DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 145 
RUBUS LINEATUS, Reinw. in Blume, Bijdr. 1103. 
Pakapaka, alt. 10,500 feet, some 15 feet high, in jungle (Haviland, 1064). 
Distribution: Malaya, from Sumatra to Borneo; East Himalaya, from Sikkim to 
Mishmi. 
Rubus Lown, Stapf, in Hook. Ic. Pl. t.2289. Rami inermes, teretes, nigrescentes, pilis 
patulis tomentelli, insuper setulis glanduligeris parce obsiti, tandem glabrati. 
Stipule lanceolate, integre vel minute denticulatee et basin versus glandulose 
fimbriate, parce hirsutze vel glabratz, circiter 3 lin. longe. Folia digitata, 
trifoliolata, petiolo tomentello 7-10 lin. longo suffulta, foliola breviter petiolulata, 
terminale majus, ellipticum vel obovatum, magnitudine valde varians, ad 1} poll. . 
longum, ad 10-11 lin. latum, basi plus minusve cuneatum, apice acutum vel 
breviter acuminatum, duplieato-serratum, supra nigricans, nervis sericeo-pilosis, ut 
venule transverse tenerrime plus minusve impressis, subtus brunneum, nervis 
venulisque sericeo-pilosis; foliola /ateralia omnino consimilia, sed utrinque obtusiora, 
plus minusve asymmetrica, quartá vel tertià parte minora ; folia hine inde ad foliolum 
solitarium, late rotundato-ovatum, indivisum vel plus minusve trilobum redacta, nunc 
parva, 2-1 poll. longa, nune 2-3-plo majora. Flores solitarii, axillares. Pedicelli 
nutantes, tomentelli, 2-1 poll. longi. Calycis segmenta ovata, 21-4 lin. longa, 
caudato-acuminata vel apice inciso-dentata, interiora extus in parte in alabastro 
segmentis exterioribus obtectá dense et minutissime tomentella, ceterum ut heecce 
pilis paucis longis conspersa, omnia intus griseo-tomentella. ^ Petala rosea, late 
obovata subunguiculata, 21-3 lin. longa, apiculata. Stamina uniseriata. Syn- 
carpium siccum, depresso-globosum, 4-5 lin. dimetiens; receptaculum ovoideum, 
dense sericeo-pilosum ; achzenia circiter 20, libera, oblique ovata, 1% lin. longa, 
glabra, foveolato-reticulata ; stylus 2 lin. longus, glaber. 
From 9000-13,000 feet (Low; Haviland, 1082). 
A very distinct species, which approaches somewhat R. alpestris, Bl, from which it 
differs in the absence of prickles, the tomentum, the broader leaflets with impressed 
nerves, and the solitary flowers. The achenes of the only ripe fruit I have seen are 
perfectly free and covered with a very thin, hardly fleshy pericarp. 
RUBUS ALPESTRIS, Blume, Bijdr. 1103. 
At 7600 feet (Haviland). 
Distribution : Malaya, in high elevations; temperate E from Gurkwai to 
Sikkim, from 7000 to 10,000 feet. 
I have seen only a branch without flowers or fruits, but this agrees so exactly with 
Horsfield's specimen from Mt. Prahu in Java that I do not hesitate to refer it to the 
same species. The Himalayan form constitutes a well-marked variety, characterized by 
the bristles on the calyx. 
