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tions very prominent, the lower surface more or less punctic- 
ulate; petioles about 1 cm long, scabrid. Receptacles orange-red, 
scabrid, solitary or in pairs, axillary, subglobose to somewhat 
obovoid, 8 to 10 mm in diameter, their peduncles.5 to 7 mm long, 
scabrid, the apical bracts small, ovate, about 1 mm long, the 
wall of the receptacle ciliate-hispid inside. Perfect female 
flowers numerous, the perianth-segments narrowly lanceolate, 
obtuse or acute, membranaceous, about 2 mm long, prominently 
ciliate-hispid in the upper part, one about twice as broad as the 
other three and cleft to about the middle, the narrower three 
often somewhat spatulate. Ovary ovoid-ellipsoid, obtuse, sube- 
quilateral, about 1.2 mm long, the styles distinctly lateral, 1.2 
to 1.8 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Subprovince of Butuan, Veruela, C. M. Weber 1182 (type), 
June 19, 1911, in thickets; Talacogon, Bur. Sci. 1181 Weber, July 20, 1911, 
among abacd plants. 
A species in the ulmifolia group, but with equilateral leaves which are 
abruptly, long and slenderly caudate-acuminate, and with somewhat smaller 
receptacles than in F. ulmifolia Lam., under which name the specimens 
were distributed. Its closest ally is Ficus euphlebia Merr., which has less 
prominently acuminate, more distinctly and closely toothed leaves which 
are acute or merely obtuse at the base, not rounded; in the present species 
the interior of the receptacle and the perianth-segments are also promi- 
nently ciliate-hispid with stiff white hairs. 
FICUS GRANDIDENS sp. nov. § Covellia. 
Arbor circiter 6 m alta, ramulis adpresso-hirsutis exceptis 
glabra; foliis oblongis vel late oblongis, subcoriaceis vel charta- 
ceis, usque ad 23 cm longis, glabris, laevis, nitidis, acuminatis, 
basi acutis, margine grosse irregulariter sinuato-lobato-dentatis, 
dentibus vel lobis 1 vel 2 utrinque; receptaculis obovoideis, 
pedunculatis, in fasciculis densis hemisphericis caulinis dispo- 
sitis. 
A tree 5 to 6 m high, quite glabrous except the appressed- 
hirsute younger branchlets. Branches terete, smooth, grayish- 
brown, the ultimate ones about 4 mm in diameter. Leaves 
oblong or broadly oblong, subcoriaceous or chartaceous, glabrous, 
smooth, 14 to 23 cm long, 5 to 11 cm wide, narrowed more or less 
at both ends, apex acuminate, base acute, the margins very coarse- 
ly sinuate-lobed or -toothed, the lobes or teeth 1 or 2 on each side, 
obtuse or acute, the upper surface shining, dark-colored when 
dry, the lower surface slightly shining, paler; nerves 5 or 6 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent, usually brownish when dry, 
anastomosing, the reticulations distinct, rather slender; petioles 
1 to 2 em long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 10 to 12 mm long, 
subpersistent. Fruits fascicled on stout protuberances on the 
