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MERRILL. 
reddish-brown, sparingly hirsute, becoming glabrous. Leaves alternate, 
ovate or oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, shining above, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 
to 3.5 cm wide, entire, the margins somewhat recurved, base broad, 
rounded, sometimes slightly cordate, apex acuminate, the acumen blunt, 
beneath minutely and densely puncticulate ; nerves three on each side 
of the midrib, very prominent beneath, distant, curved-ascending, ob- 
scurely anastomosing, the reticulations rather distinct; petioles 2 to 3 
mm long, sparingly hirsute. Eeceptacles axillary, solitary, globose, 5 
mm in diameter or less, glabrous or nearly so, red. Male flowers not 
seen. Gall flowers (?) sessile, the perianth of three narrowly ovate, 
reddish, pellucid-punctate lobes 1 mm long or less, the ovary elliptical- 
ovoid, compressed, the stjdes short, united into a mass in the middle 
of the receptacle. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1164, September, 1907. 
A species manifestly allied to Ficus ramentacsa Roxb., and undoubtedly of 
the section Eusyce, although the male flowers are unknown. Closely allied to 
Ficus tayabensis Elm., which was placed by Elmer in the section Sycidiurn. 
differing from that species in its sessile receptacles and fewer nerved leaves. 
PROTEACE2E. 
H ELI Cl A Lour. 
Helicia graciliflora Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ca. 6 m alta ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, submembranaceis, 
tenuiter acuminatis, subintegris vel pauce distanter dentatis, rariter 
grosse lobatis; racemis tenuibus, usque ad 20 cm longis, plus minus ferru- 
gineo-hirsutis vel pilosis; floribus tenuissimis, 16 mm longis, ca. 1 mm 
diam., pauce pilosis. 
A small tree about 6 m high. Branches slender, terete, grayish-brown, 
the young branchlets rather densely but deciduously brown-pilose or 
tomentose. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, 10 to 14 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm 
wide, submembranous, sharply and slenderly acuminate, the base acute, the 
margins subentire or with distant scattered teeth, rarely with one or 
two large lobes, glabrous above, beneath, especially on the nerves and 
midrib, more or less deciduous-brown-pilose; nerves about 7 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; pet- 
ioles 1.5 to 2 cm long, slender, the blade often decurrent as a very 
narrow margin. Eacemes very slender, many flowered, 20 cm long or 
less, the raeliis, pedicels and flowers more or less brown-pilose with 
deciduous hairs. Blowers very slender, about 16 min long, 1 mm or less 
in diameter. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens s. n., April and Sep- 
tember, 1907. 
A very characteristic species, readily recognizable by its pubescence and very 
slender flowers. Among the Philippine species it is most closely allied to Helicia 
loranthoicles Presl, but very distinct from that species. 
