132 MERRILL. 



rt'ddisli-brown, sparingly liirsutt', becoiniiin' ii'lahrous. Leaves alternate, 

 ovate or ohlong-ovate, subeoriaceoiis, sliining above, 4 to (> em long, 2 

 to 3.5 cm wide, entire, the margins sonicwliat recurved, base broa<l, 

 rounded, sometimes slightly cordate, apex acuminate, the acumen l)hint. 

 beneath minutely and densely punctieulate ; nerves three on each side 

 of the midrib, very prominent beneath, distant, curved-ascending, ob- 

 scurely anastomosing, the reticulations rather distinct; petioles 2 to 3 

 mm long, sparingly hirsute, lieceptacles axillary, solitary, globose, 5 

 nun in diameter or less, glabrous or nearly so, red. Male flowers not 

 seen. (Jail flowers (?) sessile, the ])erianth of three narrowly ovate, 

 reddish, pelliiei(l-])nnctate lobes 1 mm long or less, the ovaiT elliptical- 

 ovoid, compressed, the styles short, iinitt'd into a inass in tlie middle 

 of the receptacle. 



Mindanao, Lako Laiiao, t'ainp Kfitlilcy, .]frs. ('Icinciis I III'/, S('i)ti'ml)cr. 1!M»7. 



A species manifestly allied to Ficus ramentucea Roxb., ami iuul<)ui)te(iiy of 

 the section Eusyce, although the male flowers are unknown, (losely allied to 

 Ficus iayahetisis Elm., which was placed by Elmer in the section i^ycidiuin. 

 differing from that species in its sessile receptacles and fewer nerved leaves. 



PKOTEAOE.E. 



H EL I CI A Lour. 



Helicia graciliflora ^Merrill sp. nov. 



Ai'boi' ]>arva, ca. m alta ; t'oliis t'lli])tieo-lanceolatis, submembranaceis, 

 tenuiter aeiiminatis, sul)integris vel pauce distanter dentatis. rariter 

 grosse lobatis; racenlis tenuibus, usque ad 20 cm longis, plus minus fei'ru- 

 gineo-hirsutis vel pilosis; lloril)Us tenuissimis, Ki mm longis, ca. 1 mm 

 diam., pauce pilosis. 



A small tree about (i m high. l>ranches slender, ter(!te, grayish -brown, 

 the young branchlets j-atliei- densely hut deciduously 1)rown-})ilose or 

 tomentose. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, 10 to 1 i cm long, 2..") to 4..") cm 

 wide, submembranous, sharply and slenderly acuminate, the base acute, llie 

 margins subentire or with distant scattered teeth, I'arely with one or 

 two large lobes, glabrous above, beneath, esjjecially on the nerves and 

 midrib, more or less deciduous-brown-pilose ; nerves about 7 on each 

 side of ihc midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; pet- 

 ioles 1.5 to 2 cni long, slender, the lilade often decurrent as a very 

 narrow margin. I'acemes vei'y slendei'. many llowered, "jO cin long or 

 less, the rachis, pedicels and llo\\('i's mmc or less hi'owu-pilose with 

 deciduous hairs. Mowei's veiw slender, about Hi miu long. 1 mm or less 

 in diameter. 



^flNDANAO, Lake l.anao. (amp Kriijilry. l//-.v. Clcinois \. (/.. April mid Sep- 

 tember. 1907. 



A very cbaiactcristic s]iecics, rciulily iccoj^iii/.abic l)y its pulM'scciicc and very 

 slender flowers. AnK>ng the JMiili|>|iiiK' species it is most closely allied to llilicin 

 hiranlhoiilcfi I'resl. but \-ery distinct from that species. 



