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MERRILL. 
Luzon, Province of Camaxines, Mount Isarog, For. Bur. 10498 Curran, May 25, 
1908, in forests on the lower slopes at an altitude of about 100 m. 
A species well characterized by being glabrous throughout, and its smooth 
shining leaves which are entire or with but few irregular teeth at the apex only. 
MORACE2E. 
FICUS Linn. 
Ficus merrittii sp. nov. § Covellia. 
Arbor usque ad 12 m alta, ramulis petiolis, foliis subtus et inflores- 
centiis plus minus ferrugineo-lrirsutis ; foliis obovato-oblongis vel obovatis, 
chartaceis, 18 ad 25 cm longis, integris vel obscure dentatis, apice brewer 
acuminatis, basi inaequilateraliter cordatis; nervis utrinque 8 acl 10, 
prominentibus ; stipulis caducis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, brunneis, 2.5 ad 
3 cm longis; inflorescentiis caulinis, 10 ad 25 cm longis, ramosis, plus 
minus ferrugineo-hirsutis ; receptaculis obovoideis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis, 
plus minus ferrugineo-hirsutis, basi 3-bracteolatis ; pedunculis hirsutis, 
usque ad 2 cm longis ; ovario oblongo-ovoideo ; perigonibus nullis. 
A tree 12 m high or less. Branches reddish-brown, terete, more or 
less ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves opposite, obovate to oblong-obovate, 
18 to 25 cm long, 9 to 13 cm wide, ehartaceous, somewhat shining, the 
midrib and nerves on both surfaces with few or many, long, pale or 
ferruginous hairs, the upper surface ultimately glabrous, margins entire 
or obscurely dentate, the apex shortly and abruptly acuminate, somewhat 
narrowed below to the slightly inequilateral and cordate base; the lower 
surface minutely punctate; nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct; petioles ferru- 
ginous-hirsute, 6 cm long or less ; stipules caducous, lanceolate, acuminate, 
brown, ferruginous-hirsute at the base only, otherwise glabrous, 2.5 to 
3 cm long. Inflorescence from the trunk, few or many branched, 10 
to 25 cm long, reddish-brown, more or less ferrugineous-hirsute at the 
nodes and on the bracts and bracteoles, the bracts ovate, acuminate, 8 
mm long or less, deciduous. Receptacles usually at the ends of the 
branchlets, few or many, obovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long, brown, purplish or 
greenish, with few or many pale or ferruginous hairs, the base with three 
small narrowly-ovate bracteoles 2 to 3 mm long; peduncles more or less 
ferruginous-hirsute, 2 cm long or less. S laminate flowers not seen. 
Fertile female flowers pedicellate, glabrous, the ovaries ovoid to oblong- 
ovoid, about 1.5 mm long; styles slender, about 2 mm long. Perianth 
none, or present in very young flowers as minute scales. 
Mindoro, For. Bur. 111/66 Merritt, May, 1908 (type). Also represented by the 
two following specimens from the same Island For. Bur. 6852, 111/ 77 Merritt, 
April, 1907 and May, 1908. N. v., Tibig. 
A species closely allied to Ficus nota (Blanco) Merr., differing especially in 
the long ferruginous hairs on the leaves, petioles, inflorescence and receptacles. 
