PHILIPPINE PHYLLANTHIN^. 
By C. B. Robinson. 
(From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratory , Bureau of Science, 
Manila, P. I.) 
There are herein enumerated as Philippine some 55 species, belonging 
to 1 genera, as compared with 35 species in 4 genera credited to the 
Archipelago by Fernandez- Villar. The increase in genera is due to the 
separation from Phyllanthus of Glochidion and Cicca , the former now so 
generally recognized as distinct that it is not here discussed, the reasons 
for segregating the latter are explained at length under that genus; 
Securinega, with the limits now accepted, is a real addition. The dis- 
position of the species is quite different from that of Villar. 
It has been possible to identify nearly all of the material in this her- 
barium, leaving probably three species of Glochidion and two of 
Phyllanthus represented by insufficiently complete specimens to justify 
description. Cuming’s collections are represented here, at least by frag- 
ments, but those of Vidal and Loher are wanting, except in a few un- 
important instances. 
The recorded distribution in related regions of the species of this sec- 
tion of the Euphorbiacece is as follows. 
India, Cey- 
lon, and 
Malay 
Peninsula. “ 
Malay 
Peninsula, 
Archipel- 
ago and 
New 
Guinea. b 
China, 
with 
Formosa. c 
Japan, 
with 
Formosa. d 
Philippine 
Islands. 
1 
1 
1 
Breynia . . _ 
6 
12 
3 
4 
3 
Flagged _ _ ... 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
Glochidion ... 
59 
62 
12 
6 
27 
Phyllanthus including Cicca _. 
56 
31 
11 
8 
20- 
Sauropus 
15 
7 
2 
2 
Securinega _. 
2 
1 
i 
Total _ 
139 
115 
33 
20 
55 
“ Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. 5 (1887) 285-336. 
b Boeri. Handl. FI. Ned. Ind. 3 (1900) 272-277. 
'Forbes & Heinsley in Jour. Linn. Soe. Bot. 26 (1894) 420-428 & Suppl. 
d Hayata in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 20 :! (1904) 3-24. 
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