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3. F. nota (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1905) 10. 



(2492 Merrill) June; (723 Borden) May; (.324 Barnes) February; (173 

 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest Fl. coll. Borden, May; (0089 Elmer) November; 

 (2408 Meyer) January; (05, 400 Whit ford) April, June. In forests and thickets 

 usually near the river, 50 to 500 m. Endemic. T., Tibig. 



4. F. pseudopalma Blanco; Merr. 1. c. 6 (1904) 9. 



(Whitford), In thickets below 100 m. rather common and widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. Endemic. T., Niogniogan. 



5. F. ribes Reinw. ; King 1. c. 110. pi. l^If. 



(2033, 2838 Meyer) February. March; (348 Barnes) February; (3881 Elmer) 

 November. In forests 000 to 900 in. Malaya to New Guinea, 

 0. Ficus rubrovenia Merrill, sp. nov. 



A tree 8 to 14 m. high. Branches light brown, striate, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong to broadly oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate. coarsely irregularly repand to 

 entire, chartaceous, glabrous, 11 to 20 cm. long, 4 to 7 cm. wide, the apex some- 

 what abruptly short acuminate, the base acute; nerves prominent beneath, ir- 

 regular, reddish brown when dry, the primary ones 7 to 8 on each side of the 

 midrib, distant, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct ; 

 petioles ] to 3 cm. long, glabrous; stipules glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, caducous. 

 Receptacles fasciculate on small hranchlets or tubercles from the trunk of the 

 tree. 3 to 10 or more receptacles in a fascicle, the tubercle or branchlet rugose, 

 stout, 2 cm. long or less. Receptacles subglobose to obovoid, glabrous, red when 

 mature, about 1 cm. in diameter, I he peduncles slender, glabrous, 1 to 2 cm. long, 

 with 2 or 3 small bracteoles near the apex. Male flowers few, only near the 

 ostiole, their pedicels 1.5 nun. long, monandrous, the anther 0.8 mm. long, the 

 perianth surrounding the anther. Fertile female flowers sessile or pedicelled. 

 Perianth entire, diagonally truncate, about 1 mm. long, slightly enclosing the 

 base of the ovary; ovary ovoid, 1.5 long, the style sublateral. 0.5 mm. long. (Jail 

 flowers similar to the fertile female flowers. 



1^709. 3003 Meyer) February, May; (1183 Borden) June; (3138 Merrill) 

 October; (0038 Elmer) November; (407, 1070 Whitford) July, January. In 

 forests 100 to 700 m. A species well characterized by its oblong, irregularly 

 repand to subentire leaves. T., Tibig. 



§ Eusyce. 



7. F. odorata (Blanco) Merr. 1. c. 17 (1904) 15. 



(020, 1250 Borden) April, June; (108 Merrill) Decades Philippine Forest Fl., 

 coll. Borden, June; (37 Whitford) April; (0052 Elmer) November. In thickets 

 and forests below 100 m. Endemic. T.. Pacquiling. 



S. F. ruficaulis Merr. 1. c. 13. 



(512 Barnes) February, November; (185 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest Fl., 

 coll. Borden, April ; (0878 Elmer) November; ( 1233 Whitford) April. In forests 

 100 to 300 m. Endemic. 



9. F. villosa Blume; King 1. c. 137. pi. 112. 



(2833 Meyer) March. In Forests at 850 m., not previously reported from the 

 Philippines. Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 



§ Neomorphe. 



10. Ficus paucinervia Merrill, sp. nov. 



A tree reaching a height of about 13 m. Branches brown, striate, minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate, elliptical ovate to oblong ovate, subcoriaceous, 9 

 to 14 cm. long, 5'.5 to 8 cm. wide, narrowed somewhat to the equilateral, rounded, 

 rarely somewhat acute base, the apex abruptly acuminate, the acumen blunt, 



