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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 Ilk.) pupugan (Ig.) ; sampinit (C. Bis.); sapinit (Tag.); tugas- 

 tugas (P. Bis.); talagiauat (Buk.). 



RUBUS HETEROSEPALUS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 20 (1922) 387. 



Luzon (Bontoc), B. S. 37609 Ramos & Edano. 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. 1 7 72 (1911) 213. 

 Rubus dementis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 139; Elm. 

 Lean. 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. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 452; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17 72 

 (1910) 59. 

 Luzon (Lepanto), Merrill 4596, B. S. 40186 Ramos & Edano. In the 

 mossy forest, altitude about 2,150 m. Endemic. 



RUBUS MEARNSII Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 448; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 353; Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17 72 (1910) 



74. 



Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 4304 Mearns, 31714 Santos, 8885 McGregor, 

 40494 Ramos & Edano, 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' 2 (1911) 153. 



Rubus fraxinifolius Poir. var. haightii Elm. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 

 (1908) 461; Focke op. cit. 151. 



Luzon (Benguet), Merrill 6637, Phil. PL 862, B. S. 4459 Mearns, 31773 

 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. 3, 2 (1878) 190, t. 393; 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. Lean. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 453; 

 Focke in Bibl. Bot. 17 T2 (1910) /. 34. 

 Rubus glomeratus Presl Epim. (1851) 197, F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 77; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 122, non Blume. 



