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reveal the plant and 1 could lind no natives who knew the word “Tiann” as a 
l)lant name. However, as the country for many miles about Calunipit is under 
rather close cultivation, it is apparent that the original vegetation of the region 
has almost entirely been removed. 
.M( )KACE.E. 
FICUS Linn. 
Ficus anomala iMerrill sp. nov. Pahicoiiwriihc. 
A tree aJjout 10 m. high with elliptical-ovate, ahniptly short acimriiiate 
scabrous leaves, the receptacles globose to obovoid, yellow, scabrous, in 
large fascicles on the trunk and larger branches. Bi'anches brownish 
gray, glabrous, the branchlets also glabrous except at the slightly ciliate 
tips. Leaves subnienibranous, 10 to 16 cm. long, 6 to 11 cm. wide, slightly 
sinning, harsh on both surfaces but not pubescent, the margins subentire 
or very obscurely undulate-crenate, the base broad, rounded, truncate 
or somewhat cordate, often somewhat ine(|uilateral, the Itasal nerves 5 
to 7, the outer ones short; primary lateral nerves about 7 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations distinct, lax, subparallel ; 
petioles 3 to 7 cm. long. Eeceptacles very numerous, often nearly con- 
cealing the trunk and larger branches, in usually large fascicles of short, 
stout, congested 1 to 2 cm. long branchlets, yellow when mature, scabrous, 
nearly 2 cm. in diameter when fresh, considerably smaller when dry, the 
pedicels ebracteolate, 1 to 2 cm. long. Male flowers numerous near the 
ostiole, monandrous and with a rudimentary ovary, the perianth segments 
4, free, enclosing and exceeding the stamen, oblong, about 2 mm. long, 
slightly ciliate above. Filament stout, about 1 mm. long; anther 
elliptical-ovoid, 1 mm. long. Eudimentary ovary less than 1 mm. long. 
Gall flowers numerous, the perianth lobes 4, free, linear, ):)lunt, ciliate 
al)ove, much exceeding the ovary which is elliptical ovoid, 1.5 mm. long, 
the style less than 1 mm. long, lateral. Fertile female flowers not seen. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban (5075 Merrill), March 10, 1900. A tree 
about 10 in. high and 30 cm. in diameter growing along small streams in thickets 
at an altitude of about 40 m. Anomalous for the section Falaeomorphc in that 
the receptacles are not axillary but liorne in large fascicles on the trunk and 
branches as in many species of the sections Covellia and Neomorphe. 
PARATROPHIS Blume. 
Paratrophis caudata Merrill sp. nov. 
A small tree aliout 8 m. tall, the young branches pulierulcnt or gla- 
brous, green, slender. Leaves broadly oblong-lanceolate or olflong-oblan- 
ceolate, sulmiembranous, glal)rous, shining, the liase obtuse, the apex 
abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen obtuse, above with scattered 
minute white glands, the margins irregularly crenate-serrate, 7 to 17 
cm. long, 2 to 5.5 cm. wide; nerves .7 to 8 on both sides of the midril), 
prominent beneath, anastomosing; petioles 1 to 2.5 mm. long. Stam- 
inate inflorescence axillary, solitary, spicate, amentiform, 4. to 6 cm. long, 
