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the trunk, giving the plant the appearance of a small palm, oblanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, coriaceous, up to 80 cm in length, narrowed to the 

 slightly cordate base, subsessile or shortly petioled, the margins coarsely 

 and irregularly sinuate-toothed; stipules lanceolate, persistent, 6 to 7 cm 

 long. Receptacles dark-green, ovoid, obscurely angular, 3 to 4 cm long, 

 usually in pairs on short peduncles in the axils of the leaves. (Fl. Filip, 

 pi. 356.) 



In thickets near San Pedro Macati, also cultivated in the old Botanic 

 Garden, fl. all the year; widely distributed in the Philippines at low alti- 

 tudes. Endemic. 



2. F. nota (Blanco) Merr. Tibig (Tag.). 



An erect tree 4 to 8 m high, more or less pubescent. Leaves oblong 

 to oblong-obovate, 15 to 35 cm long, acuminate, base somewhat inequilateral, 

 cordate, margins distantly and irregularly toothed, the teeth small, more 

 or less pubescent, not or slightly roughened. Receptacles borne in large 

 masses on special, branched inflorescences springing directly from the 

 trunk and from the larger branches, 10 to 25 cm in length, frequently 

 very dense, the receptacles themselves subglobose, green or when mature 

 yellowish, fleshy, 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter. 



Occasional in thickets and not uncommon in yards etc., fl. all the year; 

 throughout the Philippines at low and mcidium altitudes. Endemic. 



3. F. odorata (Blanco) Merr. Paquiling (Tag.). 



A tree 6 to 9 m high, very fragrant in drying, the leaves harsh, the 

 upper surface with numerous hard papillae, the lower surface also rough 

 and more or less pubescent, very strongly inequilateral and obliquely cordate, 

 one basal lobe broad and rounded, the other usually acute, 15 to 25 cm 

 long, acuminate, margins obscurely toothed. Receptacles axillary, solitary, 

 sessile, subglobose, densely hirsute, yellowish when mature, "1.5 to 2.5 cm in 

 diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. SS8.) 



Occasionally cultivated in our area, fl. all the year, the rough leaves being 

 used for scouring purposes; widely distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. 



4. F. ulmifolia Lam. (F. ainuoaa Miq.). Isis, Asis (Tag.) ; Hagupit (Vis.) ; 



Uplas (II.). 



A shrub usually from 3 to 5 m high. Leaves alternate, variable, very 

 harsh, oblong, sub-entire or undulately lobed or coarsely toothed, sometimes 

 deeply and narrowly lobed, acuminate, base rounded, 3-nerved, oJPten ine- 

 quilateral, 9 to 17 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide. Fruits axillary, solitary or in 

 pairs, soft and fleshy when mature, orange-red to purplish, ovoid to ellipsoid, 

 about 1.5 cm long, the peduncles about 5 mm long. 



Rather common in thickets, etc., fl. all the year; throughout the Philip- 

 pines, very variable. Endemic. 



5. F. cumingli Miq. Isis, Isis na puti (Tag.). 



An erect shrub or small tree 2 to 8 m high, glabrous, or the young branch- 

 lets somewhat pubescent. Leaves opposite, linear to lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late, slightly or decidedly scabrid, rough to the touch or sometimes nearly 

 smooth, 8 to 20 cm long, acuminate, br? usually acute and somewhat 

 3-nerved, margins entire or irregularly toothed, the nerves distant, distinct, 

 spreading, interarching near the margins. Receptacles axillary, solitary 

 or more often in pairs, peduncled, subglobose, 1 to 1.3 cm in diameter, smooth 

 or somewhat roughened, brownish or reddish when mature. 



