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MERRILL. 
wanting. Inflorescence terminal and axiliarj of many racemes, 10 cm. 
long or less, pubescent. Flowers white,- 4-merous, pedicellate, the pedicels 
1.5 mm. long, pubescent. Sepals 1 mm. long, acute, pubescent. Petals 
elliptical, rounded, 1.5 mm. long, very slightly pubescent. Filaments 
4 mm. long, glabrous; anthers 0.5 mm. long. Ovary 2-celled, pilose. 
In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5753). 
The second species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, a third, ap- 
parently undescribed one, closely allied to the above is represented in our 
herbarium from Lake Lanao, Mindanao, coll. Clemens. 
ROSACE2E. 
RUBUS Linn. 
Rubus rolfei Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 171. 
In open heaths and thickets at 2,400 to 2,550 m. alt.. (No. 5715). 
Previously known only from the mountains of Luzon and from Mount Canlaon, 
Negros, 
Rubus moluccanus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1197. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5595) ; also collected by Merritt, in forests at 
900 m. alt. (No. 4362). 
Throughout the Philippines at higher altitudes. 
British India to southern China and Malaya. 
Ruins fraxinifolius Poir., is abundant below 1,500 m. alt. 
PHOTINIA Lindl. 
Photinia luzonensis Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 18. 
In thickets bordering an open heath at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 6205). 
Previously known only from Mount Mariveles, Luzon. 
LEGUMINOSAfl. 
DESMODIUM DC. 
Desmodium ormocarpoides DC. Prodr. 2 (1825) 327. 
In open slough along the Alag River at 100 m, alt. (No. 6223). 
Previously know'n in the Philippines from Luzon. 
British India to Java. 
Desmodium capitatum (Burm.) DC. 1. c. 336. 
Near Subaan in open grass lands, 10 m. or less above sea level (No. 6224). 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
British India to Malaya. 
PITH ECO LOB I U M Mart. • 
Pithecolobi um prainianum Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. T (1906) Suppl. 61. 
In forests at 300 m. alt. (No. 5702). 
Previously known only from the mountains of Luzon. 
