212 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Small or inedium-sized tree; stipules 1.5 cui. long; leaves ovate-oval or 

 delloid-ovate, 4.5 to S cm. long, very obtuse or rounded at the apex, subcordate 

 or emarginale at the base. 



15. Ficus microchlamys Standi. Coutr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 23. 1917. 

 Siuuloa, Tepic, Jalisco, and Veracruz ; type from Guadalajara. 



Large tree ; stipules 7 mm. long ; leaves oblong to rounded-ovate, 6 to 12 cm. 

 long, rounded or obtuse at the apex, subcordate or emarginate at the base. 

 " Salate bronco " (Sinaloa). 



16. Ficus lapathifolia (Liebm.) Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 297. 

 1867. 



Urostigma lapathifolivm Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 319. 1S51. 

 Tamaulipas to Veracruz, Chiapas, and Guerrero ; type from Yecoatla and 

 Colipa. Veracruz. Guatemala. 



Stipules 1.5 to 1.8 cm. long ; leaves oval to broadly oblong. 



17. Ficus padifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 47. 1817. 

 Ficus compUcata H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 48. 1817. 

 Urostigma schiedeanum Miquel, Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 539. 1847. 

 Urostigma complicatum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 325. 1851. 

 Urostigma baccatuni Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 327. 1851. 

 Urostigma turbinatum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 328. 1851. 

 Urostigma sulcipes Miquel, Versl. Med. Kon. Akad. Amsterdam 13: 413. 1862. 

 Ficus fasciculata S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 24: 78. 1889. 



Ficus sonorae S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 24: 78. 1889. 



Tamaulipas to Souora, Oaxaca, and Tabasco ; type from Acapulco, Guerrero. 

 Central America. 



Small or often a very large tree, as much as 30 meters high, with broad. 

 dense crown and numerous trunks and aerial roots ; stipules 5 to 15 mm. long ; 

 leaves mostly ovate or elliptic, 4 to 12 cm. long, acute or acuminate. " Nacapuli '' 

 (Sonora) : " camichin " (Colima, Sinaloa, Jalisco); " comuchin " (MichoaCcln, 

 Guerrero) ; " palo de coco " (Oaxaca, Liebmann) ; " amatillo." " capulfn grande" 

 (Tabasco) ; " samatito " (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Morelos) ; "amesquite" (Morelos) ; 

 "matapalo" (Oaxaca); " higuito " (Costa Rica); "cozahuique" (Oaxaca, 

 Villada) ; " jalamate," " cabra-higo " (Morelos, Urbina). 



One of the handsomest of Mexican trees, often with an immense crown of 

 dark green leaves. It has been reported from Mexico as F. ligustrina Kunth & 

 Bouch^, a South American species. The fruit is usually tinged or spotted with 

 red or purple; it is sweet and much eaten by children and birds, and some- 

 times it is sold in the markets. 



'Urbina * considers that this is the " amazquitl " of Hernandez, who speaks 

 of the value of the tree for shade, and states that a decoction of the root bark 

 was given to fever patients. The " hoeiamatl " of Hermlndez is perhaps the 

 same species ; this was employed as a remedy for various skin diseases and 

 for pains and sourness of the stomach. Another wild fig described by Hernandez 

 under the name " itzamatl " may also be Ficu>< padifolia. This, HernAndez 

 states, was called " higo de Indias " by the Spaniards. 



18. Ficus lentiginosa Vahl, Enum. PI. 2: 183. 1806. 



Guerrero to Oaxaca and YucatAn. West Indies; type from Montserrat. 



Stipules 1 to 1.5 cm. long; leaves oval or ovate-oval, 7.5 to 16 cm. long, 

 obtuse or rounded and often short-pointed at the apex, bright green ; receiitacles 

 8 to 9 mm. in diameter. " Jaguey " (Porto Rico). 



For an illustration of a flowering branch see Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: pi. S5. 



* Naturaleza 7: 99. 1900. 



