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38. RUBUS Tournefort 
RUBUS BENGUETENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 449; Focke in 
Bibl. Bot. 177 (1910) 66. 
Luzon (Benguet), Loher 2237, Elmer 8388. In thickets on limestone 
formations, altitude about 1,300 m. Endemic. 
Local name: Kobat (Ig.). 
RUBUS COPELANDII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 194, 5. 
1910) Bot. 352; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 457; Focke in 
Bibl. Bot. 17% (1910) 33. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet), Merrill 4810, 6560, Phil. Pl. 860, 
Clemens 9120, B. S. 4809 Mearns, 37615, 40467 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 
16328 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In the mossy forest, altitude 1,700 
to 2,300 m. Endemic. 
Local name: Pinit (Bon.). 
RUBUS CUMINGII O. Kuntze Meth. Rub. (1879) 76; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 
17” (1910) 58, f. 21. 
? Rubus sundaicus Presl Epim. (1851) 197; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 
(1885) 212; Vidal Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 122, non Blume. 
Philippines, without definite locality (Cuming). Endemic. 
RUBUS EDANOII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 13 (1918) Bot. 14. 
Luzon (Nueva Ecija), B. S. 26505 Ramos & Edano. In the mossy for- 
est. Endemic. 
RUBUS ELLIPTICUS Sm. in Rees Cyclop. 30 (1819) No. 16; Elm. Leafl. 
Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 456; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) 
Bot. 352; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17” (1911) 198 (var. msulanus 
Focke). 
Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 5795, 8633, Merrill 6562, Phil. Pl. 850, B. S. 
5832 Ramos, 38106, 87714 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 958 Barnes. In thickets 
and on open slopes, altitude 1,300 to 1,600 m. India to Burma and 
Yunnan; introduced and naturalized in Jamaica. 
Local names: Bunut (Bon.); kokobod (Ig.). 
RUBUS ELMERI Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17” (1909) 112; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 352. 
Rubus rugosus Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 455, non Sm. 
Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Hlmer 5792, Merrill 4651, 6542, Phil. Pl. 857, 
B.S. 31984 Santos, 8337 McGregor, 54380 Ramos, For. Bur. 949 Barnes, 
14161 Merritt. Open slopes, altitude 1,300 to 2,200 m. Endemic. 
Local names: Bunut (Bon.); subit (Ig.). 
RUBUS FRAXINIFOLIUS Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 6 (1804) 242; Miq. Fi. 
Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 376; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 77; Vidal 
Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 122; 
Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4 (1894) 146; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 60, 5 (1910) Bot. 353, Interpret. Herb. 
Amb. (1917) 246; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 118; Elm. Leafl. 
Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 460; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17% (1911) 150, 
f. 63 (subsp. celebicus Focke). 
Rubus celebicus Blume Bijdr. (1826) 107; Presl Epim. (1851) 196. 
Rubus rosaefolius Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 25, t. 46, f. D, non Sm. 
