1!»5 
filaments 4 to 5 inin. long, glabrous; anthers 1 mrn. Ovaries many, 
glabrous. Keeeptacle glaln-ous. Fruit red, ovoid al)out 1.5 cm. long, 
glabrous. 
Luzon, Province ol Benguet, Pauai (4810 Merrill) November S, 1905. In 
lliickets near border of the mossy forest at about 2,200 m. A species characterized 
Ijy its trifoliate leaves, solitary large llowers, and peculiar capitellate, almost 
sj)ine-like, hairs. 
Rubus luzoniensis Merrill sp. uov. 
A scandent shrub 5 to 6 m. high, with simple leaves, and terminal lax 
panicles, the branches, inflorescence, and under surface of the leaves 
densely pale ferruginous pubescent. Branches Ijrowu, terete, stitf, with 
scattered, small, usually somewhat retrorse spines, densely ferruginous 
pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to elliptical-ovate, 5 to 10 cm. long, 
4 to 7 cm. wide, the base broad, truncate to slightly cordate, the apex 
acute or blunt, the margins rather finely dentate, not lobed, the upper 
surface dull or slightly shining, somewhat ])ilose on the midrib and nerves 
and also with few scattered long hairs on the lamina, becoming nearly 
glfjbrous, the under surface pale and very densely pubescent, the midril) 
and nerves also with scattered long hairs, the midrib with few scattered 
spines; nerves G to 7 on each side of the nudril), prominent, ascending, 
neai'ly sti-aight, the reticulations prominent, snbparallel; petioles 1 to 
2.5 cm. long, densely puljescent and with small scattered spines. Inflores- 
cence a terminal, rather lax jmnicle often 30 cm. long, the rhachis, 
).)ranches and l)ranchlets very densely feri'uginous ])ubescent or pilose, and 
with scattered small spines, the branches irregular, distant, usually spread- 
ing, the lower ones often 15 cm. long, few llowei'cd. Flowers white, short 
])ediceled, about l.G cm. in diameter, the bracts ovat(> lanceolate, denselv 
ljubescent, 5 mm. long or less. Calyx very densely ferruginous pilose, 
the lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, about G mm. long. Petals oblong 
oLxjvate, gradually narrowed below, obtuse, G to 7 mm. long, 3 to 4 mm. 
wide. Stamens indefinite; filaments glabrous, about 5 mm. long; anthers 
0.5 mm. long. Ovaries many, somewhat pilose on one side al)ove or 
nearly glabrous, the receptacle pilose. Fruit unknown. 
Luzon, District of Lepaiito, (Mount Data (4590 Merrill) Noveml)er 4, 1005. 
In the mossy forest at about 2.250 ni. Sterile specimens of anotliei’ species were 
collected in the same locality, strongly resembling the above, hut the leaves (juit(^ 
glabrous ni- at least only slightly pilose beneath. 
LEGUMIN()SEvE. 
INDIGOFERA Linn. 
Indigofera linifolia Betz. Obs. 4 (1779-1791) 29; Baker in Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. 2 (1870) 92. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Anibuklao to Daklan (4087 Merrill) October 25. 
1905. On dry, rocky banks in open grass lands at an altitude of about 900 m. 
Not ])reviously reported from the IMiilippines. Abyssinia to Afghanistan, British 
India, iMalaya, and northern Australia. 
