126 SPECIES BLANCOANAE 
Ficus indica Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 681; ed. 2 (1845) 473; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 
85, non Linn. =FICUS PAYAPA Blanco. 
In spite of Blanco’s short and imperfect description there is 
no doubt as to the form he intended, as this same form has been 
received several times under the Tagalog name payapa, a name 
not appearing on any of our other species of the genus. Blanco 
compares his species to “balete” (Ficus indica Blanco, non Linn.) : 
stating that it differs only in its “calyx” (bracts) consisting 
of two scales; and his description of Ficus indica calls for a 
species with oval fruits as large as an acorn. This form, rightly 
or wrongly, I previously have referred to Ficus forstenti Migq., 
and it is, at any rate, very closely allied to Miquel’s species; Blan- 
co’s specific name, however, is the older. Warburg has ap- 
parently described the same species as Ficus vidaliana Warb. in 
Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 197, distinguishing this from F. 
forstenii Miq. by the absence of bracts. I have examined War- 
burg’s type, but can see no reason for retaining the species. The 
fruits on the type specimen, Warburg 14033, are detached and 
present neither pedicels nor bracts; it seems probable that the 
bracts were present, inasmuch as For. Bur. 2374 Borden, from 
the same province, matches the type except that Borden’s speci- 
mens have attached fruits with bracts, and that the bracts. on 
Warburg’s specimen became detached and lost either in preparing 
or in mounting the specimen. The leaves vary from acute to 
rounded or slightly cordate at the base. Blanco’s species was 
erroneously reduced by Fernandeéz-Villar to Ficus microcarpa 
Linn. f. Fernandez-Villar reduced Blanco’s Ficus indica to F. 
saxophila Blume, and while Blume’s species occurs in the Philip- 
pines, it is very rare and local and does not conform at all to 
Blanco’s description. There is not the slightest doubt that it is 
identical with the form that Blanco otherwise described as Ficus — 
payapa; in fact Blanco states that the only character by which 
he distinguished Ficus payapa from F. indica was that the former __ 
had two bracts and the latter three at the base of the fruit. 
Illustrative specimen from Batangas Province, Luzon, August, 
1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 82). 
Ficus hispida odorata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 686 (var. nov.) ; ed. 2 (1845) 
476; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 89, t. 858=FICUS ODORATA (Blanco) Merr. 
(F. arenata Elm.). 
This characteristic species is widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines at low altitudes; it is sometimes cultivated for the sake 
of its very rough leaves, which are used in polishing and in 
cleaning dishes, ete. The species is very fragrant in drying. 
