76 ROBINSON. 



1. Phyllanthus cordatulus sp. nov. § Gomphidium. 



Arbuscula monoica : floribus f asciculatis, mediocriter pedicellatis, mas- 

 culini perianthii segmentis 6, biseriatis, exterioribus paullo longioribus 

 angustioribusque, disci glandulis 6, liberis, patellif ormibus ; perianthio 

 femineo 6-partito, biseriato, segmentis interioribus longioribus latiori- 

 busque, disco piano, ovario pedicellate, 3-lobato, 3-loculari, stylis 3, usque 

 ad medium coalitis, supra patentibus, non lobatis: foliis subcoriaceis, 

 ellipticis vel ovalibus, basi cordatulis, inaequilateralibus, breviter petio- 

 latis; stipulis parvis, lanceolatis. 



Flowers monoecious; the male and female on pedicels of about the 

 same length, 6-11 mm, usually 3 in a fascicle: male flowers with tbe 

 6 perianth-segments in two rows, lanceolate to ovate, 1.2-1.5 mm long, 

 0.5-0.8 mm wide, the 3 of the outer row slightly longer and narrower 

 than those of the inner; disk-glands 6, patelliform, separate, 0.3-0.1 mm 

 in diameter; filaments 3, free, 0.2-0.3 mm long, comparatively stout; 

 anthers slightly longer than the filaments, dehiscing vertically : female 

 flowers also with a biseriate perianth, the outer 3 sepals 2.7 mm long, 

 1.6-1.7 mm wide, the inner 3 slightly exceeding 3 mm in length and 

 usually 2 mm in width, somewhat foliose; disk flattened, occupying the 

 base of the calyx; ovary short-stalked, at anthesis 0.7 mm in diameter, 

 3-grooved, 3-celled; styles 3, united for 1.3 mm, and then for about the 

 same distance spreading and at the apices reflexed, entire or very obscurely 

 2-lobed : capsules depressed-globose, 3.5 mm in diameter, at least when dry 

 brownish, 3-grooved, with an in lei mediate line, 3-celled; the seeds (im- 

 mature) oval, 1.5 mm long, the testa inconspicuously minutely punctate. 



A bush 1 m high, its stems purplish-brown, lenticellate, glabrous in all 

 its parts : leaves borne on petioles not exceeding 1 mm in length, alternate, 

 subcoriaceous, the lamina elliptic or oval, 15-24 mm long, 9-13 mm 

 wide, or some leaves smaller, the margins entire, revolute, the base 

 inequilateral, shallowly cordate or obtuse on at least one side, the apex 

 rounded, often slightly mucronate or emarginate; lateral veins on each 

 side of the midrib 4-8, arched-anastomosing, secondary reticulations few 

 near the midvein but conspicuous near the margin; stipules lanceolate, 

 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5106 Ramos, with flowers and fruit, 

 December 14, 1907. 



2. Phyllanthus lamprophyllus Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 324. 

 Palawan, Iwahig River, For. Bur. J f 156 Curran. 



The Philippine specimen referred here agrees in almost every respect with the 

 original description, except that the leaves are slightly longer but proportionally 

 of equal width, sharply acuminate at the apex. Flowers of both sexes are present, 

 and certainly place the specimen in the section Emblicastrum. 



Previously reported by F.-Villar from the Philippines, otherwise only known 

 from Java. 



