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vel subrotundatis, nervis prominentibus, utrinque circiter 8; 

 stipulis membranaceis, caducis, lanceolatis, 10 cm longis; fruc- 

 tibus globosis vel subglobosis, circiter 6 cm diametro (imma- 

 turis), anthocarpiis numerosissimis, apicibus subovoideis, obtusis, 

 vix 2 mm longis, dense ceraceo-furfuraceis. 



A tree about 40 m high, glabrous or nearly so. Branches dark 

 reddish-brown, smooth, the ultimate ones nearly 1 cm in diame- 

 ter, marked with slender annular rings less than 1 cm apart. 

 Leaves ovate, coriaceous, glabrous, 10 to 30 cm long, 7 to 20 cm 

 wide, entire, the apex acute or very shortly and acutely acum- 

 inate, or apiculate-acuminate, base acute or somewhat rounded, 

 both surfaces slightly shining, of about the same color and 

 somewhat brownish when dry ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent, spreading, curved only near their tips, 

 the ultimate reticulations slender, subparallel; petioles 3 to 5 

 cm long; stipules caducous, lanceolate, acuminate, membrana- 

 ceous, 10 cm long, outside sparingly pubescent with very short, 

 somewhat appressed hairs. Flowers unknown. Immature 

 fruits globose or subglobose, about 6 cm in diameter (immature) , 

 composed of very numerous, slender anthocarps, the projecting 

 tips of the anthocarps ovoid or subovoid, about 2 mm long, 

 rounded or obtuse, about 2 mm in diameter, densely covered with 

 waxy-furfuraceous scales. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, in forests, Bia: Sci. 150^0 

 (type), 20530 Ramos, June, 1912, February, 1913, fruits yellow. 



A very characteristic species, manifestly, however, in the same group 

 as Artocarpus communis Forst. In texture and venation the leaves re- 

 semble those of Forster's species, but are always quite entire. In being 

 almost glabrous the present species differs also from Artocarpus coynmunis 

 Forst. The waxy-furfuraceous tips of the anthocarps is characteristic. 



FICUS Linnaeus 



FICUS CAMARiNENSIS sp. nov. § Urostigma. 



Arbor alta, glabra, ramis ramulisque rugosis; foliis alternis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, laevis, usque ad 23 cm 

 longis, integris, apice abrupte tenuiter acute acuminatis, basi 

 rotundatis, 3-plinerviis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 10 ad 

 12, subpatulis, prominentibus, anastomosantibus ; petiolo 2.5 cm 

 longo; receptaculis axillaribus, solitariis, sessihbus, ellipsoideis, 

 in siccitate brunneis, 3 ad 3.5 cm longis, bracteis 3, reniformibus, 

 3 mm longis, 5 mm latis. 



A tall tree, quite glabrous except the bud-scales which are 

 appressed-hirsute. Branches and branchlets prominently rugose 

 when dry, somewhat lenticellate, with distinct stipular scars, the 

 latter 5 to 6 mm in diameter. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous, 



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