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has also presented two photographs of plants grown in the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and one of the species in its natural 
habitat. 
525, Phyllanthus chiapensis, Sprague [Euphorbiaceae-Phyllan- 
theae]; affinis P. laxifloro, Benth., a quo foliis minoribus obovato- 
oblongis rotundatis, inflorescentiis brevioribus differt. 
Frutex 2 m. altus, ramulis 2-4 mm. diametro tetragonis glabris, 
angulis leviter alatis. Folia obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, basi 
subcuneata, 3°5-5 cm. longa, 1-5-2°3 em. lata, supra obscura, glabra, 
Vvenis inconspicuis, venulis occultis, subtus pallidiora, in mesophyllo 
minutissime furfuraceo-lepidota, tandem cana venulis conspicuis ; 
venae laterales utrinque 6-7 ; petioli 4 mm. longi ; stipulae ligulares, 
5 mm. longae, 1°75 mm, latae. Paniculae 3-6 cm. longae. 
3S rubentes, fere ut in P. laxifloro, Q ignoti. Stamina 3. Capsula 
depresso-globosa, ultra 3 cm. diametro, nigro-brunnea. Semina 
angulato-ovoidea, circiter 1 cm. longa.—P. laxiflorus, Hemsl. Biol. 
Centr. Amer, Bot. iii. 104, partim, non Benth. 
gers: State of Chiapas, on dry hills at Cacate, Linden, 
4. 
dried specimen and a capsule of P. chiapensis have been 
received from Mr. H. M. Hall, Department of Botany, University 
of California. These were from a bush cultivated at Santa 
Barbara, California. 
: oe belongs to a little-known group of Phyllanthus 
udes glaucescens, Kunth, adenodiscus, Muell. Arg. laxi- 
florus, Benth. (DC. Prod. vol. xv. pt. 2, p. 374), and tequilensis, 
Robins, & Greenm. (Proc. Amer, Acad. vol. xxix. 1894, p. 392). 
P. tequilensis differs from the other species in having only two 
stamens in the male flower. The large fruit appears to be 
superne suleatis. Folia lanceolata vel oblongi-lanceolata, basi acuta 
vel subobtusa, remote crenato-dentata, dentibus apice glandu 
pubescentia, marginibus membranaceis erosulis, Petala 5, oblonga, 
obtusa, 3-3} mm. longa, flava, glabra, Disci glandulae 5, obovate 
