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FEBRUARY 26, 1912] A FascicLE or Parawan Fics 1395 
Type specimen 12736, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911; also numbers 12986 and 
13115 of the same locality. 
A somewhat variable shrub confined to dry gravelly soil 
or in stony soil with a shallow sheat of red clay over it. The 
figs of this species turn plumb black when fully ripe even before 
becoming detached from the plant. 
In the same group with F. macropoda Mig. and F. luzo- 
nensis Merr. 
Group XIV. 
Ficus hauili Bico. 
Field-note:—Small shrub-like tree; stem 8 inches thick, 
20 feet high, branched from near the base; wood dingy white, 
odorless, slightly sweet, with numerous concentric rings; bark 
whitish, very smooth; the main branches ascending, ultimately 
widely spreading and copiously rebranched, twigs suberect; 
petioles becoming brown; leaves ascending, coriaceous, shining 
deep green on the upper usually eurved surface, paler beneath, 
its main veins whitish; figs in pairs from the leaf axils, suberect, 
upon stout more or less angular and green peduncles, 2 em. 
across, flattened at both ends, ridged especially from the apex 
downwards, the upper portion green, dark green about the um- 
bilieus, the basal portion becomes whitish, densely covered with 
white or brownish white spots; flowers sappy white. 
Represented by number 13226, Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, May, 1911. 
In sand gravelly soil of the wooded banks of the Iwahig 
river at 500 feet. 
This species is a characteristie shrub throughout the Phil. 
ippines and its altitudinal range extends from the seacoast up 
throughout the foothills. 
Ficus laevicarpa Elm. n. sp. 
A low shrub-like tree; stem at least 1 dm. thick, 5 m. high, 
branched into main widely spreading branches from near the 
base; wood moderately soft, dingy white, closely though con- 
