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R. C. McGregor 414, Cabras Island, October, 1911. G. E. S. 251 may be 
referable here, or may represent a very closely allied species; the material 
is not in good condition. 
Apparently sufficiently well characterized by its small, sessile 2-bracteate 
receptacles, and its comparatively broad, puncticulate leaves. 
FICUS TENUISTIPULA sp. nov. § Urostigma. 
Arbor glabra; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, sub- 
coriaceis, usque ad 8 cm longis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis, distincte sed leviter cordatis, 3- vel obscure 5- 
nerviis, in siccitate brunneis, subtus obscure puncticulatis, nervis 
primariis utrinque circiter 8, reticulis densis, distinctis; stipulis 
membranaceis, usque ad 5 cm longis; receptaculis axillaribus, 
solitariis, sessilibus, globosis, circiter 6 mm diametro, basi 3- 
bracteatis, bracteis 2 ad 3 mm diametro, late rotundatis, deorsum 
plus minusve connatis. 
A glabrous tree, apparently starting as an epiphyte. Branches 
terete, distinctly wrinkled when dry, grayish or reddish-gray, 
the internodes short, the branchlets similar but not so thick. 
Leaves somewhat crowded, alternate, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
subcoriaceous, rather dark-green when dry, slightly shining, 
smooth, of about the same color on both surfaces, the lower 
surface obscurely puncticulate, 5 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm 
wide, entire, apex shortly blunt-acuminate, base very slightly 
narrowed, rounded, distinctly but slightly cordate, distinctly 
3-nerved, sometimes with an additional pair of much shorter 
nerves, the margins entire; lateral nerves about 8 on each side 
of the midrib, rather distinct, straight, slender, anastomosing, 
the secondary nerves fainter, the ultimate reticulations rather 
dense, distinct, slightly foveolate on both surfaces under a lens; 
petioles 7 to 10 mm long; stipules membranaceous, deciduous, 
up to 5 cm long, 2 to 3 mm wide, acuminate, brown when dry, 
the bud-scales ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 8mm long. Re- 
ceptacles solitary, axillary, sessile or subsessile, globose, about 
6 mm in diameter, subtended by an involucre of three broadly 
rounded bracts which are 2 to 3 mm in diameter and more or 
less connate by their margins below. 
R. C. McGregor 395, Upi road, October, 1911. 
A species in the Ficus indica group, characterized by its comparatively 
small, narrow leaves, its sessile, solitary, rather small receptacles, and 
especially by its very long, narrow, deciduous stipules. 
FICUS PHILIPPINENSIS Mig. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 435 ? 
Safford & Seale 1014, locally known as taguete or tagete. 
A species described from the Philippines, but which, rightly or wrongly, 
has been reduced to the Malayan Ficus decaisnei Steud. The same species 
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