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3. F. nota (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1905) 10. 
(2492 Merrill) June; (723 Borden) May; (324 Barnes) February; (173 
Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FI. coll. Borden, May; (6689 Elmer) November; 
(2408 Meyer) January; (65, 400 Whitford) April, June. In forests and thickets 
usually near the river, 50 to 500 in. Endemic. T., Tihig. 
4. F. pseudopalma Blanco; Merr. 1. c. 6 (1904) 9. 
(Whitford). In thickets below 100 m. rather common and widely distributed 
in the Philippines. Endemic. T., Niogniogan. 
5. F. ribes Reinw. ; King 1. c. 110. -pi. IJfJf. 
(2633, 2838 Meyer) February, March; (348 Barnes) February; (3881 Elmer) 
November. In forests 600 to 900 m. Malaya to New Guinea. 
6. Ficus rubrovenia Merrill, sp. nov. 
A tree 8 to 14 m. high. Branches light bromi, striate, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong to broadly oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, coarsely irregularly repand to 
entire, chartaceous, glabrous, 11 to 20 cm. long, 4 to 7 cm. wide, the apex some- 
what abruptly short acuminate, the base acute; nerves prominent beneath, ir- 
regular, reddish brown when dry, the primary ones 7 to 8 on each side of the 
midrib, distant, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct; 
petioles 1 to 3 cm. long, glabrous; stipules glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, caducous. 
Receptacles fasciculate on small branchlets or tubercles from the trunk of the 
tree, 3 to 10 or more receptacles in a fascicle, the tubercle or branchlet rugose, 
stout, 2 cm. long or less. Receptacles sybglobose to obovoid, glabrous, red when 
mature, about 1 cm. in diameter, the peduncles slender, glabrous, 1 to 2 cm. long, 
with 2 or 3 small bracteoles near the apex. ]\Iale flowers few, only near the 
ostiole, their pedicels 1.5 mm. long, monandrous, the anther 0.8 mm. long, the 
perianth surrounding the anther. Fertile female flowers sessile or pedicelled. 
Perianth entire, diagonally truncate, about 1 mm. long, slightly enclosing the 
base of the ovary; ovary ovoid, 1.5 long, the style sublateral, 0.5 mm. long. Gall 
flowers similar to the fertile female flowers. 
(2769, 3003 Meyer) February, May; (1183 Borden) June; (3138 Merrill) 
October; (6638 Elmer) November; (467, 1076 Whitford) July, January. In 
forests 100 to 700 ni. A species well characterized by its oblong, irregularly 
repand to subentire leaves. T., Tihig. 
§ Eusyce. 
7. F. odorata (Blanco) Merr. 1. c. 17 (1904) 15. 
(620, 1256 Borden) April, June; (168 Merrill) Decades Philippine Forest Fh, 
coll. Borden, June; (37 Whitford) April; (6652 Elmer) November. In thickets 
and forests below 100 m. Endemic. T., Pacquiling. 
8. F. ruficaulis Merr. 1. e. 13. 
(512 Barnes) February, November; (185 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FL, 
coll. Rordew, April ; (687S Elmer) November; (i'233 Whitford) April. In forests 
100 to 300 ni. Endemic. 
9. F. villosa Blume; King 1. c. 137. pi. 172. 
(2833 Meyer) March. In forests at 850 m., not previously reported from the 
Philippines. Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 
§ Neomorphe. 
10. Ficus paucinervia Merrill, sp. nov. 
A tree reaching a height of about 13 m. Branches brown, striate, minutely 
pubescent. Leaves alternate, elliptical ovate to oblong ovate, subcoriaceous, 9 
to 14 cm. long, 5.5 to 8 cm. wide, narrowed somewhat to the equilateral, rounded, 
I'arely somewhat acute base, the apex abruptly acuminate, the acumen blunt. 
