228 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS i 
Northern Luzon to Mindanao. In damp forests at low and medium 
altitudes, ascending to 1,800 m. Sumatra to New Guinea, Formosa; in- 
troduced in Brazil. 
Local names: Balaungan (Ig.); barini (Ap.); buhuit (If.); kalagiauat 
(Buk.); lagukanata (Lan.); luting (Ig.); pagar (If.); palanau (Ig.); 
pinit Ik.) pupugan (Ig.); sampinit (C. Bis.); sapinit (Tag.); tugas- 
tugas (P. Bis.); talagiauat (Buk.). 
RUBUS HETEROSEPALUS Merv. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 387. 
Luzon (Bontoc), B. S. 37609 Ramos & Edaio. In the mossy forest, al- 
titude 1,800 m. Endemic. 
Local name: Tukong. 
RUBUS LUCENS Focke in Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen 4 (1874) 199, subsp. 
CLEMENTIS (Merr.) Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17% (1911) 2138. 
Rubus clementis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 139; Elm. 
Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 458. 
Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao), Clemens 740, B. S. 38964 Ramos & Edano. 
In thickets, altitude about 700 m. India to Celebes, the subspecies endemic. 
Local name: Dugis (Buk.). 
RUBUS LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 195; 
Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 452; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17” 
(1910) 59. 
Luzon (Lepanto), Merrill 4596, B. S. 40186 Ramos & Edano. In the 
mossy forest, altitude about 2,150 m. Endemic. 
RUBUS MEARNSII Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 448; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 353; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17” (1910) 
74, 
Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 4304 Mearns, 31714 Santos, 8885 McGregor, 
40494 Ramos & Edatio, F. B. 16173 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In the 
mossy forest, altitude about 2,400 m. Endemic. 
Local name: Buatnak (Ig.). 
RUBUS MERRILLII Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17” (1911) 153. 
Rubus fraxinifolius Poir. var. haightii Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 
(1908) 461; Focke op. cit. 151. 
Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 6637, Phil. Pl. 862, B. S. 4459 Mearns, 81773 
Santos. In the mossy forests, altitude about 2,500 m at Pauai. Endemic. 
Local name: Buyot (Ig.). 
RUBUS MOLUCCANUS Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 1197; Blanco Fl. Filip. 
(1837) 428, ed. 2 (1845) 298, ed. 8, 2 (1878) 190, t. 398; Presl 
Epim. (1851) 197; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 382; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 77; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 118; Merr. in Govt. 
Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 43, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Suppl. 60, 2 (1907) Bot. 276; Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 245, Sp. 
Blancoanae (1918) 162; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 453; 
Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17 (1910) f. 34. 
Rubus glomeratus Presl Epim. (1851) 197, F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 
77; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. 
(1886) 122, non Blume. 
