DecemBER 10, 1906] A Fascicte or East Leyte Fras 189 
shrub. Specimen 7184 with mature figs and 7183 with young 
figs, A. D. E. Elmer, Palo, Province of Leyte, Leyte, Jan- 
uary, 1906. 
II. UROSTIGMA. 
Male, fertile female and gall flowers in the same recep- 
tacle; stamen 1, rarely 2; stigma elongate, usually acute; recep- 
tacles in the axils of the leaves or of the scars of fallen 
leaves, usually tribracteate at the base, leaves alternate, 
entire, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, rarely membranous; usually 
trees or powerful climbers; epiphytal at least in the early 
life. 
4. F. forstenii Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 3; 214, 
1865-6.— Possibly subscandent when young but when mature a 
horizontally spreading tree with trunk 3 to 5 m. high, 2 
to3 m. thick; the main branches probably 25 m. long; 
bark smooth; ultimate branches thick. Leaves rigid, easily 
separating from the branches, oblong to ovate elliptic, 
very unequal in size, glabrous, those of medium size 15 
cm. long including the petiole and 7 cm. wide, entire or 
obscurely undulate, apex obtuse or rounded with a short 
blunt cuspidate point, base rounded; veins straw color, smooth, 
very prominent beneath, lateral pairs about 9 to 11 and 
united at their ends; petiole glabrous, 2 cm. long; bud scales 
coriaceous, brown, with a few ferruginous hairs on the outer 
side, triangularly ovate. Receptacle oblong ellipsoid or cylin- 
dric, 18 mm. long, 12 mm. in diameter, equally rounded 
at both ends, umbilicus raised but rather small, shining 
smooth, sessile, subtended by 3 small ovate bracts, bright 
lemon color when mature upon the tree, purpureous at the 
time of falling, soft and wine colored just prior to decay. 
It was noticed that different birds sought eagerly the 
fruits for their food. This, the only tree found, is admirably 
situated where most of the river flying birds have access 
and the different shades of color probably serve to attract 
different animals. Thus the seeds of this tree are acattered 
by water but principally by birds. This specimen is nearly 
typical of those from the Celebes. Specimen 7168, A. D. E. 
Elmer, overhanging the rapids of the Bangon River 2 miles 
above Palo, Province of Leyte, Leyte, January, 1906. 
