274 "^^^ Philippine Journal of Science i^u 



FICUS WEBERI sp. nov. § Sycidium. 



Frutex circiter 4 m altus, ramulis stipulis et subtus foliis ad 

 nervos plus minusve brunneo-hirsutis ; foliis alternis oppositis- 

 que, oblongo-ovatis ad obovato-oblongis, chartaceis, 10 ad 20 cm 

 longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, truncatis, vel leviter cordatis, 

 subaequilateralibus vel leviter inaequilateralibus, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 10; stipulis anguste lanceolatis, acuminatis, usque ad 

 3 cm longis; receptaculis axillaribus, sessilibus, ovoideis, sub- 

 glabris, circiter 1.5 cm longis, basi 3-bracteatis. 



An erect shrub about 4 m high. Branches terete, brown, 

 hirsute with spreading brownish hairs. Leaves alternate, a 

 few also opposite, chartaceous, brown and slightly shining when 

 dry, paler beneath, oblong-ovate to obovate-oblong, 10 to 20 

 cm long, 6 to 10 cm wide, the upper surface smooth and glabrous, 

 the lower hirsute with spreading, scattered, brown or pale hairs 

 along the midrib and lateral nerves, apex rather slenderly and 

 abruptly acuminate, base acute but more often truncate or 

 slightly cordate, usually somewhat inequilateral, one side some- 

 times acute and the other rounded, margins slightly crenulate; 

 nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, the 

 reticulations rather lax ; petioles hirsute, 1 to 3 cm long ; stipules 

 narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, 2 to 3 cm long, hirsute on 

 the back, subpersistent. Receptacles green, axillary, sessile, 

 ovoid, about 1.5 cm long, glabrous or nearly so, the base with 

 three, triangular-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 5 mm 

 long bracts. Male flowers not seen. 



Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Veruela, Weber 1002, in second growth 

 forests, June 19, 1911. 



A species probably most closely allied to Ficus carpenteriana Elm., but 

 differing from that species in its much broader leaves, nearly glabrous 

 receptacles, and other characters. 

 FICUS WORCESTERI sp. nov. § Sycidium. 



Arbor parva, erecta, glabra, circiter 4 m alta, ramulis teretibus ; 

 foliis alternis, circiter 20 cm longis, chartaceis, in siccitate palli- 

 dis, utrinque leviter scabridis vel laevis, concoloribus, equilate- 

 ralibus, apice abrupte subcaudato-acuminatis, basi acutis vel 

 obtusis, 3-nerviis, margine integris vel leviter obscure undulatis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 10, distinctis; petiolo 1.5 ad 4 cm longo; 

 receptaculis axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, pedunculatis, 

 subglobosis, aurantiacis, 1 cm diametro. 



A small, erect, glabrous tree about 4 m high, the branches 

 terete, smooth, somewhat straw-colored. Leaves alternate, char- 

 taceous, very slightly scabrid on both surfaces or smooth, slightly 



