FEBRUARY 26, 1912] A FascrcLE or PanAwAN Fras 1397 
Only once seen in stone gravelly soil along the densely 
wooded banks of the Iwahig river at 750 feet. 
It is a very striking species and comes nearest to F. hauili 
Blco. as far as our Philippine species are concerned. 
Group XV. 
Ficus crassitora Elm. 
Field-note:—A slender erect tree; stem 6 inches thick, 
terete, 15 feet high or higher, its main branches arising from 
below the middle; wood moderately hard, dingy white, ringed, 
without odor or taste; bark smooth, whitish mottled, the white 
inner surface almost without latex, the larger branches nu- 
merously rebranched, the ascendingly curved twigs lax and quite 
slender; petiole brownish, dark green; leaves ascending or hor- 
izontal, flat, dark green above, much lighter or yellowish green 
beneath, coriaceous, the slender acuminate bud bract occasionally 
purple tinged; figs solitary or in pairs from the leaf axils, sub- 
erect, in the young state shining and purplish sprinkled, when 
old soft, obovoidly globose, 0.75 inch long, green yet a trifle 
tinged with red. 
Represented by number 12833, Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 
Collected in sandy soil near rocky river banks at 1000 feet. 
This species with the long bud bracts and figs with thick 
| rinds has only sparingly been collected in the Visayan region. 
| It is usually found along water courses in the higher wooded 
region especially near cascades or waterfalls. 
