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3. RUBUS Tournefort 

 RUBUS BENGUETENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 449; Focke in 

 Bibl. Bot. 17 72 (1910) 66. 

 Luzon (Benguet), Loher 2237, Elmer 8383. 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. PI. 860, 

 Clemens 9120, B. S. 4309 Mearns, 37615, 40467 Ramos & Edano, F. B. 

 16828 Curran, Merritt, & Zschokke. In the mossy forest, altitude 1,700 

 to 2,300 m. Endemic. 



Local name: Pinit (Bon.). 



RUBUS CUM IN Gil O. Kuntze Meth. Rub. (1879) 76; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 

 17 72 (1910) 58, /. 21. 

 ? Rubus sundaicus Presl Epim. (1851)' 197; Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 

 (1885) 212; Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. 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 ra (1911) 198 (var. insulanus 

 Focke) . 

 Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 57.95, 8633, Merrill 6562, Phil. PI. 850, B. S. 

 5832 Ramos, 38106, 377U 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 72 (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), Elmer 5792, Merrill 4651, 6542, Phil. PL 857, 

 B. S. 31984 Santos, 8337 McGregor, 5430 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. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 376; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 77; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. PI. 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, 

 /. 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. 



