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THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 343 
Higher altitudes on the mountains of the Philippines; endemic. It seems 
probable that this species, as well, perhaps, as F. guyeri E]m., will have to be 
combined with F. validicaudata Merr. 
4. F. nota (Blanco) Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 10. 
In stream depressions in the pine region below an altitude of 1,500 m, C. M. Z. 
18218, 18183. 
Very common and widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium 
altitudes; endemic. 
5. F. pseudopalma Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 680. 
In pine forests below an altitude of 1,500 m, C. M. Z, 18184; locally known 
as cadiabung. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes; endemic. 
6. Ficus curranii Merrill sp. nov. § Sycidiwm. 
Arbor parva, 4 ad 6 m alta, ramulis plus minus furfuraceo-lepidotis, 
novellis ferrugineo-hirsutis; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, chartaceis vel 
subcoriaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utringue 7 ad 9, subtus pro- 
minentibus; receptaculis axillaribus, solitariis, ellipsoideis vel elliptico- 
obovoideis, circiter 1.5 em longis, pedunculo usque ad 2 cm longo, apice 
3-bracteolato. 
A small tree 4 to 6 m high, the branches terete, reddish-brown, 
glabrous, the younger ones somewhat striate when dry, and furfuraceous- 
lepidote, the growing parts ferruginous-hirsute, sometimes rather densely 
so. Leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 7 to 
10 cm long, 2 to 4 em wide, glabrous, smooth, somewhat shining when 
dry, on the lower surface paler and minutely obscurely puncticulate, 
the apex shortly acuminate, the base acute; nerves 7 to 9 on each side of 
the midrib, prominent beneath, spreading, curved upward and anas- 
tomosing, the reticulations rather lax, distinct, the ultimate ones fine; 
petioles 5 to 10 mm long, furfuraceous or slightly hirsute; stipules 
deciduous, acuminate, brown, glabrous, 1.5 cm long. Receptacles soli- 
tary, axillary, peduncled, elliptic or elliptie-obovoid, about 1.5 cm long, 
1 cm in diameter, wrinkled when dry, glabrous, the peduncle 1 to 2 
em long, ultimately glabrous, with three small, ovate, 1 mm long bracts 
at the apex. Only fertile female flowers observed, numerous, sessile or 
shortly pedicelled, the perianth apparently wanting; style lateral, about 
1 mm long. 
The type of this species, from which the above description was taken, is For. 
Bur. 5007 Curran, from Mount Tonglon, Province of Benguet, Luzon, altitude 
about 2,200 m; it is apparently also represented by For. Bur. 10821 Curran, and 
by For. Bur. 18132 Curran, Zschokke, & Merritt, the latter from the mossy forests 
of Mount Pulog, and with very immature fruits. The species apparently belongs 
in the section Sycidium, although the discovery of male flowers may modify this 
disposition of it; apparently as closely allied to Ficus lucbanensis Elm., as to 
any other species, but distinguished by its smaller leaves, and quite differently 
shaped, longer-peduncled fruits. 
