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mm long, the perianth brown, chartaceous or coriaceous, irreg- 

 ularly 3-lobed, the lobes short, the perianth itself glabrous, about 

 2 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 17806 Curran (type), January, 

 1912, Bur. Sci. 7399 Ramos, March, 1909: Province of Tayabas, Piapi, 

 For. Bur. 1013 A Curran, March, 1908, all the specimens indicated as grow- 

 ing on the banks of rivers, and from their "stenophyllous" leaves, appar- 

 ently in places subject to submergence in times of floods or high water. 



The specimens have been previously referred to Ficus linearifolia Elmer, 

 with which they have very little relationship, except some resemblance in 

 leaf-form, and manifestly the present species belongs in an entirely different 

 section from Elmer's species. The very narrow, entire, slenderly caudate- 

 acuminate, somewhat falcate leaves which are white-puncticulate beneath 

 are characteristic. 



FICUS LAGUNENSIS sp. nov. § Eusyce. 



Frutex scandens, glaber, vel ramulis parcissime ciliato-hirsu- 

 tus ; f oliis alternis, ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate 

 plus minusve brunneis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 

 late cordatis, integris; nervis utrinque circiter 7, subtus cum 

 reticulisque valde prominentibus ; receptaculis axillaribus, soli- 

 tariis vel fasciculatis, obovoideis, glabris, pedunculatis, circiter 

 7 mm diametro. 



A scandent shrub, the young branchlets sometimes emitting 

 rootlets, glabrous or nearly so. Branches terete, brown, wrin- 

 kled when dry, glabrous or with few scattered long hairs. Leaves 

 Alternate, coriaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, 10 to 20 cm long, 

 5 to 10 cm wide, entire, the apex acuminate, the base broadly 

 rounded, cordate, the upper surface glabrous, shining, the 

 nerves impressed, the lower surface very prominently reticulate, 

 glabrous or with very scattered hairs along the midrib and pri- 

 mary nerves; lateral nerves 7 on each si^e of the midrib, very 

 prominent, the anastomosing, primary reticulations subparallel; 

 petioles 1.5 to 3 cm long, somewhat ciliate-pubescent or glabrous; 

 stipules lanceolate, acuminate, deciduous, about 1.5 cm long. 

 Receptacles axillary, solitary or fascicled, obovoid, glabrous, 

 smooth, about 7 mm in diameter, their peduncles 5 to 8 mm in 

 length. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, Dahican River, back of San Antonio, Phil. 

 PL 1123 Ramos, September 17, 1912, in forests. 



A species very similar to and manifestly closely allied to Ficus pro- 

 pinqua Merr., and to Ficus villosa BL, perhaps even too closely allied to 

 the former to be distinguished as a true species. Its glabrous receptacles 

 and leaves distinguish it from Blume's species, while from the Philippine 

 F. propinqua it is distinguishable by its longer peduncled, obovoid, not glo- 

 bose receptacles, its glabrous or nearly glabrous leaves, and its only slightly 

 hirsute branchlets. 



