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sicco nigra, nitida, obscure reticulata; cocci rotundati, ecarinati, 

 Seinina — non oninino matura — fusco- et gilvo-variegata, levia, 

 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, 4 mm. crassa, apice subacuta, basi 

 obtusa, excavata. 



Malay Peninsula. Dinding: Guuong Tangul, Ridley 9440. 



Phyllanthus (Reidia) filicifolius, Gage; P. jmlcliro, Wall., 



distanter accedit, sed liabitu et sepalis dentatis baud profunde 

 laceratis omnino distinctus. 



Frutex parvus, omnino glaber. Caulis in spocimine viso sim- 

 plex, erectus, brunneus, infra teres, supra subcomprcssus, 1-4 mm. 

 crassus, foliis multo redtictis squamiformibus, internodiis circa 

 5 mm. longis. Ramuli solitarii vel 2-3 ex axillis, ad 4 cm. longi, 

 circa 0-2 mm. crassi, subcompressi, brunnei, internodiis 1-3 mm. 

 longis. Squamae foliaceae et stipulae in caule minutae, triangu- 

 lares, scariosae ; folia in ramulis bifaria, breviter petiolata ; lamina 

 inaequilateralis, oblique obovata, membranacea, O'4-l cm. longa, 

 3-6 mm. lata, apice subacuta vel breviter acuta, margine integro, 

 basi latere altero rotundata, altero subcuneata ; pagiaa superior 

 sicco fusco-olivacoa, obscura, sub lente leviter granulata, costa 

 tenuissima et obscura; pagina inferior subvelutina, glauca; nervi 

 laterales — luce transmissa tantum visi — in costae utraque parte 

 4-5, excurvati et intra marginem anastomosantes; reticulatio 

 nonuihil crassa, irregulariter polygonalis; petiolus subteres, circa 

 Q-3 mm. longus; stipulae minutae, late triangulares, acutae, mem- 

 brauaceae vel subscariosae, circa 0*3 mm. lougae. Flares in ramulis 

 axillares, pedicellati ; flores 6 in axillis inferioribus, flores 9 

 in superioribus, Flores $ solitorii vel subsolitarii, e nodtilis brac- 

 teolatis axillaribus oiti; bracteolae minutae, sublanceolatae; pedi- 

 celli filiformes, ad 1 cm. longi; calyx in alabastro subglobosus et 

 circa 1 mm. diametro, in flore aperto cruciformis, circa 2*5 mm. in 

 diametro transverso, in sepala 4 subaequalia biserialia profimde 

 fissus; sepala late obovata, membranacea, circa 1 mm. longa, 

 leviter pulverulenta, marline apicali irregulariter et breviter den- 

 tato; sepala exteriora apiculata; glandulae 4, cum sepalis alter- 

 nantes, subcarnosae, subreniformes, peltatae, circa 0-5 mm. in 

 diametro transverso; androecii columna brevissima, antheras 2 

 minutas gerens; loculi antherarum subliorizonta liter divergentes. 

 Floreg $ solitarii ; pedicelli quam ii floris masculi minus 

 filiformes, rigidi, teretes, recti vel curvati, infra caljcis basem 

 leviter infundibuli formes; calvx in flore aperto circa 3-5 mm. in 

 diametro transverso, in sepala 5-7 subinaoqualia obovata mem- 

 branacea subintegra plus minusve pulverulenta profunde fissus; 



discus bieviter calyculiformis, ovarii inferiorem partem cingens, 

 margine leviter et irregulariter incrassato ; ovarium subglobose et 

 sulcate trilobatum, circa 1 mm, in diametro transverso; styli 3, 

 brevissinii, basi connati, profunde bifidi; stigmata erecta, diver- 

 gentia, subulata. Capstda levi-brunnea, circa 2 mm. diametro, 

 stylis persistentibus coronata ; cocci rotundati, ecarinati. Semina 

 triquetra, circa 1-6 mm- longa, rubro-brunnea, leviter granulata, 

 dorso couvexa, ecarinata, lateribus plauis, apice acuto compresso, 



basi rotundata. 



Malay Pexixsula. Ivedab : Langkawi, Coab, Curtis 2548. 



