NEW philippinp: plants. 1.31 



obscure; b;is;il brads l)r()a(1ly ovate or reniforni, coriaceous, rounded, im- 

 bricate, about 1.5 cm wide, reacliiug to aljout tlie middle of tbe mature 

 receptacles. Male flowers mimerous, pedicellate; the perianth of two 

 coriaceous ovate lobes 1 mm lono;, about e((ualin_o- tbe solitary stamen; 

 anther 1.5 mm long, subsessile. 



Mindanao, Lake l^anao. Camp Keithley. .l/;-.s. Clemens 703, 421, September, 

 March, 190G, and witliout numbers, February and September-October, 1907. 



A species allied to Ficus procera Reinw., F. ligichi Miq., and F. involucrata 

 BL, well characterized, however, by its very large involucrate basal bracts and 

 obscure ostiole. 



Ficus cordatula Merrill sp. nov. § Urostigina. 



Arbor magna, glabra, ramulis exceptis; foliis coriaceis, ellipticis vel 

 oblongo-ovatis, l)reviter acuminatis, basi cordatis, 20 ad 28 cm longis, 

 nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, prominentibus ; receptaculis axillaribus, ses- 

 silibus, glabris, ellipsoideis vel oblongo-ovoideis, ca. 3 cm longis, basi 

 3-bracteatis, bracteis plus minus hirsutis, 7 mm longis, 10 ad 12 mm latis. 



A large tree, glabrous except the branchlets which are more or less 

 hirsute, the branches brown or gray, angular, stout, marked with annular 

 scars. Leaves elliptical to oblong-ovate, coriaceous, shining above, 20 to 

 28 cm long, 9 to 15 cm wide, entire, or the margins slightly undulate, 

 apex short and abruptly acuminate, the base rather broad, rounded, 

 cordate, the sinus narrow, the lobes somewhat overlapping; nerves 10 to 

 12 on each side of the midrily, very prominent, anastomosing, distant, the 

 reticulations distinct, the base with two stout nerves and several short 

 fainter ones; petioles stout, 5 to 7 cm long; stipules ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, hirsute, 2 to 2.5 cm long. Eeceptacles axillary, sessile, 

 glabrous, ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, al)out 3 cm long, 2 cm thick, the base 

 with three broad bracts which are slightly hirsute, about 7 mm long, 10 

 to 12 mm wide. Male flowers few, only near the ostiole, about 5 mm long, 

 the pedicels hirsute; perianth 2-lobed, inclosing the nearly sessile anther. 

 Gall flowers sessile or pedicelled, the pedicels hirsute, the perianth inclos- 

 ing the turgid 2 mm long ovary. * 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1089, June, 1907, and 

 without number, September-October, 1907. 



A species allied to Fieus altissima Blume and F. annulala Blume, well charac- 

 terized by its large sessile fruits and cordate leaves. 



Ficus puncticulata Merrill sp. nov. § Eusrjce ? 



Arbor parva ; ramulis, foliis .subtus in nervis, petiolisque pauce hir- 

 sutis; foliis sul)coriaceis, ovatis vel ol)longo-ovatis, nitidis, -t ad G cm 

 longis, 1)asi late roluudatis vel leviter cordatis, apice acuminatis, subtus 

 minutissimc piuicticuhilis ; iiervis sul)tus ])rominentil)US, utrinque 3, as- 

 cendentibus; receptaculis axillaril)us. sessilil)iis, solitariis, ca. 5 mm diain., 

 glabris vel minute scahei'rimis. 



A suiall tree, tbe bi'aiicbes gray oi' ivddisb. I lie hi'aiicldets slender, 



