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perianth lobes hyaline, equaling or a little longer than the ovary 

 which is about 1.1 mm in length; style sublateral, 1.5 mm long. 



Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Mount Hilong-Hilong, Weber 1001, 

 March 11, 1911, altitude about 130 m, on rocky slopes near streams. 



The species is allied to Ficus fiskei Elm., differing in its short-petioled, 

 differently shaped leaves and hispid fruits, and also to F. odorata Merr., 

 differing from that species especially in its smaller fruits that are not 

 densely hirsute. It is one of the most strongly marked species of the 

 genus known from the Philippines, well characterized by its harsh, inequi- 

 lateral, prominently and obliquely cordate, subsessile leaves. The recep- 

 tacles are borne in the axils of the leaves on the ultimate branches, on 

 the large branches below the leaves, and on the trunk of the tree near its 

 base, a varied distribution that is quite unusual in the genus, although 

 occasionally one finds the allied Ficus odorata Merr. with most of its 

 receptacles in the leaf-axils, and a few supplementary ones near the base 

 of the trunk. 



FICUS CAMIGUINENSIS sp. nov. 



Species F. paucinerviae Merr. similis et ut videtur affinis, 

 difFert foliis majoribus, receptaculis minoribus glabris. 



A small tree about 6 m high. Branches terete, wrinkled and 

 brownish when dry, the ultimate ones about 5 mm thick. Leaves 

 alternate, somewhat crowded at the ends of the branchlets, 

 chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, subelliptic or elliptic-ovate, 

 greenish and shining when dry, narrowed to the acute or obtuse 

 base, the apex shortly and slenderly caudate-acuminate, the 

 acumen 1 cm long or less, 14 to 22 cm long, 8 to 13 cm wide, 

 entire, the uper surface glabrous, the lower one more or less 

 white-ciliate on the nerves and reticulations; basal nerves a 

 single pair, extending to about the middle of the leaf, straight, 

 prominent; lateral nerves above the basal pair 4 or 5 on each 

 side of the midrib, ascending, straight, prominent, the reticu- 

 lations distinct, subparallel; petioles ciliate-pubescent, 3 to 4.5 

 cm long; stipules caducous, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 8 mm 

 long, densely appressed-pubescent, the stipular scars prominent. 

 Receptacles mostly in pairs in the axils of fallen leaves, sometimes 

 solitary, sometimes somewhat fasciculate, numerous, their pe- 

 duncles 4 to 8 mm long, with three prominent bracts at the apex 

 or somewhat below the apex, glabrous, yellow, globose, about 

 8 mm in diameter. 



Camiguin de Mindanao, in mossy forests probably above an altitude of 

 1,200 m, Phil. PL 1197 Ramos, March 24, 1912. 



Apparently a distinct species, at least not matched in our extensive 

 collections. I have also been unable to refer it to any of the numerous 

 Malayan species of which the descriptions are available here. It is similar 

 to Ficus paucinervia Merr. {F. integrifolia Elm.), apparently closely allied 

 to it, and certainly belongs to the same section of the genus. 



