MORACEAE 175 
In dry thickets, occasional, fl. all the year; widely distributed in the 
Philippines. Endemic. 
6. Ficus hauli Blanco. Hauili (Tag.); Lagnob (Vis.). 
An erect shrub or small tree, 3 to 8 m high, glabrous or the young shoots 
more or less pubescent. Leaves oblong-ovate to elliptic-ovate, smooth and 
shining, glabrous, not at all roughened, 10 to 20 cm long, apex rather 
sharply acuminate, base acute, nerves prominent, 10 to 12 pairs. Re- 
ceptacles axillary, solitary, depressed-globose or turbinate, obscurely ridged 
or angled, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, shortly peduncled. 
In thickets, occasional, fl. all the year; throughout the Philippines at 
low altitudes. Endemic. 
7. F. stipulosa Miq. (F. caulobotrya Miq.). Balete (Tag.). 
A deciduous tree 6 to 10 m high, starting as an epiphyte, glabrous 
throughout. Leaves smooth, glabrous and shining, oblong, acuminate, base 
usually rounded, entire, 12 to 20 cm long, the petioles 5 to 7 cm in length, 
the nerves spreading, distant, not prominent. Stipules membranaceous, 
pink, oblong, about 8 cm long, falling soon after the new leaves appear. Re- 
ceptacles solitary, in pairs, or in fascicles in the axils of the leaves and in 
the axils of fallen leaves on ‘the ultimate branchlets, short-pedicelled, 
globose, often in great abundance, about 5 mm in diameter, 3-bracteate at 
the base. 
Old Botanic Garden, fl. June-July and probably in other months; widely 
distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. 
*F, ELASTICA Roxb. India-rubber Tree. 
A spreading, glabrous tree reaching a height of 10 m, normally starting 
as an epiphyte, sending down numerous adventitious roots from the trunk 
and larger branches. Leaves very coriaceous, smooth and shining, elliptic- 
oblong, sharply and slenderly acuminate, 15 to 25 cm long, entire, the 
nerves very numerous, dense, parallel; stipules deciduous, membranaceous, 
usually red, often as long as the leaves. Receptacles axillary, usually in 
pairs, sessile, smooth, greenish-yellow, about 1 cm long, oblong-ovoid. 
Not uncommon in cultivation, fl. Jan._March; in most large towns in the 
Philippines. Introduced from India. 
9. F. benjamina L. Balete (Tag.). 
A strangling fig, assuming a tree-form and reaching a height of 15 
m or more, quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 6 to 10 cm long, oblong- 
ovate, prominently and rather slenderly acuminate, quite entire, base 
rounded, smooth, green and shining, the nerves slender, spreading, not 
prominent; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Fruits axillary, solitary, sessile, 
dark-purple and fleshy when mature, subglobose, about 1 cm in diameter. 
Along streams, Masambong to San Francisco del Monte, occasional, in 
fruit Feb._Apr.; widely distributed in the Philippines. India to Malaya. 
10. F. indica L. Balete (Tag.). 
An erect, glabrous shrub or tree 4 to 12 m high, starting as an epiphyte, 
strangling its supporting host and assuming a tree-form. Leaves coria- 
ceous 5 to 12 em long, shining, smooth, elliptic-ovate, entire, narrowed at 
both ends, base acute or somewhat rounded, more or less 3-nerved, apex 
acute or acuminate, the acumen sometimes blunt, the petioles 6 to 12 mm 
long, the primary nerves usually about 6 pairs, the secondary ones some- 
times nearly as prominent and more numerous. Receptacles globose, 
