(498 ) 
MoracEAE 
Pourouma scabra sp. nov. 
Branchlets very stout, densely ee as are the 
stipules, petioles, inflorescences, flowers and lower leaf-surfaces; 
stipular spathe 12 cm. long, 2.5 cm er in the closed condition, 
very t tek and coriaceous; petioles (only nag Haat leaves seen) 
ToO-15 cm. long pean leaves deeply 5—7-lobed, the lobes 7-14 cm. 
long, 5-10 cm. broad , the lowermost very cen oval, 
abruptly very aus emo the margin crispate, very thick and 
Seared ae short and stout; perianth ovoid, densely as Gee 
ong; stigma oe purple discoid, hairy, 2 . broad. 
(Only ake pistillate plant s 
“A large tree. Santa Bono 5000 ft., Aug. 30, 1902” (No. 
1560). 
Cecropia obovata sp. nov. 
Branchlets brown, very scabrous; stipular sheath about 1 
long, thick, brown, minutely floccose, sharply ribbed; ee 
reaching 30 ¢ m. long, se ribbed, Gece lightly pubes- 
peduncle solitary, about 8 cm. long; spikes shortly peduncled, 
4in my specimen, unequal, the longer nearly as long as the common 
peduncle, 6 mm. thick, obtuse, white, speckled with the reddish- 
black small stigmas. 
“A tall, slender tree, inhabited by red ants, San Buena Ventura, 
1400 ft., Nov. 15, 1901’ (No. 645). 
Ficus oblanceolata sp. nov. 
Glabrous; branchlets gray, seers ae 12 mm. long, nar- 
rowly subulate, attenuate, thick; s § mm. long, very stout; 
blades 30-35 cm. long, 9-12 cm. srr oblanceolate, obtuse at 
acute acumination about 2.5 cm. long; venation reddish, fine, 
a sharply prominent on both sides, the secondaries 
25-30 on each side, connected very near the margin; inflorescence 
Ce poe longated- ovoid, curved. 
