NEW PHiLiPprxE rr^vNTs. 139 
ROSACE J'l . 
RUBUS Linn. 
Rubus dementis -Merrill sp. nov. 
Scandens, ramis ramuliti inflorescentiisqiie plus minus pubescentibus et 
aculeis brevibus reflexis armatis; foliis trif oliolatis ; paniculis terinina- 
libus, gracilibus, usque ad 60 em longis, pendulis; calycibus dense pubes- 
cent ibus. 
Scandeiit. Branches terete, rather slender, reddish-broM-n and with 
the branchlets more or less pubescent and armed with .-.mattered reflexed 
short spines. Leaves trifoliolate, their petiiiles 5 to 7 cm long^ somewhat 
pubescent, aculeate, the petiolules of the lateial leaflets about 5 mm long, 
of the terminal one aculeate and 2 to 3 cm long; leaflets ovate to ellip- 
tical-ovate, cliartaceous, 8 to 1? em long, 4.5 to G.5 cm wide, base 
rounded, apex slenderly acuminate, the margins above ratlior strongly 
sej"rate, the ieeth apiculate, glabrous except the nerves of both siirfaces, 
which are somewhat pubcffcent, the midrib beneath with few spines; 
nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending^ very prom- 
inent beneath, the reticulations prominent^ subparallel. Panicles ter- 
minal, rather slender, pendulous, GO cm long or less, the lower branches 
10 cm long or less, the racliis branches and branchlets pubescent and with 
scattered reflexed spines, the branches distant, spreading, few-flowered, 
gradually smaller upward. Flowers white or greenish-white, the bracts 
and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, the pedicels 
densely pubescent, 2 to G mm long. Buds globose, densely gra^'-pubcs- 
cent. Sepals broadly ovate, about 5 mm long, 5 mm wide at the 
base, short-acuminate. Petals glabrous, orbicular-obovate, apex broad, 
rounded, base somewhat acute, 6 to 7 mm long. Stamens, carpels, and 
styles glabrous. 
Mindanao, Lake Laiuio, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens 7^0, Septt*inlMr, October, 
11)06, and without number, January, 1907, altitude about 800 m. 
A spocies characterized by its long pendulous panicles which sway in the 
breeze, its trifoliohite strongly veined leaves, witli prominent teeth, slender acumi- 
nate apex, etc. 
RUTACE^E. 
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ME LI COPE Forst. 
Melicope monophyila Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor parva; ramulis paniculis ct sul)tus foliis pauce pubescen ti hu s 
vel subglabris; foliis simplicibus, oppositis, oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste 
obovato-ellipticis, apice roiiindatis, basi cuneatis, 15 ad 23 cm longis, 
nervis utrinque 14 ad 18, prominentibus, anastomosaiitibus; paniculis 
axillaribus, ca. 13 cm longis; floribus parvis, 3.5 mm longis; staminibus 
8, inaequalibus. 
