X, C, 4 
Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae, III 
ments spatulate, equal, about 3 mm long-, the ovary oblong, about 
2 mm long, rounded at the apex, with a very short lateral style. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 1089, September 9, 1914, the 
fruit yellow, becoming red when fully matured. In forests, altitude about 
500 meters. 
A species similar to and manifestly closely allied to Ficus crininervia 
Miq., from which it differs in its thicker leaves which are rounded or only 
very slightly cordate at the base, not with a deep prominent sinus as in 
Miquel’s species. 
URTICACEAE 
LEUCOSYKE Moritzi 
LEUCOSYKE LEYTENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 5 m altus; stipulis circiter 3 cm longis, extus 
prominente albido-villosis, chartaceis; foliis oblongis, chartaceis 
vel subcoriaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi leviter 
inaequilateralibus, subrotundatis, distincte triplinerviis, subtus 
subalbidis, ad costa reticulisque ciliatis; capitulis 2 axillaribus, 
plerumque binis, 7 ad 10 mm diametro, pedunculatis. 
A shrub about 5 m high, the branchlets and petioles prom- 
inently ciliate with spreading white hairs, the branches and 
branchlets somewhat reddish-brown in color. Leaves oblong, 
chartaceous to subcoriaceous, harsh, 17 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7 cm 
wide, the upper surface olivaceous, shining, scabrid, the lower 
surface nearly white, prominently white-ciliate on the nerves, 
with fewer hairs on the reticulations, the nerves and reticulations 
brown in contrast to the pale surface, the apex sharply acumi- 
nate, base somewhat inequilateral, subrounded, distinctly 3-pli- 
nerved, the lateral nerves leaving the midrib near the base and 
extending about four-fifths to the apex, prominent, the margins 
serrate-crenate ; petioles about 1.5 cm long; stipules about 3 cm 
long, chartaceous, somewhat boat-shaped, hardly keeled, exter- 
nally prominently white-ciliate, the hairs rather soft, spreading 
below, more or less appressed in the upper part. Pistillate 
heads mostly in pairs, sometimes solitary, axillary and in the 
axils of fallen leaves, globose, 7 to 10 mm in diameter, their 
peduncles ciliate, 8 to 10 mm long. Achenes oblong-ovoid, about 
1.5 cm long, obscurely penicillate at the apex. 
Leyte, Buenavista, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 1061, August 20, 1914, in forests, 
altitude about 500 meters. 
The species in general resembles Leucosyke aspera C. B. Rob., from which 
it differs in its short petioles, while it is distinguished from both Leucosyke 
mindorensis C. B. Rob. and L. negrosensis C. B. Rob. in its indumentum, 
and from the latter also in its short petioles. 
