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Leaves alternate, long-petioled, broadly ovate, thickly charta- 

 ceous or subcoriaceous, 17 to 22 cm long, 12 to 16 cm wide, the 

 base rather broadly truncate-rounded, apex acuminate, margins 

 rather finely serrate, both surfaces rather harsh, the upper 

 surface olivaceous, supplied with widely scattered, white, stiff, 

 spreading hairs, the lower surface paler, distinctly pubescent 

 on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations, and with scattered, elon- 

 gated, stiff hairs on the midrib and lateral nerves similar to those 

 on the upper surface; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent, nearly straight, the primary reticulations 

 subparallel, distinct; petioles 6 to 10 cm long, supplied with 

 scattered, elongated, stiff hairs similar to those on the branchlets ; 

 stipules broad, up to 4 cm long, acuminate, glabrous except on 

 the median portion of the back below, which is supplied with 

 scattered, elongated hairs similar to those on the branchlets. 

 Inflorescences cauline, apparently from near the base of the 

 trunk, elongated, simple, up to at least 30 cm in length, glabrous 

 or nearly so, the rachis about 5 mm in diameter. Receptacles 

 fascicled at the nodes or on the stout, slightly produced, lateral 

 branches, globose to obovoid, about 8 mm in diameter, brown 

 when dry, distinctly lenticellate, minutely furfuraceous, their 

 peduncles up to 12 mm long, the receptacles subtended by 3, 

 ovate, minutely pubescent, acute bracts about 2.5 mm in length. 

 Inside of the receptacles somewhat ciliate. Male flowers not seen. 

 Fertile female flowers sessile or pediceled, their perianth seg- 

 ments oblong-obovate, about 2 mm long, slightly ciliate at the 

 tips; styles about 1 nam long. 



Luzon, Kalinga Subprovince, Mount Masingit, near Lubuagan, 

 Bur. Sci. 37592 Ramos & Edano, February 17, 1920. Along 

 streams in the mossy forest, altitude about 1,300 meters. 



A species closely allied to Ficus myriocarpa Miq. which is 

 known only from Amboina Island. It resembles this species in 

 its habit, its vegetative characters, indumentum, and the 

 arrangement of its receptacles. It differs notably in its truncate- 

 rounded, not cordate, leaf bases and in its larger and longer- 

 peduncled receptacles. 



URTICACEAE 



ELATOSTEMA Forster 

 ELATOSTEMA B0NT0CEN8E sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, ramosa, succulenta, saltem ad 40 cm alta, ramis 

 plus minusve adpresse hirsutis; foliis numerosissimis, parvis, 

 valde inaequilateralibus, chartaceis, glabris, olivaceis, circiter 



