NovemBer 23, 1908] . Synopsis or RUBUS 449 
submembranons, cordate at base, apex short obtuse to round- 
| ed, strigosely pubescent on both sides, densely so along the 
] nerves above, those on the upper side olivaceous, those beneath 
whitish, the blades 8 cm. long by 6 cm. wide across the 
middle; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 2 to 3 pairs arising from 
the base, oblique, straight, pronounced beneath, the  lar- 
ger ones spinescent, depressed above, cross bars also ‘cons- 
pieuous beneath; petiole stout, 1 to 2 cm. long, glandular 
pubescent and spinescent as on the twigs; stipule oblong, 1 cm. 
long, 3 to 4 mm. wide, pubescent on the outside, subglabrous 
on the inner, pectinately toothed or fringed. Paniele elong- 
ated, terminal, 3 dm. long, subpendulous; peduncles second- 
ary peduncles, pedicels, and calyx olivaceous tomentose, brist- 
ly glandular, and the former more or less provided ‘with 
spinules; ultimate peduncles and pedicels about 1: cm. long, 
subtended. by fimbriate. bracteoles; calyx united only at the 
very base, 1 em. long, lanose pubescent on both sides above 
the middle, on the exterior about the base provided with 
Some reddish bristles-bearing glands, glabrous and dark pur- 
plish brown on the interior at the base; the 5 lobes unequal 
in width, the broader ones usually pectinate toward the apex; 
petals not known; stamens numerous, ina single series and 
inserted’ upon the: calyx throat; filaments filiform, glabrous, 
apparently also purplish brown toward the base, 7 mm. 
long; anthers : broadly ellipsoid, 0.5: mm. long, versatile; 
pistils equalling the stamens, also glabrous; style purplish (?), 
bearing minute stigmas; pic gd ciliate ee berry 
unknown. 
'- Type specimen collected 3 Maj. E. A. Mortis Paud 
near MX Haight? place, Province of Benguet, pem, vim 
1907. (Bureau of Science record 4304). 
Intermediate between R. luzoniensis Merr. and R. ish 
ensis Elm.: Distinguished from the former by the strigose 
leaves, the absence of the petals and the glandular twigs; 
from the latter by both the strigose leaves and glandular - 
twigs. 
8. Rubus benguetensis Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. 1; 296, 1908. 
Sprawling or subscandent; stems quite rigid and numer- 
ously provided with sharp prickles; branches brown, pubes- 
Mu, POT, GARDEN 
