LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. IV. Manila, P. I., December 29, 1911. Art. 69,” 
A FASCICLE OF SIBUYAN FIGS 
By 
A. D. E. Elmer 
The island of Sibuyan is centrally situated in the Philip- 
pine archipelago as well as in the center of the' Visayan region. 
Politically it belongs to the province of Capiz, northern Panay; 
and with Romblon, Tablas, Carabao and Borocay islands, it 
seems to indicate a geologieal connection with the northwestern 
point of that same island. In shape it is obscurely or roundly 
triangular, with the sharper or longer angle toward the south. 
The greater portion of its area 1s mountainous, the central 
being occupied by a mountain mass called Giting-giting or Gui- 
ting-guiting. The main spur from this central mass extends 
southward; the main secondary one extends northwestward 
and ends in a massive roundish peak possibly 2500 feet high. 
Minor ridges descend toward the eastern and the northeastern 
portion of the island. Mount Giting-giting itself is over 6000 
feet high and is most abrupt from the north side where it extends 
nearest to the sea. The real summit portion from the north or 
northwest appearsasa seriesof five or more sharp digitate points 
(the local Visayan name Guiting-guiting has reference to the five 
points or fingers of a hand). These nearly precipitous peaks 
are not of equal sizes nor heights, the larger of which have a few 
thousand feet drop into the beginning of the Pauala river which 
heads along the basal flanks of these ‘‘Sierras.” 
At first this rivulet is in itself a series of falls or cascades 
and is a narrow gorge hemmed in by rocky walls. Its bed is 
