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2 111111. loiio', laiiw'olate, oliliuiceolate or s])atiilate, suiToiuidiiig and enclosing the 
ovary. Ovary ovoid, slightly eonipre.ssed, 1 iniii. long; style sulilateral, stout, 
0.5 to 1 111111 . long. Male flowers and gall flowers not seen. 
(1201 WhUford) Alareh, li)05. Mxposed ridges in the mossy forest at about 
1,200 111 ., also No. 007 WhUford, iloniit Banahao, Province of Tayahas, Luzon, in 
forests at about 800 in. A species apparently most closely related to the Malayan 
Ficus cusi>idata Reinw., hut with long peduncled reeejitaeles. 
§ Byvoecia. 
17. F. bordenii Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1005) 11. 
(1211 Borden) June, 1004. In forests at 050 ni. Endemic. 
18. F. megacarpa Merr. he. 17 (1904) 14. 
(322 Barnes) February; (0757 Elmer) November; (222 Merrill) Decades 
Philippine Forest Flora, coll. Borden, October. In forests 120 to 200 m. Endemic. 
§ Urostigma. 
19. Ficus bataanensis Merrill, sp. nov. 
Scandent ( ? ) . Branches light gray, glabrous 2 to 3 mm. thick. Leaves alternate, 
coriaceous, elliptical oblong to narrowly obovate oblong, pale when dry, the 
apex rounded, somewhat acute or very broadly acuminate, the base acute, 4 to 
7 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, entire, glabrous, smooth, somewhat shining above, 
the margins recurved; primary nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, 
spreading, somewhat prominent on both surfaces, anastomosing, the secondary 
nerves and reticulations numerous, rather dense, distinct; petioles stout, rugose, 
about 5 mm. long; stipules caducous, lanceolate, glabrous, about 14 mm. long. 
Receptacles subglobose, axillary, solitary, glabrous, red when mature, 12 to 
14 mm. in diameter, the peduncle nearly 1 cm. long, slightly pubescent, with two 
or three scattered small bracts on the upper portion, the ostiole tubular, prom- 
inent. Male flowers few only near the ostiole, monandrous, the anther 0.8 mm. 
long, the perianth lobes exceeding and enclosing the anther, reddish brown. Gall 
flowers numerous, the perianth lobes 4, reddish broum, lanceolate, 1 to 2.2 mm. 
long, surrounding and enclosing the ovary. Ovary ovoid, 1.3 mm. long, acute, 
the style lateral, slender, 1 mm. long, Fertile female flowers similar to the 
gall flowers but somewhat smaller. 
(1175 Whilford) March. On exposed iddges in the mossy forest at about 
1,200 m. 
20. F. benjamina Linn. ( ?). King. 1. c. 43., pi. 52. 
(48 Whitford) April; (2427 Meyer) January; (2479, 2506 Borden) January, 
February. In forests and thickets below 100 m. British India and Malaya. 
T., Balete. 
21. F. caulocarpa Miq. F. infectoria Roxb. var. caulocarpa- (Miq.) King, 1. c. 
03. pi. 75. 
(3770 Merrill) January; (197, 201 Barnes) January; (2251 Meyer) February; 
(2551 Borden) February; (6700 Elmer) November; (07 Merrill). Decades 
Philip. Forest FL, coll. Barnes, January. In forests along the river below 300 m., 
common and widely distributed in the Philippines. Borneo. T., Balete. No. 2493 
Borden, January, apjjarently also represents a form of this species. 
22. F. chrysolepis Miq.; King. 1. c. 24. pi. 20. 
(2387 Borden) January. In forests at 050 m. Celebes. T., Balete. 
23 F. forstenii Miq.; King 1. c. 29 pi. 29. 
(1477 Ahern’s collector) July; (2374 Borden) January. In forests below 
100 m., Celebes, Timor, Borneo. T., Payapa, Balete. 
