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2 mm. long, lanceolate, oblanceolate or spatiilate, surrovmding and enclosing the 

 ovary. Ovary ovoid, slightly compressed, 1 mm. long; style siiblateral, stout, 

 0.5 to 1 mm. long. Male flowers and gall flowers not seen. 



(1201 Whitford) March, 1905. Exposed ridges in the mossy forest at about 

 1,200 m., also No. 967 Whitford, Movmt Banahao, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, in 

 forests at about 800 m. A species apparently most closely related to the Malayan 

 Ficus cuapklata Reinw., but with long peduncled receptacles. 



§ Synoecia. 



17. F. bordenii Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 11. 

 (1211 Borden) June, 1904. In forests at 650 m. Endemic. 



18. F. megacarpa Merr. 1. c. 17 (1904) 14. 



(.322 Barnes) February; (0757 Elmer) November; (222 Merrill) Decades 

 Philippine Forest Flora, coll. Borden, October. In forests 120 to 200 m. Endemic. 



§ Urostigma. 



19. Ficus bataanensis Merrill, sp. nov. 



Scandent ('!) . Branches light gray, glabrous 2 to 3 mm. thick. Leaves alternate, 

 coriaceous, elliptical oblong to narrowly obovate oblong, pale when dry, the 

 apex rounded, somewhat acute or very broadly acuminate, the base acute, 4 to 

 7 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, entire, glabrous, smooth, somewhat shining above, 

 the margins recurved; primary nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, 

 spreading, somewhat prominent on both surfaces, anastomosing, the secondary 

 nerves and reticulations' numerous, rather dense, distinct; petioles stout, rugose, 

 about 5 mm. long; stijiules caducous, lanceolate, glabrous, about 14 mm. long. 

 Receptacles subglobose, axillarj', solitary, glabrous, red when mature, 12 to 

 14 mm. in diameter, the peduncle nearly 1 cm. long, slightly pubescent, with two 

 or three scattered small bracts on the upper portion, the ostiole tubular, prom- 

 inent. Male flowers few only near the ostiole, monandrous, the anther 0.8 mm. 

 long, the perianth lobes exceeding and enclosing the anther, reddish brown. Gall 

 flowers numerous, the perianth lobes 4, reddish bro^vn, lanceolate, 1 to 2.2 mm. 

 long, surrounding and enclosing the ovary. Ovary ovoid, 1.3 mm. long, acute, 

 the style lateral, slender, 1 mm. long, Fertile female flowers similar to the 

 gall flowers but somewhat smaller. 



(1175 Whilford) March. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest at about 

 1,200 111. 



20. F. benjamina Linn. ( ?). King. 1. c. 43., pi. 52. 



(48 Whitford) April; (2427 Meyer) January; (2479, 2566 Borden) January, 

 February. In forests and thickets below 100 ni. British India and Malaya. 

 T., Balele. 



21. F. caulocarpa Miq. /•'. infoetorid Koxb. var. canlomrpa (Miq.) King, 1. c. 

 63. pi. 77. 



(3776 Merrill) January; (197, 201 Barnes) January; (2251 Meyer) February; 

 (2551 Borden) February; (6706 Elmer) November; (67 Merrill). Decades 

 Philip. Forest Fl., coll. Barnes, January. In forests along the river below 300 m., 

 common and widely distributed in the Philippines. Borneo. T., Balete. No. 2493 

 Borden, January, apparently also represents a form of this species. 



22. F. chrysoiepis Miq.; King. 1. c. 24. pi. 20. 



(2387 /iorf/rH) January. In forests at 050 m. Celebes. T., Balete. 

 23 F. forstenii Miq.; King 1. c. 29 pi. 29. 



(1477 Ahern's collector) July; (2374 Borden) January. In forests below 

 100 m., Celebes, Timor, Borneo. T., Payapa, Balete. 



