PHILIPPINE PHYLLANTHINJHJ. 99 



primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 5-7; stipules lanceolate, 

 1 mm long. 



Mindoko, Magasauantubig River, For. Bur. 12031 Merritt (type); withodt 

 locality, For. Bur. 12223 Rosenbluth. 



19. Glochidion album Boerl. Ilandl. PI. Ned. Ind. 3 (1900) 275. 



Kirganelia alba Blanco PI. Pilip. (1837) 713. 



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



Zarcoa philippica' Llanos in Bot. Zeit. 15 (1857) 423; Mem. Real Ac. C'i. 

 Madrid 4 (1858) 501, pi. 



Glochidion cuminghii Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 32 (1863) 61. 



Phyllanthus cumingii Muell.-Arg. in Plora 48 (1865) 371. 



Phyllanthus gigantifolius Vidal Revis.PI. Vase. Pilip. (1886) 236. 



Glochidion leytense Elmer Lean". Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 303. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Twin Peaks, Elmer 6448: Province of Zambales, 

 Subig, Hallier s. n.: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Lamao River, Merrill 

 3162, 3197, 3873, Williams 113, 482, Elmer 6663, Whitford 33, For. Bur. 127 

 Barnes, For. Bur. 1765 Borden, For. Bur. 2224, 2818 Meyer: Province of Rizal, 

 Montalban, Loher 4~54; Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3374 Aherti's collector; Antipolo, 

 Merrill 1329, 1681 : Province of Laguna, Calauan, Cuming 527; Los Banos, 

 Hallier s. n., Alberto s. n.: Province of Tayabas, Atimonan, Gregory 67: Province 

 of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 162, 271. Negros, Gimagaan River, For. Bur. 5220 

 Aspillera. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River, Williams 2352. Basi- 

 lar, Hallier s. n. 



The more glabrous forms have the following distribution: 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 8975: Province of Laguna, Los 

 Banos, Elmer s. n. : Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 149, 185, 825: Prov- 

 ince' of Albay, Batan Island, Calanaga Bay, Bur. Sci. 6288 Robinson; Batan, Bur. 

 Sci. 6266 Robinson. Leytk, Palo, Elmer 7377a; Mount Cabalauan, For. Bur. 

 12425 Danao. Dinagat, A hern 460. Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Surigao, 

 Ahem 323, 343. 



After repeatedly examining the flowers of all available material, it has seemed 

 necessary to reduce to one species the variable series of forms here represented. 

 The two main types are represented by G. cumingii and 0. leytense, the former 

 pubescent, the latter nearly glabrous, but the differences seem little more serious 

 than the similar ones in G. philippicum. The styles of one extreme are covered 

 at the base by pubescence to such an extent that their real form is obscured, 

 in G.. leytense they are shortly cylindrical and somewhat narrowed at the apex. 

 It is possible to separate the collections not only into two, but perhaps into 

 six or seven series which grade gradually the one into the other. G. leytense has 

 nearly the same range of leaf variation as G. cumingii, but its type has the most 

 ovate leaves of any here cited. A specimen not previously cited, For. Bur. 6496 

 Klimme, from Cagayan Province, Luzon, has similar habit, but the styles are 

 more slender, approaching those of G. irichogynum, but too short for that species. 



There is further difficulty. Kirganelia alba was said to have leaves 3 inches 

 long, but in other respects the description fits this species reasonably well, and 

 as Blanco did not otherwise describe this very common species, the identification, 

 first made by Merrill, 7 is very reasonable. Blanco also omitted G. philippicum, 

 equally widely distributed, and he may possibly have confused these two, and 



7 Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 75. 



