130 -MKKIJll.L. 



oiitl)i'i'aks against llu' (■dnslitiilcd niillioi-ily were of luit iiirr('(|ii('iit oe- 

 curreiii'i' dui'inii- the period while the collcM-lidiis here ((insidcrcd were being 

 made, so tiiat it was unsafe to go fur fioiii the iiiilitaiy post without 

 an eseort. In addition to the clcnicnt of personal danger attending 

 hotanizing in the region, the humidity is so high that good s])eeimens 

 eould he prepared only with dit!ienlty. Under the circumstances Mrs. 

 Clemens is to he congratulated on the extent and \alue of the material 

 wliich she secured. 



The first set of tlu' collection is deposited in the Herbarium of the 

 Bureau of Science, where the ty])es of the species here descril)ed are to 

 he found. With the exception of the first set, and some specimens that 

 have been sent to various s])ecialists for study, the collection remains at 

 the disposition of the collector.' 



UETIOACE.^. 



LEUCOSYKE Zoll. & Mor. 



Leucosyke candidissima (JJIunio) Wedd. in DC. I'rodr. Ui' (1869) 235=". 

 Uriica candidinsiinu Blume Bijdr. (18'2;)) 4i)S. 



Mindanao, Lal'ce Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemois. Septeml)er, 1907. 

 A very striking species, . previously l<;ii()\\n only from Java, tlie third of tlie 

 genus to be found in the Philippines. 



MOKAC]:.K. 



FICUS Linn. 

 Ficus dementis Merrill >.]>. nos'. S (losl i(/iiia. 



Arboi' procera, glabra: I'amulis crassis. annulatis, angulalis: folds 

 coriaceis. obloiigis vel elli]»l ieo-oblongis, bi'evitei" ol)tuse(|ue ai-unnnatis, 

 basi acutis vel rotundatis, us(|ue ad "-^O cm longis, longe petiolatis; nervis 

 utrin(|ue ca. T; reccj)tacTilis sessilibus, axillaribus, solitariis vel hinis, 

 ovoideis vel I'llipsoideis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis. basi gi-osse ;)-bractealis. brac- 

 teolis involucrantibus, us(|ue ad receptacnii medium ])orrectis. 



A very laig'e tree, glabi'ous throughout. Branches thick. re(ldish- 

 brown. angulai-. with many annulai' scars. Lea\cs oblong oi' elliptical- 

 oblong, coriaceous, shining, 2(i cm long oi' less. T to Id cm wide, eidire. 

 apex shoi'tly and obtusely acuniinale, base rounded oi' acute, usually rathei' 

 abi'uptly nan-owed at bcttli ends: primary nei'ves about "] on each side of 

 ibe midrid. anastomosing lU'ai' the uuirgins. and with alternating rather 

 ilisliiicl secondary iiervi's, the rel iculal ions lallier cinse; petioles .') in 

 7 cm long, the veiT young bi-aiiches with nuinei'ous deciduous mtMubraiious 

 lanceolate H cm long sti|»ules, the apii-al scab's on oldei' branches tcu-ia- 

 ceous, ovate, short-acuminate, 1..") to 2 cm long. iJeceplacles solitary or in 

 pairs in Ibe leaf axils, sessile, ovoid or ellipsoid, 2 to 2..") cm long, when 

 young entirely enclosed in Ibe basal brads. ape\ I'ounded. the ostiole 



