414 MEKUILL. 



is well cliaracteri/ed In- its loii^ paniolos (20 to :{() oiii I . Tlic variety above 

 described appears to lie (jiiitc distiiu-t from .lavaii material in our herbarium 

 that a])parently well represents J5entliam's species, and comparison with type 

 material may warrant giving the present form specific rank. The wood is said 

 to be very Iiard. 



EUPITOKlilAC^E.^:. 



PHYLLANTHUS Linn. 

 P. niruri Linn. 



Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, 3722 Fenix. 



Common throughout the Philippines; widely distributed in tlie tropics of the 

 World. 



P. reticuiatus Poir. 

 Camicuin, 3.967 Fenix. 



Abundant throughout the Philippines; troiiical Asia, Africa. "Malaya, and 

 northern Australia. 



GLOCHIDION For St. 



Glochidion camiguinense sp. nov. § HonigJochidiou. 



Arbor parva, 5 ad 6 m alta, glabra; foliis alteruis, oblongo-ovatis vel 

 elliptico-ovatis, pallidis, chartaceis, breviter acuminatis, leviter falcatis, 

 usque ad 7 cm longis, nervis utrinque : floribus masculinis 6-meris, 

 circiter 3 mm longis; antheris 3, erectis, connatis ; floribus femineis 

 6-meris; ovario glabro, 5-loeulare. 



A small tree 5 to 6 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, 

 grayish, lenticellate, the l)ranchlets brownish, somewhat angular. Leaves 

 alternate, oblong-ovate to elliptical-ovate, pale, chartaceous, 5 to T cm 

 long, 2 to 3 cm wide, somewhat falcate, the ])ase rounded, inecjuilateral. 

 the apex short-acuminate; nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib; 

 petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Flowers axillary, fascicled, short-pedicelled, 

 few in each axil. Staminate flowers : sepals G, the outer ones 2 mm long, 

 the inner slightly smaller; anthers 3, erect, connate, 1 mm long. Pis- 

 tillate flowers similar in size to the staminate ones, the sepals 6. Ovary 

 ovoid, glabrous, 5-celled, each cell 2-ovuled; style as thick as the ovary 

 and not difl^ercntiated from it, depressed at the apex. Frait depressed- 

 globose, white, according to the collector, glabrous. r)-ridged. about 1 

 cm in diameter; seeds I'cd when I'lcsb. 



C.\>ii(;uiN, liur. Sci. J/IOS Fenix, June 21, 1907. I am also dispo.sed to refer 

 here a specimen from the same island, Fenix .'i026. with less pale leaves, and the 

 style not so thick as the ovary. 



Glochidion fen Ids sp. nov. S Eiij/lueliidion. 



.\rb(ir parva. (I ad 1 m alia, glal)ra; foliis subiiiciiibiaiiaccis, oblongo- 

 ovatis, us(|U(' ad U) cm b)ngis. longe tcmiiitei" acuininal is. basi inaequi- 

 later rotimdatis, nitidis, nervis utrin(iue (i vel 1 ; floribus axiUaribus, 

 fa.scicidatis, circiter 1.5 mm longis: calycis scgmentis 5; staminibus 5, 

 ;iiiili'Tis crcclis connatis; fi-udibus glal)ris. depresso-globosis. circilcr f) 

 iiiiii diani. 



