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tions very prominent, the lower surface more or less punctic- 

 ulate; petioles about 1 cm long, scabrid. Receptacles orange-red, 

 scabrid, solitary or in pairs, axillary, subglobose to somewhat 

 obovoid, 8 to 10 mm in diameter, their peduncles 5 to 7 mm long, 

 scabrid, the apical bracts small, ovate, about 1 mm long, the 

 wall of the receptacle ciliate-hispid inside. Perfect female 

 flowers numerous, the perianth-segments narrowly lanceolate, 

 obtuse or acute, membranaceous, about 2 mm long, prominently 

 ciliate-hispid in the upper part, one about twice as broad as the 

 other three and cleft to about the middle, the narrower three 

 often somewhat spatulate. Ovary ovoid-ellipsoid, obtuse, sube- 

 quilateral, about 1.2 mm long, the styles distinctly lateral, 1.2 

 to 1.8 mm long. 



Mindanao, Subprovince of Butuan, Veruela, C. M. Weber 1132 (type), 

 June 19, 1911, in thickets; Talacogon, Bur. Sci. 1131 Weber, July 20, 1911, 

 among abaca plants. 



A species in the ulmifolia group, but with equilateral leaves which are 

 abruptly, long and slenderly caudate-acuminate, and with somewhat smaller 

 receptacles than in F. ulmifolia Lam., under which name the specimens 

 were distributed. Its closest ally is Ficus euphlebia Merr., which has less 

 prominently acuminate, more distinctly and closely toothed leaves which 

 are acute or merely obtuse at the base, not rounded; in the present species 

 the interior of the receptacle and the perianth-segments are also promi- 

 nently ciliate-hispid with stiff white hairs. 



FICUS GRANDIDENS sp. nov. § Covellia. 



Arbor circiter 6 m alta, ramulis adpresso-hirsutis exceptis 

 glabra; foliis oblongis vel late oblongis, subcoriaceis vel charta- 

 ceis, usque ad 23 cm longis, glabris, laevis, nitidis, acuminatis, 

 basi acutis, margine grosse irregulariter sinuato-lobato-dentatis, 

 dentibus vel lobis 1 vel 2 utrinque; receptaculis obovoideis, 

 pedunculatis, in fasciculis densis hemisphericis caulinis dispo- 

 sitis. 



A tree 5 to 6 m high, quite glabrous except the appressed- 

 hirsute younger branchlets. Branches terete, smooth, grayish- 

 brown, the ultimate ones about 4 mm in diameter. Leaves 

 oblong or broadly oblong, subcoriaceous or chartaceous, glabrous, 

 smooth, 14 to 23 cm long, 5 to 11 cm wide, narrowed more or less 

 at both ends, apex acuminate, base acute, the margins very coarse- 

 ly sinuate-lobed or -toothed, the lobes or teeth 1 or 2 on each side, 

 obtuse or acute, the upper surface shining, dark-colored when 

 dry, the lower surface slightly shining, paler; nerves 5 or 6 on 

 each side of the midrib, prominent, usually brownish when dry, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations distinct, rather slender; petioles 

 1 to 2 cm long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 10 to 12 mm long, 

 subpersistent. Fruits fascicled on stout protuberances on the 



