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the trunk, giving the plant the appearance of a small palm, oblanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, coriaceous, up to 80 cm in length, narrowed to the 
slightly cordate base, subsessile or shortly petioled, the margins coarsely 
and irregularly sinuate-toothed; stipules lanceolate, persistent, 5 to 7 cm 
long. Receptacles dark-green, ovoid, obscurely angular, 3 to 4 cm long, 
usually in pairs on short peduncles in the axils of the leaves. (FI. Filip. 
pl. 856.) 
In thickets near San Pedro Macati, also cultivated in the old Botanic 
Garden, fl. all the year; widely distributed in the Philippines at low alti- 
tudes. Endemic. 
2. F. nota (Blanco) Merr. Tibig (Tag.). 
An erect tree 4 to 8 m high, more or less pubescent. Leaves oblong 
to oblong-obovate, 15 to 35 cm long, acuminate, base somewhat peter be 
cordate, margins distantly and irregularly toothed, the teeth small, mor 
or less pubescent, not or slightly roughened. Receptacles borne in large 
masses on special, branched inflorescences springing directly from the 
trunk and from the larger branches, 10 to 25 cm in length, frequently 
very dense, the receptacles themselves subglobose, green or when mature 
yellowish, fleshy, 2-to 3.5 cm in diameter. 
Occasional in thickets and not uncommon in yards etc., fl. all the year; 
throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes. Endemic. 
8. F. odorata (Blanco) Merr. Paquiling (Tag.). 
A tree 6 to 9 m high, very fragrant in drying, the leaves harsh, the 
upper surface with numerous hard papillae, the lower surface also rough 
and more or less pubescent, very strongly inequilateral and obliquely cordate, 
one basal lobe broad and rounded, the other usually acute, 15 to 25 cm 
long, acuminate, margins obscurely toothed. Receptacles axillary, solitary, 
sessile, subglobose, densely hirsute, yellowish when mature, 1.5 to 2.5 em in 
diameter. (FI. Filip. pl. 358.) 
Occasionally cultivated in our area, fi. all the year, the rough leaves being 
used for scouring purposes; widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. 
4, F. ulmifolia Lam. (F’. sinuosa Miq.). Isis, Asis (Tag.) ; Hagupit (Vis.) ; 
Uplas (Il.). 
A shrub usually from 8 to 5 m high. Leaves alternate, variable, very 
harsh, oblong, sub-entire or undulately lobed or coarsely toothed, sometimes 
deeply and narrowly lobed, acuminate, base rounded, 3-nerved, often ine- 
quilateral, 9 to 17 cm long, 4 to 8 em wide. Fruits axillary, solitary or in 
pairs, soft and fleshy when mature, orange-red to purplish, ovoid to ellipsoid, 
about 1.5 cm long, the peduncles about 5 mm long. 
Rather common in thickets, etc., fl. ail the year; throughout the Philip- 
pines, very waniablgge Huderntc, 
5. F. cumingii Mig. Isis, Isis na puti (Tag.). 
An erect shrub or small tree 2 to 8 m high, glabrous, or the young branch- 
lets somewhat pubescent. Leaves opposite, linear to lanceolate or oblanceo- 
late, slightly or decidedly scabrid, rough to the touch or sometimes nearly 
smooth, 8 to 20 cm long, acuminate, base usually acute and somewhat 
3-nerved, margins entire or irregularly toothed, the nerves distant, distinct, 
spreading, interarching near the margins. Receptacles axillary, solitary 
or more often in pairs, peduncled, subglobose, 1 to 1.3 cm in diameter, smooth 
or somewhat roughened, brownish or reddish when mature. 
