94 ROBINSON. 



Probably a shrub, the branchlets more or less angled, striate, fer- 

 ruginous-pubescent: leaves borne on petioles 3-4 mm long, the lamina 

 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, attaining a length of at least 17 cm, 6-8 cm 

 wide, the more or less inequilateral base shallowly cordate, the upper 

 surface glabrous except on the midrib, tbe under surface pubescent; 

 lateral veins about 10; stipules obliquely linear-lanceolate, G mm long, 

 pubescent. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 3^0. 



In general appearance similar to G. album and G. trichogynum, but distin- 

 guished by the very striking character of the stylar column. 



9. Glochidion coronulatum sp. nov. § Hemiglochidion. 



Floribus breviter pedicellatis, perianthii segmentis G, staminibus 3, 

 ovario depresso-globoso, minute puberulo, columna stylari ovario simili, 

 6-lobata : foliis ellipticis vel ovalibus, basi acutis, apice breviter obtuseque 

 acuminatis. 



Flowers few in a fascicle, borne on pedicels about 1 mm long : perianth- 

 segments of the male flowers 6, in two rows, ovate or broadly ovate, the 

 apex very shortly obtusely acuminate, the largest about 1 mm long; 

 stamens 3, with the produced connective 0.8 mm long : perianth-segments 

 of the female flowers also 6, in two rows, ovate, the apex obtusely acum- 

 inate, attaining 2 mm in length; ovary depressed-globose, at anthesis 

 about 1 mm in diameter, stylar column similar to the ovary in size and 

 outline or very slightly longer, constricted at the junction, separable for 

 a variable distance from the apex into usually 6 slightly notched lobes, 

 umbilicate, its base and the ovary minutely pubescent: capsules red, 

 minutely pubescent or glabrescent, deeply 5-7-lobed, 5-7-celled, the style 

 persisting in the umbilicate apex ; seeds 4 mm long. 



A shrub or tree, 3 m high, its terete or somewhat angled branches 

 covered with grayish-brown or brown bark, more or less striate and lenti- 

 cellate, the vegetative parts glabrous at least when mature: leaves borne 

 on petioles 2-4 mm long, the lamina subcoriaceous, elliptic or oval, 4-8 

 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, the base acute, the apex shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate ; primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 6-8 ; stipules 

 lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Vintar, For. Bur. 13937 (type), 12J/98 Merritt 

 & Darling : Province of Benguet, Sablan River, Baguio, Bur. Sci. 5830 Ramos. 



Similar in general appearance to G. rubrum and G. merrillii, but distinguished 

 by the stylar colum. 



10. Glochidion llanosii Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 68. 

 Phyllanthus llanosii Muell.-Arg. in Flora 48 (1865) 387. 



Kirganelia villosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 712, nee Glochidion villosum Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. V (1859) 376, nee Phyllanthus villosus Poir. Encycl. 5 (1804) 297. 



Phyllanthus pubescens Klotzsch in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 19 Suppl. 1 (1843) 

 420, non Moon Cat. PI. Ceyl. (1824) 65. 



Glochidion molle Merr. For. Bur. Bull. (Philip.) 1 (1903) 29, non Blume 

 Bijdr. (1825) 586. 



