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PHYLLANTHUS Linnaeus 
PHYLLANTHUS LANCIFOLIUS sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 
Frutex erectus, monoicus, usque ad 1 m altus, ramulis ex- 
ceptis subglaber; ramulis villosis; foliis lanceolatis, chartaceis, 
1.5 ad 7 cm longis, acuminatis, basi leviter inaequilateralibus, 
rotundatis vel obscure cordatulis, nitidis, supra glabris, subtus 
parce villosis vel subglabris, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 
10, tenuibus, anastomosantibus; floribus ¢ 6-meris, axillaribus, 
fasciculatis, breviter pedicellatis, segmentis 0.8 mm _ longis, 
ovatis, obtusis; staminibus 3, liberis, antheris 0.4 mm longis, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus; floribus ¢ axillaribus, solitariis, 
longissime pedicellatis, pedicellis usque ad 5 cm longis; ovario 
3-loculare, glabro, stylis 3, liberis, patulis, furcatis. 
An erect monoecious shrub about 1 m high, subglabrous except 
the branches and lower surface of the leaves. Branches slender, 
terete, reddish-brown, the younger ones rather prominently 
villous with pale or brownish, somewhat spreading, short hairs. 
Leaves alternate, distichous, exceedingly variable in size, lan- 
ceolate, or the smaller ones ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous, 1.5 
to 7 cm long, 0.7 to 1.8 cm wide, olivaceous or somewhat brown- 
ish, of the same color and shining on both surfaces when dry, 
the upper surface glabrous, the lower sparingly villous often 
becoming glabrous, narrowed upward to the acuminate or merely 
acute apex, the base somewhat inequilateral, rather broadly 
rounded, usually slightly cordate; lateral nerves about 10 on 
each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, spreading, 
anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles pubescent, 1 mm 
long or less; stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, brown, about 
1.5 mm long. Male flowers numerous, in axillary fascicles, 6- 
merous, their pedicels up to 3 mm long, glabrous. Segments 
0.8 mm long, ovate, rounded or obtuse. Disk-glands 6, some- 
what stalked, orbicular, 0.8 mm in diameter. Stamens 3, free, 
the filaments short, the anthers 0.8 mm long, longitudinally 
dehiscent. Female flowers solitary, in the upper axils, with 
very long and slender pedicels, the pedicels up to 5 cm in length. 
Perianth segments 6, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, about 
1mm long. Disk prominent, about 1 mm in diameter. Ovary 
depressed-globose, glabrous, 3-celled, 0.6 mm in diameter; styles 
3, spreading or appressed to the top of the ovary, free or nearly 
so, each cleft about to the middle. 
Samar, Bur. Sci. 17465 Ramos, March 16, 1914 (type). Siquisor, 
Piper 382, May 9, 1911. 
This species does not closely resemble any other known Philippine 
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