DECEMBER 10, 1906] A FASCICLE or East Leyte Frios 203 
Receptacles chiefly 2 in leaf axils, on each side subtend- 
ed by subpersistent bract, upon a 6 mm. long peduncle 
with 3 short bracts, the peduncle erect while young but 
ultimately becoming reflexed between the stem and the leaf 
petiole; syconium shining smooth, bearing a few  lenticels, 
purplish or wine color, broadly rounded at the base, 15 
mm. in diameter and 2.5 em. in length, ellipsoid, not com- 
pressed nor twisted; the apex conical, the upper half of 
the receptacle irregularly ridged, thick, very hard, terminated 
by very thick and hard umbilical scales. 
A very common species in rich damp soil in the shrub- 
beries of the woods. Specimen 7342, A. D. E. Eimer, col- 
lected at Palo, Province of Leyte, Leyte, January 1906, is the 
normal form with figs in the leaf axils; but specimen 7362 
from the same locality is the only plant seen that had its 
figs in 1 to 3 dense clusters upon the stem. 
25. F.ruficaulis paloense n. var.—Shrubby, 3 m. high 
wood of the younger branches very soft, thick and more 
or less watery; bark smooth, reddish brown. Leaves mostly 
toward the ends of the thick twigs, shining green and sub- 
glabrous on the upper surface, soft pubescent with umber 
colored hairs beneath, ovate, apex gradually tapering into 
an acuminate point, base cordate, 4 to 5 dm. long includ- 
ing the petiole, 2 dm. broad across the middle or a trifle 
below this, margins entire or obscurely undulate, and sub- 
involute; veins 3 to 5 from the base in addition to the 
5 to 7 primary pairs, very prominent beneath, ascending, 
with fine connective arches at the ends, reticulations parallel 
and usually at right angles to the veins; petiole very unequal, 
1 to 2 dm. long, soft pubescent; bud scales broadly trian- 
gular acuminate, 15 mm. long, densely covered with fine 
Short hairs. 
Receptacles in the leaf axils or scattered along the 
branchlets in the axils of their scars, broadly ovoid or 
subglobose, the apex frequently conical, densely pubescent, 
about 15 mm. in diameter and 2 cm. long, rounded base 
subtended by 3 subglabrous acute bracts, upon a 4 mm. 
long pubescent peduncle; fertile female flowers subsessile or 
upon 3 mm. long pedicels which are surrounded by yellow- 
