xm. c,i Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII 15 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26505 Ramos 
& Edano, September 6, 1916, in the mossy forest, altitude 300 meters. 
A species allied to Rubus cumingii O. Kuntze, from which it is distin- 
guished at once, among other characters, by its sharply acuminate leaves. 
Rubus cumingii 0. Kuntze is figured by Focke, a photogravure of the type 
specimen, Species Ruborum Bibl. Bot. 17 (1910) 59, fig. 21. 
CONNARACEAE 
CONNARUS Linnaeus 
CONNARUS SUBFOVEOLATUS sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis 
glaber; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis ad subeliipticis, usque 
ad 13 cm longis, in siccitate pallidis, nitidis, utrinque jejune 
foveolatis, basi obtusis, apice subabrupte et prominente acumi- 
natis, nervis utrinque 4, adscendentibus, perspicuis; paniculis 
axillaribus et terminalibus, usque ad 12 cm longis, ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus ; floribus circiter 3 mm longis, petalis in siccitate 
verruculosis, glabris, perspicue rubro-glandulosis ; carpellis soli- 
tariis, subglobosis, pubescentibus. 
A scandent shrub attaining a length of about 6 m, glabrous - 
except the branchlets and inflorescences, the branches terete, 
brown, about 4 mm in diameter, lenticellate, the young branch- 
lets sparingly pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, the petiole and 
rachis 6 to 7 cm long. Leaflets firmly chartaceous, ovate to 
subelliptic, 9 to 13 cm long, 4.5 to 6.5 cm wide, pale and shining 
when dry, both surfaces manifestly and densely foveolate, the 
pits shallow, base obtuse, sometimes minutely peltate, the apex 
rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, the acumen blunt 
and 8 to - 12 mm long; lateral nerves 4 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, anastomosing; petiolules 
3 to 5 mm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, up to 12 cm 
in length, rather lax, densely ferruginous-pubescent with short 
simple hairs. Flowers brownish-pink, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm 
long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, pubescent, 2 mm long. Petals 
narrowly oblong, obtuse, 3 to 3.5 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, verru- 
culose when dry, glabrous, prominently glandular with reddish 
glands. Carpels solitary, subglobose, pubescent; styles 3 mm 
long, glabrous. 
Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Ngagan, Bur. Sci. 282 h0 Fenix, May 8, 
1917, in damp forests. 
A species strongly characterized by its trifoliolate leaves and the 
densely and shallowly foveolate leaflets. 
