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wanting. Infloro^iconco terminal and axiliary of many racemes, 10 cm. 
long or less^ pnl>escent. Flowers wliite, 4-merous, pedicellate, the pedicels 
1.5 mm. long, pubescent. Sepals 1 mm. long, acnte, puLoscent. Petals 
elliptical, rounded, 1.5 mm. long, very slightly pnbo?cent. Filaments 
4 mm, long, glabrous; anthers 0.5 mm. long. Ovary 2-celled, pilose. 
Tn forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5753). 
Tlie second species of the genus to l>e found in the Pliilippines, a third, ap- 
parently undcseribcd one, closely allied to the above is represented 'in our 
herhariuni from Lake Laiiao, Mindanao, coll. Clemens. 
ROSACEA. 
RUBUS Linn. 
Rubus rolfei Vid. Phan. Cuuiing. Philip. (1885) 171. 
In open heaths and thickets at 2,400 to 2,550 ni. alt. (No. 5715). 
Previously known only from the mountains of Luzon and fr^om ^^ount Canlaon, 
■ Negros. 
Rubus moluccanus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1197. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5595) ; also collected by Merritt, in forests at 
900 m. alt. {No. 4362). 
Throughout the Philippines at higher altitudes. 
British India to southern China and Malaya. 
Rubus fraxinifolhfs Poir., is abundant below 1,500 m. nit. 
PHOTINIA Lindl. 
F 
Photinia luzonensis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 18. 
In thickets bordering an open heath at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 0205). 
Previously known only from Mount !^Tariveles, Luzon. 
LEGUjMINOSJ^. 
desmodium dc. 
Desmodium ormocarpoides DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327. 
Tn open slough along the Ahig River at 100 m. alt. (No. G223). 
Previously know'n in the Pliilippines from Luzon. 
British India to Java. 
Desmodium capitatum (Burm.) DC. 1. c. 330. 
Near Suhaan in open grass lands, 10 m. or less alwve sea level (No. 0224).. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
British India to "Malava. 
PITHECOLOBIUM Mart. 
Pithecolobium prainianum Merr. in Philip. -Tourn. Sci. T (1900) Ruppl. 01 
Tn forests at 300 m. alt. (No. 5702). 
PreviouHly known only from the mountjiins of Luzon. 
