MORACEAE 127 
Illustrative specimen from Los Bafos, Laguna Province, Lu- 
zon, May, 1914, comm. F. C. Gates and N. Catalan (Merrill: 
Species Blancoanae No. 24). 
FICUS PSEUDOPALMA Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 680 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 
(1845) 478; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 84, t. 356. 
A very characteristic species of wide distribution in the Phil- 
ippines at low and medium altitudes. This shrub or small tree 
is erect, normally unbranched, the leaves crowded at the apex 
of the trunk, receptacles solitary or in pairs, axillary. It is 
commonly known as niog-niogan (Tagalog), diminutive of niog 
(Cocos nucifera), on account of its palm-like habit. Ficus haen- 
kei Warb. and F. blancot Elm. are synonyms. 
Illustrative specimen from Montalban, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
February, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 416). 
Ficus rostrata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 697 (sp. nov.); ed. 2 (1845) 472; 
ed. 3, 3 (1879) 83, non Lam.=FICUS RUBROVENIA Merr. 
_ Blanco definitely indicates his Ficus rostrata as a new species: 
‘“‘Especie nueva distinta de la rostrata de Spr.” It was reduced 
by Fernandez-Villar to Ficus radicans Roxb., which some authors, 
at least, consider as identical with F. rostrata Lam. Neither 
F. rostrata Lam. nor F. radicans Roxb. is known from the 
Philippines. Blanco’s description of Ficus rostrata agrees with 
F., rubrovenia Merr. better than with any other Philippine form 
‘known to me. 
Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, 
November, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 205). 
FICUS HAUILI Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 684 (sp. nov.) =Ficus laurifolia 
’ Blanco op. cit..ed. 2 (1845) 475; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 87, non Lam. 
Ficus laccifera Blanco op. cit. 673; 468; 80, non Roxb.=FICUS HAUILI 
__ Blanco. 
Ficus hauili Blanco is possibly the earliest valid name for this 
species, which must be considered as the Philippine representa- 
tive of Ficus leucantotoma Poir.; possibly some future monogra- 
pher will consider F. hawili to be a synonym of Poiret’s species. 
The species is very common and very widely distributed in the 
Philippines and is almost universally and exclusively known in the 
Tagalog Provinces as hauili. Ficus laccifera Blanco, non Roxb., 
is unquestionably the same species, and material received from 
the Visayan Islands under the native name lagnob, agreeing also 
with Blanco’s description, matches Ficus hawili exactly. Ficus 
hauili Blanco (F. laurifolia Blanco) was reduced by Fernandez- 
Villar to Ficus leucopleura Blume, which is generally considered 
to be a synonym of F. leucantotoma Poir.; and F’. laccifera Blanco, 
