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DecemBer 23, 1908] A FascicLE or FoprH Nxanos Fics 535 
as 8 meters. As in other localities, it is heavily loaded 
with figs. : 
Ficus irisana Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. 1; 45, 1906. 
Specimen 9594, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, March, 
1908. 
A small tree with spreading branches in well drained 
soil of thickets on a ridge at 3000 feet. Only one or two 
plants were observed. 
In the field it is at once distinguished by its large fruits. 
from F. quercifolia humilis (Roxb.) King, a common valley species. 
Typical F. irisana Elm. has broader leaves with obliquely rounded 
emarginate bases. ''Pili-nadako."' 
Ficus inequifolia Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. 1; 242, 1907. 
Specimen 9490, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, March, 
1908. 
Previously known only from the type locality. Leaves 
and angled twigs rigid. Figs hard and lemon yellow, soft 
and apple red when fully mature. In our locality it is more 
of a shrub than a tree. The natives call it ‘“Dalakit.’’ 
Ficus confusa Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. 1; 47, 1906. 
Specimen 9697, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, April, 1908. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. Probably it should 
be referred to F. philippinensis Miq., but our specimens 
have larger fruits, larger more membranous leaves and longer 
-petioles. Visayan name ‘‘Pili-na-balagon.’’ 
Ficus anomala Merr. in Philip. Jonrn. Sci. 1, Suppl. « 
183, 1906. 
Specimen 9767, A. D. E. Elmer, Donidéct: Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, April, 1908. 
An erect 8 m. high tree in open dry woods of well 
drained ridges at 1200 feet. Only one tree was found. The 
.Visayans call it ''Alang-as."' 
The author of this species thinks it. identical to F. decussata 
