1268 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IV, Arr. 67 
rebranched woody tubercles along the larger branches only; 
tubercles 15 to 30 or 50 em. long, conspicuously scarred or ringed; 
figs greenish, turning yellowish with maturity, less than 2.5 em. 
across, flattish obovoid, usually horny about the upper flattened 
ends with bract-like protuberances, numerously spotted with 
minute brown lenticels which are surrounded by yellow zones; 
peduncle glabrous, green, averaging 1 cm. in length, gradually 
thickened toward the distal end; bracts few to several, scattered 
chiefly above the middle, thick and blunt, of the same color; 
umbilicus hard, green, flat, covered over horizontally by thick 
seales, frequently arranged in a 5-starred fashion, the inner ones 
thinner, dark brown, transversely overlapping; flowers appar- 
ently only fertile female, of different stages, 3 mm. long, upon 
1 mm. long pedicels, dark brown or nearly black, glabrous; ovary 
obliquely oblong or obovoid, 1.5 mm. long; perianth one half 
as long, gamophyllous, subtending the ovary, persistent; style 
1.5 mm. long, slender, subterminal, of the same dark brown color; 
stigma expanded, rugoseor obscurely lobed, much lighter in color, 
in the early state confluent. 
Type specimen 10494, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 
Discovered in good soil of the densely humid and heavily 
forested mount Apo basin at 4000 feet. ‘‘Basikan’’ is the na- 
tive or Bagobo name. 
It has a close affinity to F. satterthwaitei Elm. and F. nota 
(Blco.) Merr., and with them they form a natural alliance with 
several other Covellia species. 
Ficus sordidissima Elm. n. sp. 
Small tree, with a 15 em. thiek and 7 m. high stem; wood 
very soft, whitish, without odor or taste; bark smooth, grayish 
brown on the stem; branches arising from above the middle, 
divarieately spreading, rebranched, the ultimate ones rather 
slender and numerous, flexible, somewhat drooping, their ends 
suberect and short dirty brown pubescent. Leaves submem- 
branous, horizontally spreading, flat, dark green above, much 
lighter green beneath, well sordid on both sides in the dry state, 
blackish on the upper and greenish on the lower surfaces, al- 
ternate, glabrate, My unequal in size, distinctly oblong but 
