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1. Phyllanthus cordatulus sp. nov. § Gomphidium. 
Arbuseula monoica : floribus fasciculatis, medioeriter pedicellatis, mas- 
culini perianthii segmentis 6, biseriatis, exterioribus paullo longioribus 
angustioribusque, disci glandulis 6, liberis, patelliformibus ; perianthio 
femineo 6-partito, biseriato, segmentis interioribus longioribus latiori- 
busque, disco piano, ovario pedicellato, 3-lobato, 3-loculari, stylis 3, usque 
ad medium coalitis, supra patentibus, non lobatis : foliis subcoriaceis, 
ellipticis vel ovalibus, basi cordatulis, inaequilateralibus, breviter petio- 
latis; stipulis parvis, lanceolatis. 
Flowers monoecious; the male and female on pedicels of about the 
same length, 6-11 mm, usually 3 in a fascicle : male flowers with the 
6 perianth-segments in two rows, lanceolate to ovate, 1.2-1. 5 mm long, 
0.5-0. 8 mm wide, the 3 of the outer row slightly longer and narrower 
than those of the inner; disk-glands 6, patelliform, separate, 0.3-0. 4 mm 
in diameter; filaments 3, free, 0.2-0. 3 mm long, comparatively stout; 
anthers slightly longer than the filaments, dehiscing vertically : female 
flowers also with a biseriate perianth, the outer 3 sepals 2.7 mm long, 
1.6-1. 7 mm wide, the inner 3 slightly exceeding 3 mm in length and 
usually 2 mm in width, somewhat foliose; disk flattened, occupying the 
base of the calyx; ovary short-stalked, at anthesis 0.7 mm in diameter, 
3-grooved, 3-celled; styles 3, united for 1.3 mm, and then for about the 
same distance spreading and at the apices reflexed, entire or very obscurely 
2-lobed : capsules depressed-globose, 3.5 mm in diameter, at least when dry 
brownish, 3-grooved, with an intermediate line, 3-celled; the seeds (im- 
mature) oval, 1.5 mm long, the testa inconspicuously minutely punctate. 
A bush 1 m high, its stems purplish-brown, lenticellate, glabrous in all 
its parts : leaves borne on petioles not exceeding 1 mm in length, alternate, 
subcoriaceous, the lamina elliptic or oval, 15-24 mm long, 9-13 mm 
wide, or some leaves smaller, the margins entire, revolute, the base 
inequilateral, shallowly cordate or obtuse on at least one side, the apex 
rounded, often slightly mucronate or emarginate; lateral veins on each 
side of the midrib 4—8, arched-anastomosing, secondary reticulations few 
near the midvein but conspicuous near the margin; stipules lanceolate, 
1 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5106 Ramos, with flowers and fruit, 
December 14, 1907. 
2. Phyllanthus lamprophyllus Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 324. 
Palawan, Iwaliig River, For. Bur. If 156 Curran. 
The Philippine specimen referred here agrees in almost every respect with the 
original descrijrtion, except that the leaves are slightly longer but proportionally 
of equal width, sharply acuminate at the apex. Flowers of both sexes are present, 
and certainly place the specimen in the section Emblicastrum. 
Previously reported by F.-Villar from the Philippines, otherwise only known 
from Java. 
