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DecemBer 29, 1911] A FascicLE or Sipvyan Fies 1317 
Ficus angustissima Merr. 
Field-note:—Lax shrub; stem 2 inches thick, 10 feet high, 
suberect, branched from below the middle; wood fairly hard 
and solid, with fine closely set concentric rings, white, without 
odor or taste; branches repeatedly rebranched, laxly spreading; 
bark smooth, yellowish gray or brown; leaves chartaceous, rough 
on both sides, flat and quite rigid, deep sublucid green on the 
upper surface, paler beneath; figs dark green, globose, 0.33 inch 
in diameter, also slightly scabrous, the flowers pale white or 
yellowish so, rather soft in texture, the small umbilical scales 
reddish, becoming very soft and red when fully ripe. 
Represented by number 12418, Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Sibuyan, May, 1910. 
Not common on seepage cliffs along the Pauala river at 
1500 feet altitude. Quite rare! The Visayan call it **Lortis." 
In the alliance with F. irregularis Mig. and F. cumingii 
Miq., quite distinct from either especially from the latter. 
Ficus ampelas Burm. 
Field-note:—Low and widely spreading tree; stem 15 feet 
high or higher, 6 inches thick, branched from above the middle; 
branches long, spreading, freely rebranched all along, the ulti- 
mate ones slender and ascending; wood moderately soft, sweetish, 
odorless, dull white, with prominent concentric rings; bark 
brown, smoothish; leaves chartaceous, ascending, slightly recurv- 
ed toward the apex, lucid deep green above, much paler beneath, 
the larger nerves whitish; figs 1 to 3-clustered in the leaf axils, 
upon ascending yellowish green peduncles which are usually 
bracteate at the middle, orange color with red umbilicus, made 
rough by small reddish lenticels, less than 0.5 inch in diameter, 
ultimately becoming soft and claret red. 
Represented by number 12177, Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Sibuyan, April, 1910. 
Among dense shruberries mixed with light woods on a fer- 
tile hillside near the coast. The local Visayan name is “Bili” 
ot PHL: 
It has affinity to F. dosi Elm. which has larger leaves 
with different bases, and fruits two to three times as large. 
