Compilation
Ficus howardiana

a tree about 30 ft. high; stem about 2 ft. in thickness; branchlets fairly stout, ribbed, pilose with whitish or slightly fuscous hairs especially when young; leaves oblong, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base, 3–5 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–2 3/4 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, thinly pubescent especially near the midrib and with slightly impressed venation on the upper surface, softly tomentose or densely pubescent below; lateral nerves 4–5 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, nearly straight, looped some distance from the margin, prominent below; tertiary nerves few, forming with the veins a close prominent venation below; petiole 3/4–1 1/2 in. long, stout, grooved above, otherwise subterete, softly pubescent; stipules deciduous, those surrounding the terminal bud more or less lanceolate, adpressed villous outside, glabrescent towards the margin; receptacles axillary, probably solitary, sessile, globose, 1/2 in. in diam. or slightly more, densely tomentose; basal bracts connate at the base, adpressed villous outside, glabrous within; ostiole bilabiate, glabrous, scarcely produced, about 2/3 lin. wide; bracts all descending into the receptacle, the middle two broader and more fleshy than the others, oblong, 1 1/4 lin. long, glabrous, the others lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long or less; male flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth enclosing the solitary anther; anther-cells slightly superimposed; female flowers sessile; perianth-segments 3, ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, glabrous; achene ovoid-globose, smooth; style nearly as long as the achene, with a rather broad flattened stigma; gall-flowers long-pedicellate, with a short style; receptacular scales lanceolate, acute, membranous. null