PHILIPPINE PHYLLANTIIINLE. 
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first made by Hamilton in Wallich’s catalogue, but does not seem to have been 
published till 1883. Failure to find any older name lias compelled the use of 
Willdenow’s Phyllanthus virosus, although it was he who also originated the 
other specific name as Xylophylla ohovata. 
Cicca pentmdra Blanco has been reduced here by Mueller, Merrill, and Villar, 
and there can be no doubt that they were correct, although the description is not 
exact in some details. It will be noted that this species lias been recently collected 
at what is practically Blanco’s type locality. The reduction of F. leucopyrus F.- 
Villar is pure guesswork, based on the fact that it has not appeared in any recent 
collection. 
Securinega ovata Muell. is merely listed by Vidal; there is no such species, but 
he elsewhere cites S. ohovata as a synonym of F. ohovata, which is correct, and it 
is probable that the earlier name is only a misprint. 
N. v. Botolan, Tag., Baiset, Tag., Bataan: Granatang gubat, Tag., Rizal; 
Tulitangalung , Masbate. 
India, China, Malaysia, Australia, and Tropical Africa. 
4. PHYLLANTHUS Linn. 
Styles simple or very slightly 2-lobed. 
Stamens 3, dehiscing vertically 1. P. corclatulus 
Stamens 2, dehiscing horizontally. 
Leaves 3 mm or more in width 2. P. lamprophyllus 
Leaves not exceeding 2 mm in width 3. P. curranii 
Styles 2-lobed or 2-parted. 
Stamens 5, fruit fleshy 4. P. reticulatus 
Stamens 4-2. 
Male calyx 6-parted. 
Anthers dehiscing vertically. 
Capsules smooth. 
Testa with anastomosing ridges - 5. P. benguetensis 
Testa nearly smooth 6. P. tenuipes 
Capsules muricate, testa with free ridges 7. P. urinaria 
Anthers dehiscing horizontally. 
Filaments free or nearly so. 
Branchlets not winged. 
Stipules hastate - 8. P. samarensis 
Stipules not hastate 9. P. dumosus 
Branchlets narrowly winged. 
Leaves 6-9 mm wide 10. P. everettii 
Leaves 2-5 mm wide 11. P. simplex 
Filaments united 12. P. niruri 
Male calyx 4-parted ; ovary 3-celled. 
Perianth-segments with entire margins. 
Leaves strongly 3-nerved .' — 13. P. triphlebius 
Leaves pinnately veined only 14. P. stipularis 
Perianth-segments lacerate-dentate •. 15. P. mindorensis 
Perianth-segments fimbriate. 
Perianth-segments linear-lanceolate 16. P. blancoanus 
Perianth-segments ovate. 
Leaves broadest near base 17. P. laciniatus 
Leaves broadest beyond middle 18. P. leytensis 
Stigmas sessile; ovary more than 3-celled 19. P. buxifolius 
