252 MESBILL. 



Luzon, Province of Carnalities, .Mount [sarog, For, Hur. I0. f f98 Outran, May 25, 



liMIS, in forests on the lower slopes nt nn altitude of about 100 in. 



A species well characterized by being glabrous throughout, and its smooth 

 sliininj: leaves which are entire or with but few irregular teeth at the apex only. 



morace.i:. 



FICUS Linn. 

 Ficus merrittii sp. now § Covellia. 



Arbor usque ad 12 m alia, ramulia petiolis, foliis subtus et infiorcs- 

 centiis plus minus ferrugineo-hirsutis ; foliis obovato-oblongis vel ohovatis, 

 chartaceis, IS ad 25 cm longis, integris vel obscure dentatis, apice breviter 

 at luminatis, hasi inaequilateraliter cordatis; nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, 

 prominentibus ; stipulis caducis, ianceolatis, acuminatis, brunneis, 8.5 ad 

 3 cm longis; inflorescentiie caulinis, 10 ad 25 cm longis, ramosis, plus 

 minus ferrugineo-hirsutis ; receptaculis ohovoideis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis. 

 plus minus ferrugineo-hirsutis, basi 3-bracteolatis ; pedunculis hirsutis, 

 usque ad 2 fin longis; ovario oblongO-OVOideo \ perigonibus Dullis. 



A tree 12 m high or less. Branches reddish-brown, terete, more or 

 less ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves opposite, obovate to oblong-obovate, 

 18 to 25 fin long. 9 to 13 cm wide, cbartaceous, somewhat sbining, the 

 midrib and nerves on both surfaces with few or many, long, pale or 

 ferruginous hairs, the upper surface ultimately glabrous, margins entire 

 or obscurely dentate, the apex shortly and abruptly acuminate, somewhat 

 narrowed below to the slightly inequilateral and cordate base; the lower 

 surface minutely punctate; nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct; petioles ferru- 

 ginous-hirsute, 6 em long or less; stipules caducous, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 brown, ferruginous-hirsute at the base only, otherwise glabrous, 2.5 to 

 3 cm long. Inflorescence from the trunk, few or many branched, 10 

 to 25 cm long, reddish-brown, more or less ferrugineous-hirsute at the 

 nodes and on the bracts and bracteoles, the bracts ovate, acuminate, 8 

 mm long or less, deciduous. Receptacles usually at the ends of the 

 branchlets, few or many, obovoid, 1.5 to 2 em long, brown, purplish or 

 greenish, with few or many pale or ferruginous hairs, the base with three 

 small narrowly-ovate bracteoles 2 to .'5 mm long; peduncles more or less 

 ferruginous-hirsute, 2 cm long or less. Staminate flowers not seen. 

 Fertile female flowers pedicellate, glabrous, the ovaries ovoid to oblong- 

 ovoid, about l.."» nun long; styles slender, about 2 mm long. Perianth 

 none, or present in very young flowers as minute scales. 



MiNDORo, For. Hur. 1 1 ',iii; Merritt, May, 1908 (type). Also represented by the 

 two following specimens from the same Island For. Hur. 6852, ll.'ill Merritt, 

 April, 1007 and May, 1<)()8. X." v., Tibig. 



A species closely allied to Ficua nota (Blanco) Merr., differing especially in 

 the loii".' ferruginous hairs on the leaves, petioles, inflorescence and receptacles. 



