82 ROBINSON. 



13. Phyllanthus triphlebius sp. nov. § Eriococcus. 



Floribus solitariis vel rarius geminatis, brevissime pedicellatis ; mascu- 

 linis periantliio biseriato, 4-partito, disci glandulis minimis, liberis, fila- 

 mentis 2, connatis, antheris transverse dehiscentibus ; femineis perianthio 

 6-partito, disco cupulari, continuo, ovario glabro, stylis 3, supra medium 

 bifurcatis: foliis distichis, oblique oblongo-lanceolatis, parvis, valde 

 trinerviis; -stipulis lanceolatis, apice acutissimis. 



Monoecious : the flowers solitary or paired, the male borne on pedicels 

 slightly more than 1 mm long, their perianth-segments 4, 1.5 mm long, 

 obtuse at the apex, the margins entire, the outer lanceolate, the inner 

 linear-oblong; glands 4, minute, separate; staminal column in all 0.5 

 mm long, the filaments united throughout their length, anthers 2, 

 dehiscing horizontally: female flowers on comparatively thick pedicels 0.5 

 mm long, their perianth-segments G, about 1 mm long, obovate, the 

 margins entire, the apex rounded or very shortly acuminate; disk con- 

 tinuous, somewhat 6-lobed; ovary glabrous, hemispherical, 0.3 mm in 

 diameter; styles 3, free almost from the base and entire for about 0.4 mm, 

 then forming two slightly shorter slender lobes with outwardly curved 

 tips: capsules red, glabrous, depressed-globose, 2 mm in diameter, 6- 

 grooved, 3-celled, each cell containing 2 seeds with a yellowish-brown testa 

 marked dorsally by comparatively coarse longitudinal bands. 



An undershrub 10-40 cm high, its woody stems branching at the base, 

 in older plants not again till the middle or near the apex, striate, some- 

 what angled, minutely pubescent or glabrescent : leaves subsessile, the 

 lamina glaucous on the under surface, oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-8 mm long, 

 1.5-2 mm wide, at the inequilateral base rounded or the lower margin 

 nearly straight, at the apex acute, mucronate; the margins revolute, from 

 the base strongly 3-nerved, lateral veins inconspicuous, 5 or G; stipules 

 1.5-2 mm long, lanceolate, their bases truncate or subhastate, their apices 

 very slenderly acute. 



Luzon', Province of Nueva Viscaya, Bagabag, Merrill 110: Province of Rizal, 

 Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1001 Ramos: Province of Laguna, Pagsanjan, Topping 510 

 (type). 



14. Phyllanthus stipularis Merr. Philip. Jour. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 75. 

 § Eriococcus. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, Whitford 282, 

 1102, Williams 608, Copeland s. n., Elmer 680//, For. Bur. 2081 Borden, For. Bur. 

 28^1 Meyer, For. Bur. 6280 Curran. 



15. Phyllanthus mindorensis sp. nov. § Eriococcus. 



Moribus masculinis fasciculatis, mediocriter pedicellatis, perianthii 

 segmentis 4, lanceolatis, lacero-dentatis vel rarius fimbriato-laciniatis ; 

 glandulis 4, liberis; filamentis connatis, brevissimis, antheris 2, horizon- 

 taliter dehiscentibus : floribus femineis saepius solitariis, longiter pedicel- 

 latis; perianthii segmentis G, lanceolatis vel ovatis, lacero-dentatis; disco 



