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Merr., it is entirely different in its indumentum, although in 
other characters quite similar to this species. 
FICUS AHERNII sp. nov. § Husyce. 
Frutex scandens, F. obtusae Hassk. affine; foliis ovatis ad 
elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice obtusis vel rotunda- 
tis, basi cordatis, margine integris, supra scabris, subtus pubes- 
centibus, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5; receptaculis axillaribus, soli- 
tariis, globosis, pedunculatis, circiter 1.5 cm diametro, glabris vel 
subglabris, bracteis circiter 2 mm longis. 
A scandent shrub, the younger parts more or less densely 
pubescent; branches terete, dark-colored when dry, glabrous, 
striate, the branchlets densely ferruginous-pubescent ; leaves al- 
ternate, ovate to elliptic-ovate, coriaceous, entire, 7 to 10 cm. 
long, 4 to 8 em wide, the apex broadly rounded or obtuse, base 
distinctly cordate, sometimes merely subtruncate, the upper sur- 
face rather pale, scabrid, the lower somewhat similar in color 
but rather densely pubescent; lateral nerves 4 or 5 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent; petioles densely brown-pubescent, 1 
to2.5cemlong. Receptacles axillary, solitary, peduncled, globose, 
glabrous or nearly so, about 1.5 cm in diameter, containing only 
fertile female flowers so far as examined, the peduncles about 
1 cm long, pubescent, bearing at their apices three small, ovate, 
2 mm-long bracts. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3104 Ahern’s 
collector, May, 1908 (type): Sorsogon Province, Elmer 1 7022, 
14406. BILIRAN, Bur. Sci. 18639 McGregor. SAMAR, Bur. Sci. 
17512, 17568 Ramos. 
This species is manifestly very closely allied to the Malayan 
Ficus obtusa Hassk. It differs from our Javan material (Koor- 
ders 38836) in its receptacles being glabrous or nearly so, not 
densely ferruginous-pubescent, and in its much smaller bracts 
and longer peduncles. It is named in honor of Major G. P. 
Ahern, formerly Director of the Bureau of Forestry. 
FICUS OBTUSA Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844) 75; King in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta 1 (1888) 130, ¢. 163. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 26749 
Mavesa, For. Bur. 20212 Villamil, February, 1917, and May, 1913. 
In forests, ascending to 400 meters. 
A species widely distributed in the Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago, but not previously recorded from the Philippines. 
The specimens agree with the description and with our Javan 
material representing it. Ficus ahernii Merr., is closely allied. 
