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glabrous petiole, 4 to 7 em. wide, oblong or broadly lanceolate 
to lanceolate, apex abruptly terminated into a short acuminate 
point, base cuneate and commonly with slightly inequilat- 
eral sides which are either subentire or coarsely and ob- 
securely repand; veins 5 to 7 pairs, ascendingly curved, faintly 
anastomosing near the margin, reticulations evident, glabrous 
and reddish brown, more prominent beneath; bracts of the 
buds glabrous, sharply acuminate, 1.5 cm. long, those sub- 
tending the leaves caducous. 
Receptacles clustered upon 1 to 3 cm. long rigidly 
branched tubercles from the stem and larger branches; ped- 
uncle 2 to 3 em. long, glabrous, slender or perceptibly 
thickened toward the apex; fruits globose or obovoid, smooth, 
dark red when mature, about 1.5 em. in diameter or a trifle 
less, rounded at the apex, the base abruptly tapering into 
a short pedicel which is usually subtended by 3 very minute 
bracts; flowers all dull red; male flowers with a single 
stamen, few, concealed by the umbilical scales, stipitate; 
anther nearly 1 mm. in length, surrounded by a perianth; 
fertile female flowers subsessile or slenderly pedicelled; perianth 
entire, its apex obliquely truncate, united at the base to the 
ovary; style short, sublateral. 
Type specimen 8037 was discovered in the woods of the 
higher foothills at Twin Peaks, Province of Benguet, Luzon. 
A small tree sparingly met in deep shaded woods or forests 
at 1000 meters. 
VI. EUSYCE. 
Flowers unisexual, male and gall flowers in one set of 
receptacles, fertile female flowers usually in a distinct. set 
of receptacles; male flowers with 2 stamens, rarely 1 or 3; 
receptacles small or often quite larger, axillary; scandent 
or erect shrubs or small trees, rarely epiphytal; the leaves 
alternate, softly hairy or glabrous, not scabrous nor hispid. 
25. F. macropoda Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. 7; 442, 1848. 
This unique species was originally collected by Cuming in 
the Province of Abra, just north of Benguet. Since then it has 
not been recollected. Only afew trees were discovered 
at Twin Peaks and specimen number 8023 was secnred in 
the vicinity of Bluffs along the Bued river. It has the size and 
