DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES 285 



This species has been reported only from Benguet. It is not 

 cultivated. 



RUBUS ELLIPTICUS Sm. TiTAU. 



The berries are pale yellow, fleshy, and of fairly good flavor. 



Rubus ellipticus is a scrambling shrub reaching a height of 3 

 meters. The stems and petioles are densely covered with long, 

 stiff" hairs and armed with rather large spines. The leaves are 

 usually compound with three leaflets which are somewhat rounded 

 or elliptical and frequently flattened at the apex. The lower 

 surfaces are velvety. The flowers are white, and borne in large 

 clusters. 



This species is reported only from Bontoc and Benguet. It 

 is not cultivated. 



RUBUS ELMERI Focke. BuNUT. 



The berry is up to 1.5 centimeters in breadth, orange yellow, 

 and well flavored. 



Rubus elmeri is a scrambling shrub reaching a height of about 

 2 meters. This species is armed with a few small spines. The 

 young stems, flower buds, petioles, and lower surfaces of the 

 leaves are velvety. The leaves have toothed margins, are heart- 

 shaped, and vary from being entire to three- to five-lobed. The 

 flowers are white and are either solitary or borne in clusters. 



This species is reported only from the Mountain Province of 

 Luzon, where it is common but not cultivated. 



RUBUS FRAXINIFOLIUS Poir. Palanau. 



Local names: Barini (Apayao) ; lagukanata (Lanao) ; hitincj, palanau, 

 balaungan (Benguet) ; piriit (Bontoc) ; pupugan (Lepanto) ; santpinit (Su- 

 rigao) ; sapinit (Tayabas, Bukidnon) ; tugas-tugas (Negros). 



The berries are borne in clusters; they are 10 to 15 milli- 

 meters in diameter, bright red, fairly juicy, edible, but rather 

 tasteless. 



Rubies fraxinifolius is a scrambling shrub reaching a height 

 of from 2 to 4 meters. The stems and leaves are armed with 

 fair-sized, sharp spines. The leaves are pinnate, with three 

 to eleven leaflets, which have toothed margins, are sharply 

 pointed at the tip, and usually somewhat oblique at the base. 

 The flowers are white, and about 2 centimeters in diameter. 



This species is very common in the mountains from Luzon to 

 Mindanao. It is not in cultivation. 



RUBUS MOLUCCANUS L. KiNUBOT. 



The berries are about a centimeter in diameter, red, and edible, 

 but with an insipid flavor. 



