Rubus.] XLVIII. ROSACEA, 679 



mon in the lowlands. Singapore, Tanglin ; Jurong. Malacca, 

 Mt. Ophir ; Selandor (Cantley) . Pahang, Pekan ; Kwala Tembeling ; 

 Temerloh. Selangor, Batu Tiga ; Semangkok Pass. Perak, Relau 

 Tujor (Wray). Penang. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostado). Kelantan, 

 Kwala Lebir. Distrib. Mergui. Native names: Papa Runga; 

 Duri Berumbet ; Tempo Ranak ; Tempo Ragat ; Tempo Ranang ; 

 Tapa ringu (Tringganu) ; Akar Kupor. Use : Roots, decoction for 

 dysentery. 



(3) R. glomeratus BI. Bijdr. iiii; Focke, I.e. 90; King, I.e. 



295- 



A rather slender bramble. Stems velvety when young, sparsely 

 thorny. Leaves ovate deltoid cordate acuminate, obscurely 

 3-lobed, dentate, glabrous above except nerves, softly yellowish 

 velvety beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles i to 

 i'5 in. long. Panicles slender 6 in. long; branches short, yellowish- 

 tomentose. Flowers -4 in. across. Sepals ovate -triangular 

 acuminate, yellow-tomentose. Petals shorter, white. Fruit orange, 

 few drupes. Hab. Hill woods. Singapore, Jurong. Selangor, 

 Bukit Kutu ; Semangkok Pass (Machado) ; Perak, Thaiping Hills 

 (Plervey and Brooks). Penang Hill (Walhch). Distrib. Malay 

 Isles. 



Nearly always a mountain' plant, and common above 2000 ft. altitude, 

 but I once found it at sea level in Singapore. Native names : Akar Balik 

 Adap ; Akar Bulan Mudik ; Akar Kupor. 



(4) R. Hasskarli Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 381. R. glomeratus 

 var. gracilis. King, I.e. 295. 



Slender purplish bramble with few thorns. Leaves deltoid, 

 thin, 3- to 5-lobed wide, cordate acuminate denticulate above, 

 glabrous except midrib and nerves, beneath concolorous, nearly 

 glabrous, 4"25 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles slender, 1-25 in. long 

 appressed, hairy and thorny. Stipules oblong-lanceolate pinnatifid 

 about half-way. Panicles long, 8 in. or more lax, lowest branch 

 3*5 in. long, yellowish tomentose. Buds ovoid, acute. Pedicels '5 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate acuminate, -2 in. long, yellowish silky tomentose 

 outside. Petals shorter, white. Fruit raspberry colour. Hab. 

 Mountain forests, not common. Perak, Batang Padang valley 

 (Wray). Penang (Schomburgk) . Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



This differs from R. glomeratus in its straggling inflorescence and the 

 leaves not yellowish white beneath. 



(5) R. elongatus Smith, Icon. iii. 6, 62; Focke, I.e. 60, pi. 22. 

 R. Lobbianus Hook. le. PI. 741-742. 



A slender climber 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branches hardly puberulous, 

 covered with many short curved thorns. Leaves thin ovate acumin- 

 ate, edges at base sinuate but not lobed, margins denticulate, base 

 widely cordate, glabrous above, pale grey puberulous beneath, 

 3-5 in. long, 2-4 in. wide; petioles slender, very thorny, i"5 in. 



