON, Kalinga Subprovince, Mount Masingit, near Lubuagan, 
Bur. Sci. 37592 Ramos & Edafo, February 17, 1920. Along 
streams in the mossy forest, altitude about 1,300 meters. y 
A species closely allied to Ficus myriocarpa Miq. which is 
known only from Amboina Island. It resembles this species in 
its habit, its vegetative characters, indumentum, and the 
arrangement of its receptacles. It differs notably in its truncate- 
rounded, not cordate, leaf bases and in its larger and longer- 
peduncled receptacles. 
URTICACEAE 
ELATOSTEMA Forster 
ELATOSTEMA BONTOCENSE sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, ramosa, succulenta, saltem ad 40 cm alta, ramis 
plus minusve adpresse hirsutis; foliis numerosissimis, parvis, 
valde inaequilateralibus, chartaceis, glabris, olivaceis, circiter 
