78 ROBINSON. 



5. Phyllanthus benguetensis sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 



Floribus monoids, solitariis, glabris, brevissime pedicellatis, perianth ii 

 segmentis 6, obtusis, masculinis lanceolatis, feraineis oblongis ; staminibus 

 3, filamentis usque ad medium connatis, antheris longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centibus; ovario glabro, 6-sulcato, 3-loculari, stylis 3, basi liberis, supra 

 medium bif urcatis ; disco f emineo cupulari, masculino 6 glandulas patelli- 

 formes efformantibus : foliis distichis, oblongis, ellipticis, vel oblongo- 

 obovatis, basi subasqualibus, apice brevissime acute acuminatis; stipulis 

 lanceolatis, acutissimis. 



Flowers solitary or very rarely paired, glabrous, those of both sexes 

 on very short pedicels; perianth-segments of the male flowers 6, slightly 

 exceeding 1 mm in length, lanceolate, obtuse at the apex; disk-glands 6, 

 separate, patelliform, about 0.2 mm in diameter; filaments 3, connate to 

 about the middle, 0.3 mm long, anthers 0.3 mm long, dehiscing verti- 

 cally: female flowers with a similar perianth, but the segments oblong; 

 disk cupular, the upper margin nearly entire but showing 6 slight rounded 

 elevations alternating with the perianth-segments; ovary 0.6 mm in 

 diameter, G-lobed; styles 3, free and for 0.2-0.3 mm entire, with a median 

 groove, then forking for a somewhat shorter distance into 2 slender 

 widely spreading lobes: capsules depressed-globose, 2.5 mm in diameter, 

 3-celled ; the seeds 1.2 mm long, the testa yellowish, on the back strongly 

 marked by reticulate ridges, giving somewhat of a honeycomb effect, the 

 markings showing also near the margins on the sides. 



A brandling undershrub, 30-50 cm high, the stems woody, purplish 

 below, passing into grayish above, terete, lightly striate, glabrous through- 

 out or the youngest parts puberulent ; leaves distichous, borne on petioles 

 0.5 mm long, the lamina membranaceous, oblong, elliptic, or oblong- 

 obovate, 9-13 mm long, 5-8.5 mm wide, the base equilateral or some- 

 what inequilateral, subcuneate or rounded, the apex rounded and abruptly 

 contracted into a very short but conspicuous acute acumen ; lateral veins 

 on each side of the midrib 5-7, or with some of the intervening ones nearly 

 as prominent; stipules 1.5 mm long, lanceolate, at the apex very acute. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Williams 966 (type), 1081, Elmer 6682 

 in part; Rio Trinidad, Bur. Sci. 5520 Ramos. 



Closely related to P. urinaria Linn., but distinguished at once by its seeds 

 and capsules, its broader leaves not pubescent on the margins, and its woody 

 stem. 



6. Phyllanthus tenuipes sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 



Floribus monoids, longiter pedicellatis, solitariis, perianthio 6-partito; 

 florum masculinorum glandulis 6, liberis, patelliformibus, staminibus 3, 

 filamentis liberis, antheris longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; florum fem- 

 ineorum glandulis fere liberis, ovario glabro, pedicellato, stylis 3, con- 

 natis dein liberis bifurcatis: foliis ovalibus vel ellipticis, basi ssepius 

 angustatis ibique truncatis. 



