Vo] - 2 ROSACEAE 231 



Luzon (Tayabas, Isabela), B. S. 8051 Ramos, det. Focke. The type is 

 Cuming 750 from Mt. Banahao, Luzon. It is very close to Rubus molucca- 

 nus Linn. Endemic. 



RUBUS ZAMBALENSIS Elm. in Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) Bot. 451; Focke 

 in Bibl. Bot. 17" (1910) 62. 

 Luzon (Zambales), F. B. 8085 Curran & Merritt. In the mossy forest 

 on Mt. Tapulao, altitude about 2,000 m.. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Rubus alpestris Blume; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 77. 

 Rubus lineatus Reinw.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 

 Rubus parvifolius Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



RUBUS CUMINGII Gandog. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65 (1918) 24 (non O. 

 Euntze, 1879). 

 The type, Cuming 2^55, was from St. Helena, not from the Philippines. 

 It is R. pinnatus Willd., introduced in 1775. 



4. FRAGARIA Tournefort 



FRAGARIA INDICA Andr. in Bot. Rep. t, 479; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 

 (1878) 343; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 77; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 352. 

 Duchesnia indica Focke in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3 " 

 (1888) 33. 

 Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 31658 Santos, Elmer 5770, Merrill £373, Phil. 

 PL 852, Williams 1M2. On open grassy slopes, altitude 1,300 to 2,400 m. 

 India to Japan southward on the mountains to Java. 



Local names: Atabkang (Ig.) ; dotdating (Ig.) ; kubkubut (Ig.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Fragaria nilgerrensis Schlecht.; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880)' 77. 



FRAGARIA VESCA Linn.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 



The form of the strawberry now commonly cultivated in the vicinity 

 of Baguio is probably one of the races of this species. It may become 

 established at higher altitudes in the Mountain Province. 



5. ROSA Tournefort 



ROSA LUZONIENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 259. 



Luzon (Benguet), B. S. 31876 Santos, 4300 Mearns, 8336 McGregor. 

 In thickets at Pauai, altitude about 2,300 m; allied to the Formosan Rosa 

 transmorrisonensis Hayata. Endemic. 



Local name: Pauikan (Ig.). 



ROSA PHILIPPINENSIS Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 17 (1920) 260. 



Rosa multiflora Vidal Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 123; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 352, non Thunb. 

 Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet), Elmer 5794, B. S. 37920 Ramos & Edano, 

 Merrill Phil. PI. 882. In thickets, altitude 1,200 to 1,700 m. Endemic. 



