92 ROBINSON. 



column broadly ovate in outline, 0.5-1 mm long, 1 mm in diameter at 

 the base, obscurely lobed : capsules thick-walled, depressed-globose, slightly 

 grooved, 4 mm long, attaining a diameter of 7.5 mm, 4- or 5-celled, 

 pubescent. 



A shrub or small tree, more or less densely covered with short pub- 

 escence in all its parts, its branchlets angled ; leaves borne on petioles 4-7 

 mm long, the lamina chartaceous, lanceolate or elliptic, 10-14 cm long, 

 3.5-6.5 cm wide, the nearly equilateral base acute or rounded, the apex 

 obtusely acuminate, the under surface nearly glabrous except on the 

 principal veins; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 6-9; 

 stipules thick, lanceolate, falcate, 2 mm long. 



Leyte, Palo, Elmer 7279. Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao, De Vore cf- 

 Hoover 213: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens, s. n.: District of Zam- 

 boanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9487 Whitford d Hutchinson (type). Basilan, 

 Santa Isabela, DeVore & Hoover 21. 



Probably most closely allied to G. hirsutum Muell.-Arg. 



5. Glochidion littorale Blume Bijdr. (1825) 585. 



Phyllanthus littoralis Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 370. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucena, Whitford 596; Gumaca, W 'hit ford 895. 

 Mindobo, Baco, Merrill 1230; Pola, Merrill 2391; Bongabong River, For. Bur. 

 J f 115 Merritt; Selonay River, For. Bur. 5319 Merritt. Panay, Capiz, Copeland 

 127. Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Surigao, Ahem 502, 526; Placer, Ahem 

 402. 



The Philippine specimens agree well one with another, and almost as well with 

 the descriptions of Blume and Mueller. The anthera on different plants run 4 

 or 5, 5, 5 or 6, 6. 



N.v. tiagasa, Bugnay, Cayongcong. Vis., Surigao. 



India and Malaysia. 



6. Glochidion triandrum comb. nov. 

 Kirganelia triandra Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 711. 

 Phyllanthus triandrus Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 879. 

 Glochidion eleut herostylum Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 69. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, For. Bur. 1427 

 Ahem's collector, Leiberg 6106: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 1882: 

 Province of Laguna, Calauan, Cuming 509: Province of Tayabas, Gumaca, 

 Whitford 885; Malicboi, For. Bur. 10751 Curran, Ritchie 8 M; Guinayangan, 

 Merrill 2058: Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 161: Province of Albay, 

 Batan Island, Batan, Bur. Sci. 6229 Robinson. Guimaras, Nagaba, For. Bur. 

 318 Gammill. Negros, Namunbon, For. Bur. 11232 Everett. Mindoro, Mount 

 Teluto, For. Bur. 11431 Merritt. 



N.v. Bagna, Tag., Bataan, Rizal; Alipote, Dampol, Tag., Tayabas. 



7. Glochidion psidioides sp. nov. § Hemiglochidion. 



Frutex, ramulis dense pubescentibus ; floribus axillaribus, dense con- 

 gests; floribus masculinis pedicellis hirsutis 3-4 mm longis suffultis, 

 perianthii lobis elliptico-lanceolatis, 2 mm longis, antheris 3; floribus 

 femineis subsessilibus, perianthii lobis 6, valde imbricatis, oblanceolatis 

 vel lineari-oblanceolatis, 2 mm longis, ovario 0.5 mm longo, apice excepto 

 glabro, stylis 5, liberis, basi ovarium latitudine aequantibus, supra paullo 



