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SPECIES ASIATICAE. 177 
longae. Flores ut in P. pulchro dispositi rubri. Perianthii 
segmenta 4, circ. 2 mm. longa, margine lacerata, staminibus 4, 
antheris sessilibus reniformibus, glandulis haud connatis sub- 
quadratis. Perianthium fl. 9 circ. 5 mm. diametro (vi com- 
planatum) ; segmenta 6, ovario stylisque eis P. pulchri simillimis 
(ut in Bot. Mag. tab. 5437), glandulis in discum cupularem mar- 
gine vor ha coalitis. 
ae 4 n :—Rives du fleuve Bleu, 4 Siao-ho; alt. 4oom. Ar- 
buste a feuilles caduques, buissonnant, bast £20" HE 2h 
rougeatres, sur le pourtour des feuilles. Drupes vertes, acidu- 
lées en forme de cerises. Mai.’’ E. E. Maire in Herb. Lévl. 
“Rives du fleuve Bleu 4 Mong-Kou; alt. goo m.’’ E. 
Maire. No. 815 in Herb. Edin. 
A very graceful plant closely allied to P. pulcher, Wall. It 
may here be noted that Phyllanthus Mairei, Lévl. in Bull. Geog. 
Bot. xxv. (1915), 23=P. Emblica, Linn. 
sit Phyllanthus tsarongensis, \V. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate P. Clarkei, Hook. f. et P. Leschenaultit, 
Muell. Arg. et P. parvifolti, Ham. ; foliis 1 cm. vix superantibus 
valde approximatis plus minusve oblongis breviter mucronatis, 
stipulis simplicibus subulatis, floribus pernumerosis breviter 
pedicellatis, perianthii Go et Q segmentis sex, staminibus tribus, 
filamentis in columnam coalitis, stylis tribus, stigmatibus dilat- 
atis deflexis bilobulatis bene notata 
Frutex 2.4-3.6 m. altus ramis senioribus robustis cinereis, 
ramulis floriferis 6-8 cm. longis gracillimis viridibus glabris a 
basi ad summum crebre et quasi imbricatim foliosis. Folia 
petiolo vix 0.5 mm. superante suffulta, membranacea, mediana et 
superiora in ramulo florifero circ. 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, ob- 
longa, basi rotundata vel paulo cordulata, apice rotundata atque 
abrupte mucronulata, integra, glaberrima supra laete viridia, in- 
fra pallido-olivacea, nervis pagina inferiore conspicuis 5~6-pari- 
bus; folia ad basim ramuli minora, nunc 5 mm. longa, 3 mm. 
lata, saepe ovato-oblonga, infima etiam minora; stipulae subu- 
latae integrae. Flores in axillis foliorum fere omnium 4-6- 
glomerati, monoeci, parvi, olivaceo-flavi, e dispositione foliorum 
quasi a rachi folii pinnati dependentes; pedicelli circ. 1 mm. 
longi glabri bracteis subulatis multo longiores. Perianthiu 
segmenta 6, circ 1 mm. longa, oblonga, integra; glandulae 6 
minimae globosae; stamina 3 perianthium subaequantia, fila- 
mentis in columnam coalitis, antheris oblongis majusculis. 
Perianthii 9 segmenta 6, eis fl. masculini subsimilia ; discus car- 
nosulus cupularis fere integer ; ovarium depresso-globosum stylis 
tribus robustis, TE aes apice dilatatis breviter lobulatis de- 
curvis. Fructus dees 
