198 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [ Vou. I, Arr. 8 ` 
larger, less coriaceous leaves and the base of the receptacle 
provided with bracts. Named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. 
B. C. Carpenter, teachers in Leyte. 
V. COVELLIA. 
Flowers unisexual; male flowers in the same receptacles 
as the gall flowers, monandrous, the perianth of 3 to 4 
distinet pieces; female flowers in separate receptacles from 
the males and galls, pedunculate or sessile; the perianth 
gamophyllous, much shorter than the ovary, or wanting, 
rarely consisting of 4 or 5 pieces; the receptacles on long 
subaphyllous branches issuing from near the base of the 
stem, often sub-hypogaeal; or on shortened branchlets or 
tubercles from the stem and larger branches, or axillary; 
shrubs or trees, never epiphytes or climbers. 
16. F. minahassae Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 3; 231, 
1865-6.— This tree is very constant throughout our Archi- 
pelago, with rough hispid leaves and branches. The per- 
sistent bracts often remain long after the leaves have fallen. 
A round topped tree, 8 m. high, in the dry hill country at 
200 meters. 
Specimen 7188, A. D. E. Elmer, Palo, Province of Leyte, 
Leyte, January, 1906. 
17. F. nota (Blco.) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17; 10, 1904. 
F. aspera mota Bleo. Fi. Filip ed. 1; 677, 1837.—This 
species is remarkably constant in habitat as well as in 
stature, in flowers and in leaves. Figs densely clustered on 
short tubercles of the stem and larger branches. 
Similar to F. satterthwaitei Elm., but that species has 
differently shaped receptacles and glabrous leaves. Specimen 
7182, A. D. E. Elmer, Palo, Province of Leyte, Leyte, Jan- 
uary, 1906. 
18. F. barnesii Merr. Govt Lab. Publ. 17; 12, 1904.— 
This species varies considerably in size and shape of its 
leaves and in pubescence. The receptacles when mature are 
pale white, smooth and verrucose. 
It is externally distinguished from F, mindoroensis Merr. and 
F. corona King by its fuliginously colored pubescence and 
