546 LmarLET8 OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. If, ART. 26 
7. EUSYCE. 
Ficus propinqua Merr. in Govt. Lab., Publ. 20; 8, 1905. 
Specimen 9811, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, April, 1908. 
This material is typical and has not previously been 
collected as far south. 
Ficus odorata (Blco.) Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 17; 
15, 1904. F. hispida odorata Blco. Fl. Filip. ed. 1; 686, 
1887: ed. 2; 476, 1845: ed. 3; 89, 1879. 
Specimen 9563, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, March, 
1908. 
Nowhere in the Philippines have I found this species 
more abundant than in this locality. Its altitudinal range 
is from the seacoast up to 3500 feet and usually is a dwarf- 
ed or burly appearing tree. ''Ago-sahes'' is the vernacular 
name. 
Ficus disticha Bim. Bijd. 458, 1825. 
Represented by specimens 9660, 10051, and 10429, A. 
D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, Province of 
Negros Oriental, Negros, March, May and June respectively, 
1908. 
A lofty and widely ramifying tree climber, inhabiting the 
woods at 4000 feet or the lower line of the fog belt. 
It is reported to have a wide distribution in Java and Su- 
matra from 2500 to 6000 feet altitude. 
quite common and most unvariable. Besides these specimens 
Messrs. Curran and Merritt also secured it on mount Banahao, 
province of Laguna, Luzon, (Forestry Bureau record 8010). 
" "Tolog-tolog". 
F, elliptica Mig. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 7; 440, 1848 is 
based on Cuming 1927 from the Philippines and which Dr. 
King in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. 1; 126, 1887 reduced to F. 
disticha Bim. Miqeul’s F. elliptica is unquestionably a form of 
F. megacarpa Merr. by the texture, size and shape of the 
leaves. Since there is an older F. elliptica, that of H., B. 
et K., Miquel’s name is invalidated. 
In our region itis 
