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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1921 
Mindanao, Zamboanga Subprovince, Copeland s. n., For. Bur. 
9309 Whitford & Hutchinson (type), January, 1908, in forests, 
altitude 30 meters. 
A species manifestly closely allied to Ficus cucurbitina King 
of Borneo and Celebes, but with somewhat- smaller fruits and 
very differently shaped leaves. A specimen from Mount Ma- 
quiling with smaller and bracteate fruits may prove to be the 
same species (Villamil s. n.) . 
FICUS HALLIERI sp. nov. § Urostigma. 
Arbor alta, receptaculis exceptis glabra ; f oliis coriaceis, oblon- 
gis ad oblongo-ellipticis, laevis, usque ad 18 cm longis, acumi- 
natis, integris, basi acutis vel subacutis, nervis utrinque circiter 
12, subtus perspicuis ; receptaculis axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, 
longe pedunculatis, globosis, extus plus minusve ferrugineo- 
hirsutis, circiter 3 cm diametro, basi 3-bracteatis, bracteis trian- 
gulari-ovatis, acutis, circiter 4 mm longis. 
A tall tree, glabrous except the receptacles. Branches terete, 
pale or brownish when dry, much wrinkled, 3 to 6 mm in diame- 
ter. Leaves alternate, smooth, coriaceous, dark-brownish when 
dry, 13 to 18 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 
entire, rather prominently acuminate, base acute or subacute, 
obscurely 3-plinerved, the lateral nerves about 12 on each side of 
the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, spreading, anasto- 
mosing; petioles 2.5 to 3.5 cm long. Receptacles axillary, soli- 
tary or in pairs, globose, about 3 cm in diameter, brown, outside 
somewhat ferruginous-hirsute, the pubescence more or less decid- 
uous; peduncles about 4 cm long, prominently ferruginous- 
pubescent, bearing at the apex three, pubescent, triangular-ovate, 
acute, about 4 mm-long bracts. 
Mindanao, Zamboanga Subprovince, San Ramon, Hallier s. n., 
February, 1904; Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34357 Ramos & 
Pascasio. 
This species has already been considered twice by Mr. Elmer 2 
but not described, or at least only partly described. He refers 
to Ficus hallieri his No. 10142 from Negros, which I have not 
seen, and No. 11080 from Mindanao, which is probably identical 
with the type, although in our material the receptacles of the 
latter number are apparently quite glabrous. The species is 
manifestly in the F. chrysolepis group, but is readily recognizable 
by its globose, long-peduncled, more or less ferruginous-pubes- 
cent receptacles. 
2 Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 536; 4 (1911) 1243. 
