188 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vou. I, Art. 8 
scandent in habit. Leaves coriaceous and equally shining 
on both sides. Figs many, either in the axils of leaves or 
strung along the branches, globose, smooth, glossy, hard, 
yellowish but turning red when exposed to the sun. 
Common in shrubby jungles along water courses of the 
woods in the hills at 200 meters. Possibly it is nearest 
allied to some forms of F. gibbosa Blm., but the Philippine 
form apparently has constant floral differences by which it 
can be distinguished from the Indo-Malayan forms. Specimen 
7173, A. D. E. Elmer, Palo, Province of Leyte, Leyte, Jan- 
uary, 1906. 
3. F. mindanaensis Warb. in Frag. Fl. Philip. 3; 195, 
1905.—Often tree like in shape but usually a 5 m. high 
widely spreading shrub; wood tough and quite solid; older 
bark smooth, yellowish white, that on the young parts short 
brown pubescent. Leaves scattered along the slender half 
drooping twigs, always descending like the leaves of Theo- 
broma cacao Linn., chartaceous, shining and dark green above, 
paler and soft pubescent beneath, apex abruptly acuminate, 
base acute or obtuse, oblong to elliptic oblong, variable in 
size, the average ones 2 dm. long, 1 dm. wide, with entire 
margins, frequently a little one sided; nerves beneath very 
prominent, the 7 to 9 primary lateral pairs ascending, unit- 
ed at their ends; petiole 1 cm. long, stout, short brown pub- 
escent; bud scales 7 mm. long, acuminate, pubescent. Recep- 
tacles subpersistent, solitary or in pairs, in leaf axils or 
more commonly in the axils of the leaf scars, globose, 2 
em. in diameter, its base abruptly tapering into a 12 mm. 
long peduncle or receptacle stalk which is pubescent and 
has the receptacle color when mature (an indication that 
it is a part of the true syconium), near the base subtended 
by 3 to 5 small bracts, scabrous and a trifle sticky, dark 
red, hard, subpendulous, at the apex rugged and rim like. 
This species is very common at sea level along trails 
and roads, in fence hedges and in copses. Young figs are 
pale white, erect, more or less angular. Its spreading habit 
coupled with the shining green descending leaves and the 
numerous subpendulous richly colored mature receptacles 
should make it worthy of cultivation as an ornamental 
