LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 



Vol. V. Manila, P. I., May 28. 1913. Art. 80. 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF RUBUS 



A. D. E. Elmer 



and 

 W. O. Focke 



{Bremen, Germany) 



Rubus philippinensis Focke n. sp. Stibg. Malachohatu^: 

 Sect. Acu^iinati; oaiif. Forke, Spec. Rubor. I, p. 49. 



Pruesto est ramn^ fertilis unieu?. Ratmie praeter inflor- 

 esceutiam terrninalein simplex, lere??, laxe villosus aculeis 

 parvis e basi lata recnrvis instriictiis. Folia breviter (0.5-- 

 1.0 cm.) petiolata, oblonga vel oblongo-latioeolata, fundnm 

 versus angustata, apice longiut? vei brevius acuminata, ad 

 10 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, inferne remote, antice crebrius 

 serrata, utrinque fere S-costulata, costulis arcuate- asceiulenti - 

 bus praeter nervos subtus .<p;ir,-^ira piiopos glabriuscula. 

 Stipulae cadueae. 



Inflorescentia termiiialis subcorymboso paniculata (fere 10 

 cm. longa, 12 cm. lata); rami 4 inferiores axillares, foliis 

 fere aequilongi, patentes, paniculato-raultiflori; terminale? 

 extra-axilla res, breviores, approximati. Bracteae parvae, in 

 lacinulas paucas lineares fissae. Peduiiculi cura calyce canes- 

 centi-tomentelli, inermes. Sepala triangulari-lanceolata, ca. 

 o mm. longa, integra, in flore per breve tempna refiexa, 

 deinde incurvo-ascendentia; petala? Stamina numeropa. 



