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RUBUS Li 1)11. 

 Rubus dementis iMeirill sp. iiov. 



Scaiidciis, rainis ramulis inlioii'seeDliiscnu' plus luiims })ul)eseentil)us et 

 aculeis I)R'vil)Us reflexis arniatis ; foliis trifoliolatis ; paniciilis toriuina- 

 libus, gracilibus, usque ad 60 cm lougis, peiidulis ; ealycihus dense pubes- 

 centibus. 



Scandent. Branches terete, rather slender, reddish-ln-own and witli 

 tlie branchlets more or less pubescent and armed with scattered retlexed 

 sliort spines. Leaves trifoliolate, their petioles 5 to 7 cm long, somewhat 

 pubescent, aculeate, the petiolules of the lateral leaflets al)out 5 mm long, 

 of the terminal one aculeate and 2 to 3 cm long; leaflets ovate to ellip- 

 tical-ovate, chartaceous, 8 to 13 cm l<mg, -i.o to 6.5 cm wide, base 

 rounded, apex slenderly acuminate, the margins above rather strongly 

 serrate, the teeth apiculate, glabrous except the nerves of both surfaces, 

 which are somewhat pubescent, the midrib beneath with few spines; 

 nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, very prom- 

 inent heneath, the reticulations prominent, subparallel. Panicles ter- 

 minal, rather slender, pendulous, 60 cm long or less, the lower branches 

 10 cm long or less, the rachis branches and branchlets puhescent and with 

 scattered reflexed spines, the branches distant, spreading, few-flowered, 

 gradually smaller upward. Flowers white or greenish-white,, the bracts 

 and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, the pedicels 

 densely pubescent, 2 to 6 mm long. Buds glol)<)se, densely gray-pubes- 

 cent. Sepals broadly ovate, about 5 mm long, 5 mm wide at the 

 base, short-acuminate. Petals glabrous, orbicular-obovate, apex broad, 

 rounded, base somewhat acute, 6 to 7 mm long. Stamens, carpels, and 

 styles glabrous. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens IJfO, September, October, 

 1!)0G, and without number, January, 1907, altitude about SOO in. 



A sjjecies cliaracterized by its long pendulous panicles which sway in tlie 

 breeze, its trifoliolate strongly veined leaves, with prominent teeth, slender acumi- 

 nate apex, etc. 



KUTACE.I^. 



ME LI COPE Forst. 



Melicope monophylla Merrill sp. nov. 



Arbor parva ; ramulis paniculis et subtus foliis })auee [)ubescentil)us 

 \el subgiabris; foliis simplicibus, oppositis, oldongo-ellipticis vel anguste 

 obovato-ellipticis, ajuce rotundatis, basi cuneatis, 15 ad 23 cm longis, 

 nervis utrin(|ue 14 ad 18, jjrominentibus, anastoiuosantibus; paniculis 

 axillaribus, ca. l.'i cm longis; Horibus parvis, 3.5 mm longis; staminil)us 

 8, inaequalibus. 



