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Batan Islands, Luzon (Cagayan to Sorsogon), Palawan, Biliran, Leyte, 

 Panay, Mindanao. Common in thickets and forests at low and medium 

 altitudes; doubtfully distinct from Ficus infectoria Roxb., to which it was 

 reduced by King. Endemic. 



Local names: Balete (Ibn., Bon., Sbl., P. Bis., Tag.); botgo (Bik.) ; 

 bubulung (Sbl.) ; kuba (Ting.) ; magamano (Bag.) ; nonok (P. Bis) ; pa- 

 -sapla (Ilk.); puspus (Ting.); sanglau (Ilk.). 



FICUS STRANGULARIS Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1382. 

 Palawan, Elmer 12956. In forests. Endemic. 



FICUS SUBINTEGRA (Merr.) Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 56. 



Ficus elmeri Merr. var. subintegra Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 

 29 (1905) 10. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Sorsogon), Elmer 6317, 16527, 

 B. S. 17512, 23654 Ramos, 31845 Santos. In forests and forested ravines, 

 altitude 1,100 to 2,100 m*. Endemic. 



Local names: Aplas (Ilk.); dugnai (Ig.). 



FICUS SUBULATA Blume Bijdr. (1825) 461; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calcutta 1 (1887) 8, t. 6; Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 

 127. 

 Ficus confusa Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 47, 187, (1907) 240, 



2 (1908) 535, 4 (1911) 1239, (1912) 1387, 7 (1914) 2398. 

 Ficus setibracteata Elm. op. cit. 7 (1914) 2411. 

 Ficus driveri Elm. op. cit. 7 (1914) 2397. 

 Ficus inaequifolia Elm. op. cit. 1 (1907) 242, 2 (1908) 535, 4 



(1911) 1240, 7 (1914) 2411. 

 Ficus insularis Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 435, Ann. Mus. 

 Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 293, quoad Cuming 1943, in nota. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 

 1,500 m. India to southern China and Malaya. 



Local names: Baleting baging (Tag.) ; dalakit (P. Bis.) ; gigatgftmon 

 (Mbo.) ; hagosos (Tag.) ; kalapot (Buk.) ; magulapi (Bag.) ; makabotoai 

 (Mbo.); malaisis (Tag.); nanloboyon (Mbo.); nuso (Iv.) ; nusu (Iv.). 



FICUS SULCATA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1377. 



Palawan, Elmer 12686. In thickets and forests at low altitudes. En- 

 demic. 



Local name: Nududalug (Tagb.). 



FICUS TAYABENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 255, 4 (1912) 

 1387. 

 Luzon (Tayabas, Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Sorsogon), 

 Palawan, Elmer 7541, 7632, 14919, 13045, B. S. 20210 McGregor, 13592 

 Ramos, 20897 Escritor, Copeland 2043. In forests at medium altitudes. 

 Endemic. 



FICUS TINCTORIA Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 76; Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. 7 (1848) 436, t. 6, B; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1314. 

 Batan Islands and northern Luzon to Mindanao and the Sulu Archi- 

 pelago, B. S. 10165 McGregor, 27234, 11098,, 17430 Ramos, Merrill 5400, 

 9443, 9439, Phil. PL 217. Near the sea in thickets, on cliffs, etc. Formosa. 

 Marianne and Caroline Islands, and Polynesia. 



