NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. 
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ROSACE-jE. 
RUBUS Linn. 
Rubus dementis Merrill sp. nov. 
Scandens, ramis ramulis infiorescentiisque plus minus pubescentibus et 
aculeis brevibus reflexis armatis; foliis trifoliolatis ; paniculis termina- 
libus, gracilibus, usque ad 60 cm longis, pendulis ; calycibus dense pubes- 
centibus. 
Scandent. Branches terete, rather slender, reddish-brown and with 
the branchlets more or less pubescent and armed with scattered reflexed 
short spines. Leaves trifoliolate, their petioles. 5 to 7 cm long, somewhat 
pubescent, aculeate, the petiolules of the lateral leaflets about 5 mm long, 
of the terminal one aculeate and 2 to 3 cm long; leaflets ovate to ellip- 
tical-ovate, chartaceous, 8 to 12 cm long, 4.5 to 6.5 cm wide, base 
rounded, apex slenderly acuminate, the margins above rather strongly 
serrate, the teeth apic-ulate, glabrous except the nerves of both surfaces, 
which are somewhat pubescent, the midrib beneath with few spines; 
nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, very prom- 
inent beneath, the reticulations prominent, subparallel. Panicles ter- 
minal, rather slender, pendulous, 60 cm long or less, the lower branches 
10 cm long or less, the rachis branches and branchlets pubescent and with 
scattered reflexed spines, the branches distant, spreading, few-flowered, 
gradually smaller upward. Flowers white or greenish-white, the bracts 
and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, the pedicels 
densely pubescent, 2 to 6 mm long. Buds globose, densely gray-pubes- 
cent. Sepals broadly ovate, about 5 mm long, 5 mm wide at the 
base, short-acuminate. Petals glabrous, orbicular-obovate, apex broad, 
rounded, base somewhat acute, 6 to 7 mm long. Stamens, carpels, and 
styles glabrous. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 7 JfO, September, October, 
1900, and without number, January, 1907, altitude about 800 m. 
A species characterized by its long pendulous panicles which sway in the 
breeze, its trifoliolate strongly veined leaves, with prominent teeth, slender acumi- 
nate apex, etc. 
KUTACE2E. 
ME LI COPE Forst. 
Melicope monophylla Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor parva; ramulis paniculis et subtus foliis pauce pubescentibus 
vel subglabris; foliis simplicibus, oppositis, oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste 
obovato-ellipticis, apice rotundatis, basi cuneatis, 15 ad 23 cm longis, 
nervis utrinque 14 ad 18, prominentibus, anastomosantibus ; paniculis 
axillaribus, ca. 13 cm longis; floribus parvis, 3.5 mm longis; staminibus 
8, inaequalibus. 
