60 The Philippine Journal of Science 1921 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sct. 
26307 Ramos & Edafio, August 22, 1916, in the mossy: forest, 
altitude apparently about 1,000 meters. 
This very characteristic species is manifestly allied to Ficus 
formosana Maxint., from which it is distinguished by its nu- 
merous, subfastigiate branchlets, and much smaller, coriaceous, 
fewer-nerved leaves. 
FICUS SAMARENSIS sp. nov. § Husyce. 
Frutex scandens, partibus junioribus et subtus foliis ad costa 
nervisque et petiolis ferrugineo-villosis; foliis ovatis ad oblongo- 
ovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis, integris, in siccitate brunneis, supra glabris; recep- 
taculis globosis, sessilibus, 6 ad 8 mm diametro, extus parcissime 
pubescentibus vel glabris. 
A scandent shrub, the younger parts, petioles, and leaves on 
the midrib and lateral nerves beneath more or less subappressed 
ferruginous-villous. Branches brown, terete, glabrous. Leaves 
alternate, ovate to oblong-ovate, coriaceous, 8 to 15 cm long, 4 
to 6 cm wide, brown when dry, the upper surface glabrous, some- 
what shining, the lower surface ferruginous-villous on the midrib 
and lateral nerves, with much shorter hairs on the reticulations, 
the apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, base rounded; 
lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, very prominent 
on the lower surface, anastomosing; petioles 7 to 14 mm long. 
Receptacles axillary, somewhat fascicled, sessile, globose or sub- 
globose, 6 to 8 mm in diameter, brown when dry, glabrous or 
with very few short hairs, each subtended by three, broadly 
ovate, brown, 1.5 to 2 mm-long bracts. Fertile female flowers 
numerous, the ovaries oblong-elliptic, about 1.2 mm long; styles 
terminal, up to 1 mm in length, ovary and style pale in contrast 
to the brown segments which are oblong and about 1.5 mm in 
length. 
SAMAR, Yabong, Phil. Pl. 1606 Ramos (type), March 18, 1914, 
in damp forests. The collector notes that the fruits also grow on 
the main stems of the plant. CATANDUANES, Bur. Sci. 30290 
Ramos. 
A species very closely allied to Ficus lanata Blume, but with 
somewhat larger leaves which are not uniformly and densely 
villous beneath, and sessile, not peduncled fruits. Among the 
Philippine species it is very close to Ficus propinqua Merr., 
but is less villous and has smaller fruits; from Ficus ramosii 
