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408 MERRILL. 
A distinct species, entirely different from the two previously known 
from the Archipelago. Named in honor of Dr. C. B. Robinson, formerly 
of the Bureau of Science, who monographed the Philippine PhyllanthinaeJ* 
The material cited above had been distributed into the herbarium without 
having been studied, as Solanum sp., and hence was overlooked by him. 
TRIGONOSTEMON Blume. 
TRIGONOSTEMON EVERETTII sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, inflorescentiis gemmisque exceptis glabra; foliis 
chartaceis, oblongis, nitidis, acuminatis, basi acutis, integris, 
usque ad 18 cm longis, nervis utrinque 6 ad 8, petiolo 1 ad 2 cm 
longo; inflorescentiis brevibus, oppositifoliis, cymosis, paucifloris; 
floribus 5-meris, ^ circiter 1.5 cm diametro, petalis obcordatis; 
antheris 3, filamentis supra liberis; fructibus circiter 8 mm 
diametro, ovoideis vel subglobosis. 
A small tree or shrub about 6 m high, glabrous except the 
buds and the slightly pubescent inflorescence. Branches slender, 
terete, reddish-brown or grayish, the ultimate ones about 1 mm 
in diameter. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, when dry brownish, 
somewhat shining, of about the same color on both surfaces, 
oblong, 7 to 18 cm long, 2 to 6.5 cm wide, apex rather prominently 
acuminate, the base acute, with usually two small glands on the 
upper surface at the junction with the petiole, shortly 3-nerved; 
nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent, 
curved-ascending, anastomosing near the margin, the reticula- 
tions rather lax, distinct; petiole 1 to 2 cm long. Cj^es leaf- 
opposed, as long as the petiole or somewhat shorter, slightly 
appressed-pubescent, each with 3 to 5 branches, the flowers 
racemosely disposed, but one or two developing at a time, each 
pedicel subtended by 2, oblong, 1.5 mm long bracteoles, the pedicel 
and the two bracteoles forming a whorl. Flowers red, mon- 
oecious, 5-merous. Male flowers: Pedicels slender, about 1 cm 
long. Sepals 5, free, elliptic-oblong, imbricate, obtuse, concave, 
about 4 mm long, 2 mm wide. Petals 5, free, imbricate, spread- 
ing, about 8 mm long, 7 mm wide, broadly obovate and the apex 
deeply retuse, or obcordate, apex broad, the sinus narrow, 
rounded, about 3 mm deep, the lobes broadly rounded, base 
narrowed, acute. Disk flat, entire, about 1.5 mm in diameter, 
the glands none. Staminal column 1.5 to 2 mm long; anthers 3, 
0.8 to 1 mm long, basifixed, the cells close, parallel, dehiscing 
longitudinally; filaments 0.5 mm long, spreading. Rudimentary 
ovary none. Capsules ovoid or subglobose, about 8 mm in 
diameter, of three dehiscent 1-seeded cocci, the pedicels about 
'•This Journal 4 (1909) Bot. 71-105. 
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