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ate, base somewhat inequilateral and distinctly obliquely cordate, 
margins entire, when dry both surfaces pale, the upper somewhat 
shining ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent on the lower surface, the reticulations distinct; petioles 1.5 
to 2 cm long. Receptacles axillary and in the axils of fallen 
leaves, solitary and in pairs, globose, pale when dry, glabrous or 
minutely scabrid, about 1 cm in diameter, the peduncles 6 to 
8 mm long bearing three small bracts near the apex; fertile 
female flowers only observed. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Guinayangan, Merrill 2009, col- 
lected by E. Hagger, March 28, 1903, in flat forests along 
Danlagan River, locally known as opli: Laguna Province, Mount 
Maquiling, For. Bur. 26036 Mahesa. Leyte, Wenzel 1230. 
A species best recognized by its broad, slightly obliquely 
cordate leaves which are nearly glabrous or only minutely 
scabrid. Its alliances are not clear to me. 
FICUS SARGENTII sp. nov. § Sycidium. 
Arbor 6 ad 7 m alta, ramulis et petiolis et foliis utrinque 
perspicue hispidis ; foliis alternis, subcoriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, 
25 ad 30 cm longis, acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, leviter 
cordatis, distincte inaequilateralibus, nervis utrinque circiter 8, 
perspicuis ; inflorescentiis caulinis, receptaculis e tuberculis par- 
vis vel in ramis crassis confertis dispositis, ramis usque ad 3 
cm longis, et 5 ad 11 mm diametro, cicatricibus magnis instructis; 
receptaculis obovoideis, hispidis, 1 ad 1.4 cm diametro, pedunculo 
usque ad 12 mm longo. 
A tree 6 to 7 m high, the branchlets, petioles and leaves on 
both surfaces conspicuously hispid. Leaves alternate, subcoria- 
ceous, oblong-elliptic, 25 to 30 cm long, about 15 cm wide, harsh, 
brittle, the apex somewhat acuminate, base broad, rounded, shal- 
lowly cordate, distinctly inequilateral, the margins entire or 
obscurely toothed; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib; petioles 2 to 2.5 cm long. Inflorescences cauline, the 
receptacles from small and unbranched tubercles about 1 cm long 
or from more or less coarsely branched infructescences up to 3 
cm long, the branches short, crowded, very stout, 5 to 10 mm in 
diameter. Receptacles; yellow, obovoid, hispid, 1 to 1.4 cm in 
diameter, their peduncles up to 12 mm long with 1 or more bracts 
at the base. Fertile female flowers only observed, these nu- 
merous, their ovaries oblong-obovoid, 1 mm long; style about as 
long as the ovary; subtending bracteoles numerous, oblong- 
obovate to spatulate, about 2 mm long. 
