o T1%7S_- Fious eonfusa Bim, Seandent much branched and 
strpqgeling shrubs; leaves smooth and shining on both sides 
but especially on the upper; figs glossy in appearence, smooth 
and herd, yellow becoming red when exposed to stmlight; common 
in Gopses along water courses of more or less open woods, 
Palo, Leyte, January, 1906, 
7174, Fious benguetense leytense Elm, ny «Ba vars 
Spreading tree 8 meters high; bark smooth end grayish white; 
figs hard and smooth with few lenticels, subsessile, pyriform, 
usually in pairs ef the leaf axile only; rare. Palo, Leyte, 
January, 1906. 
7175. Picus ravi wlis paloense Elm. nse var. Shrubby 
tree 3 meters high, with ferruginous brown bark; leaves large, 
soft, at the ends of the twigs; figs single or in pairs of the 
axils of the lesf sears; rare, Palo, Leyte, Jamary, 1906, 
7176, Wicus leatsonl Elms my ep. A large and tall tree 
with a & to 3 feet thick bole 50 feet long; leaves at the tips 
of the spreading branches; leaves subcoriaceous, shining green 
on the upper surface; figs on the branches, elustered on short 
tubereles, soft and yellow when mature; bark ferruginous, free- 
iy bleeding with @ milky sap, Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
717%. Fieus carpenteriana Him. ns sp. Brect tree 4 me- 
ters high along dry stream: benkes of deep shaded revines; bark 
brown with very little milky fluid; figs hispid, apparently 
turning yellow when ripe, subsessile, one or two in leaf axils; 
rare. Palo, Leyte, Janusry, 1906, 
7176, Ficus ampelas Burm, A 10 metorg high tree, with 
trunk 1 foot in diemeter; branches mumerous, drooping; figs 
yellow and in leaf axils, Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
7179. WVicus quereifolia humgilis (Roxb.) King. Shrubs 
S meters high or lesa; fruits seabrous; leaves always entire or 
repetterte rough, used for polishing. Palo, Leyte, January, — 
1906. 
7180. Ficus johmsoni Elm, ns sp. A Widely scandent or 
sprawling shrub overhanging eliffs, fies 1 or 2 from each leaf 
exil, pendulous, dull yellow when fully mature; very rare. 
Palo, Leyte, January, 1906, 
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7181. Pieus sather toi Elm. Me sp. Tall 12 meterg 
high trees; trunk erect 1 to 2 fect in diameter, straight reach- 
ing almost to the top; branches spreading from the middle; figs 
yellowish white when mature, densely elustered on short tuberciies 
Slong the stem only, Palo, Leyte, January, 1906. 
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