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shining, of the same color on both surfaces when dry, and rather 

 pale-yellowish-green, about 20 cm long, 8 to 10 cm wide, oblong, 

 the apex rather abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, the acumen 1 cm 

 long, the base equilateral, acute or obtuse, shortly 3-nerved, the 

 margins entire or shghtly and obscurely undulate ; lateral nerves 

 about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, straight, some- 

 what anastomosing, the reticulations subparallel, distinct, rather 

 lax; petioles 1.5 to 4 cm long. Receptacles axillary, solitary or 

 somewhat fascicled, orange-red when mature, globose, about 1 

 cm in diameter, their peduncles 8 to 10 mm long, ebracteolate 

 or with small bracteoles near the base. 



Cavilli Island, Sulu Sea, Merrill 7178, September 24, 1911. 



Common in thickets near the sea on both Cavilli Island, and the neigh- 

 boring smaller islet known as Arena Island. Apparently allied to Ficus 

 ulmifolia Lam., F. blepharostoma Warb., and similar forms, distinguishable 

 at once by its smooth or nearly smooth leaves. Dedicated to the Honorable 

 Dean C. Worcester, formerly Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine 

 Government, to whom I am indebted for opportunity botanically to explore 

 Cavilli Island. 



FICUS HEMICARDIA sp. nov. § Sycidium. 



Arbor parva, erecta; foliis oblongis, brevissime petiolatis, 

 scabris, inaequilateralibus, 10 ad 30 cm longis, valde oblique 

 cordatis, uno latere angustatis altero latissime rotundatis; re- 

 ceptaculis ovoideis vel subglobosis, circiter 11 mm diametro, 

 hispidis, pedunculatis, solitariis vel binis in axillis foliorum vel 

 in ramis vel caulis fasciculatis. 



An erect tree, apparently of small size. Branches terete, 

 light-gray, glabrous. Leaves varying greatly in size, 10 to 30 

 cm long, 3 to 11 cm wide, oblong, very harsh and scabrous on 

 both surfaces, not pubescent, somewhat shining when dry, oblong, 

 strongly inequilateral, margins coarsely dentate, apex rather 

 prominently acuminate, base very strongly obliquely cordate, 

 one side very much narrower than the other, narrowly rounded, 

 the other broadly rounded, the sinus narrow; petioles stout, 5 

 mm long or less ; lateral nerves very prominent as are the coarse 

 reticulations, 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib above the base, 

 the basal nerves radiating, the narrow side of the leaf usually 

 with one, the broad side with four. Receptacles ovoid or sub- 

 globose, about 11 mm in diameter, hispid with scattered, spread- 

 ing, white, bristle-like hairs, solitary or in pairs in the axils of 

 the leaves, or solitary or fascicled on the larger branches and 

 on the trunk near its base, th peduncles hispid, about 4 mm 

 long, with 2 or 3, ovate, acute, 1.5 mm long bracts near the apex. 

 Male flowers not seen. Fertile female flowers pedicelled, the 



