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MERRILL. 
FICUS Linn. 
F. ampelas Burm. 
Sabtan, 3754 Fenix . 
Rather common in the Philippines; India to Malaya. 
F. caudatifolia Warb. 
Camiguin, 4731, 4107 Fenix. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3781 Fenix. 
N. v., Alintabao. 
An endemic form, closely allied to F. rostrata Lam., and frequently so identified. 
F. stipulosa Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. 3 (1867) 287; King, in Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calcutta I 1 (1887) 284. 
Urostigma stipulosum Miq. in Lond. Jo-urn. Bot. 6 (1847) 568. 
Urostigma caulocarpum Miq. 1. c., non Ficus caulocarpa Miq. Ann. Mils. Lugd.- 
Bat. 3 (1867) 235. 
Ficus infecioria Eoxb., var. caulocarpa (Miq.) King, 1. c. 63. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3706 Fenix. 
Common and widely distributed in the Philippines; Borneo. 
The synonymy of this species is rather complicated, as Miquel in 1867 described 
Ficus caulocarpa without any reference to his earlier Urostigma caulocarpum, 
the latter being based on a Philippine specimen, Cuming no. 1930, and the former 
on Celebes material. As the specific name caulocarpa is thus invalidated in 
Ficus for the present form, another name becomes necessary, and I have here 
adopted Ficus stipulosa Miq., to designate the Philippine form. King 1. c. 184, 
expresses the opinion that F. stipulosa Miq., is identical with Urostigma caulo- 
carpum Miq., and after examining the various numbers of Cuming’s Philippine 
plants, I am of the same opinion. F. stipulosa Miq., is certainly only immature 
Urostigma caulocarpum, with the stipules not fallen. The form is exactly 
matched by some of our recently collected material. 
F. megacarpa Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 14. 
F. elliptica Miq. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 7 (1848) 440, non H. B. K. 
Camiguin, 4704 Fenix. 
A species known only from the Philippines. 
Ficus elliptica Miq., was described from a sterile specimen, Philippines, Cuming 
1927, and was later reduced by Miquel himself to F. disticha Blume, in which he 
was followed by King. I have examined Cuming’s specimen and am of the 
opinion that it is identical with the species which I described as F. megacarpa, 
which is not at all allied to F. disticlia Blume. Miquel’s name is however invali- 
dated by the earlier F. elliptica H. B. K. 
F. hauili Blanco. 
Camiguin, 3995 Fenix. Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3567 Fenix. N. v., 
Yabnay. 
This species is scarcely distinct from Ficus leucantatoma Poir., and is the 
Philippine form so identified by many authors. It has recently been described 
by Warburg as Ficus didymophylla, but Blanco’s name is much the older, and 
should be maintained, if the plant is to be retained as distinct from F. leucanta- 
toma Poir. Endemic in the Philippines. 
Ficus mearnsii sp. nov. § Eusyce. 
Frutex repens; ramis teretibus glabris, ramulis junioribus brnnneis, 
plus minus ferrugineo-hirsutis ; foliis subcoriaceis, suborbicularibus vel 
ellipticis, glabris, 5 ad 12 cm longis, apice rotundatis, basi late rotundatis, 
subpeltatis ; nervis utrinque circiter 6, prominentibus, distantibus, anas- 
