1921 
66 The Philippine Journal of Science 
FICUS FENICIS sp. nov. 
Frutex rigidus, scandens, ramis laevis, ramulis hispidis; foliis 
alternis, *plerumque oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, rigidis, utrinque 
perspicue scabridis, integris, 2.5 ad 7 cm longis, obtusis, basi 
late rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, admodum leviter inaequi- 
lateralibus, nervis utrinque 7, distinctis, patulis; receptaculis 
axillaribus, solitariis, subglobosis, hispido-hirsutus, breviter 
pedunculatis, 5 ad 6 mm diametro. 
A rigid, more or less climbing, much-branched shrub, growing 
over rocks and cliffs, the branches pale, terete, smooth, the 
branchlets hispid with short spreading hairs. Leaves alternate, 
mostly oblong-ovate, coriaceous, rigid, conspicuously scabrid on 
both surfaces, pale green when dry, entire, 2.5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 
to 3.5 cm wide, apex acute to obtuse, the base broad, rounded, or 
somewhat cordate, often slightly inequilateral; lateral nerves 
about 7 on each side of the midrib, distinct, spreading, anasto- 
mosing, the reticulations rather conspicuous ; petioles 3 to 5 mm 
long, densely hirsute or scabrid when young ; stipules 3 to 4 mm 
long. Receptacles (immature) axillary, solitary, subglobose, 
5 to 6 mm in diameter, hispid-hirsute, their peduncles about 2 mm 
long, subtended by 2 or 3 membranaceous, broadly ovate bracts. 
Mindanao, Bukidnon Province, near Tankulan, Bur. Sci. 26097 
Fenix, July 13, 1916, scandent over rocks on open hillsides. 
In habit and general appearance this species strikingly resem- 
bles Ficus tinctoria Forst., from which it is at once distinguish- 
able by its conspicuously scabrid leaves, those of Forster’s species 
being very smooth. 
FICUS MULTISTIPU LARIS sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, partibus junioribus leviter adpresse hirsutis; 
foliis confertis, chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, oblongo-obovatis, in- 
tegris, usque ad 28 cm longis, apice abrupte et perspicue acumin- 
atis, deorsum angustatis, basi obtusis, saepe inaequilateralibus, 
glabris, laevis, nervis utrinque 4 ad 6, adscendentibus, perspi- 
cuis ; stipulis numerosis, persistentibus, oblongo-ovatis, acu- 
minatis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, extus adpresse pubescentibus ; 
receptaculis breviter pedicellatis, axillaribus, solitariis, circiter 
12 mm longis, ellipsoideo-ovoideis parce hirsutis. 
An erect shrub, about 2 m high fide Ramos, the younger parts 
sparingly hirsute, the backs of the conspicuous persistent stipules 
densely so. Branches terete, brown, glabrous, about 8 mm in 
diameter. Leaves opposite, crowded at the apices of the branch- 
lets, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, when dry pale-brownish 
