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5. Phyllanthus benguetensis sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 
Floribus monoicis, solitariis, glabris, brevissime pedicellatis, perianthii 
segmentis 6, obtusis, masculinis lanceolatis, femineis oblongis ; staminibus 
3, filamentis usque ad medium connatis, antheris longitudinaliter deliis- 
centibus; ovario glabro, 6-sulcato, 3-loculari, stylis 3, basi liberis, supra 
medium bifurcatis ; disco femineo cupulari, masculino 6 glandulas patelli- 
formes efformantibus : foliis distichis, oblongis, ellipticis, vel oblongo- 
obovatis, basi subasqualibus, apice brevissime acute acuminatis; stipulis 
lanceolatis, aeutissimis. 
Flowers solitary or very rarely paired, glabrous, those of both sexes 
on very short pedicels ; perianth-segments of the male flowers 6, slightly 
exceeding 1 mm iu length, lanceolate, obtuse at the apex; disk-glands 6, 
separate, patelliform, about 0.2 mm in diameter; filaments 3, connate to 
about the middle, 0.3 mm long, anthers 0.2 mm long, dehiscing verti- 
cally : female flowers with a similar perianth, but the segments oblong ; 
disk cupular, the upper margin nearly entire but showing 6 slight rounded 
elevations alternating with the perianth-segments; ovary 0.6 mm in 
diameter, 6-lobed; styles 3, free and for 0.2-0. 3 mm entire, with a median 
groove, then forking for a somewhat shorter distance into 2 slender 
widely spreading lobes: capsules depressed-globose, 2.5 mm in diameter, 
3-celled; the seeds 1.2 mm long, the testa yellowish, on the back strongly 
marked by reticulate ridges, giving somewhat of a honeycomb effect, the 
markings showing also near the margins on the sides. 
A branching undershrub, 30-50 cm high, the stems woody, purplish 
below, passing into grayish above, terete, lightly striate, glabrous through- 
out or the youngest parts puberulent ; leaves distichous, borne on petioles 
0.5 mm long, the lamina membranaceous, oblong, elliptic, or oblong- 
obovate, 9-13 mm long, 5-8.5 mm wide, the base equilateral or some- 
what inequilateral, subcuneate or rounded, the apex rounded and abruptly 
contracted into a very short but conspicuous acute acumen; lateral veins 
on each side of the midrib 5-7, or with some of the intervening ones nearly 
as prominent; stipules 1.5 mm long, lanceolate, at the apex very acute. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Williams 966 (type), 1081, Elmer 6632 
in part; Rio Trinidad, Bur. Sci. 5520 Ramos. 
Closely related to P. urinaria Linn., but distinguished at once by its seeds 
and capsules, its broader leaves not pubescent on tlie margins, and its woody 
stem. 
6. Phyllanthus tenuipes sp. nov. § Paraphyllanthus. 
Floribus monoicis, longiter pedicellatis, solitariis, perianthio 6-partito; 
florum masculinorum glandulis 6, liberis, patelliformibus, staminibus 3, 
filamentis liberis, antheris longitudinaliter dehiscentibus ; florum fem- 
ineoram glandulis fere liberis, ovario glabro, pedicellato, stylis 3, con- 
natis dein liberis bifurcatis : foliis ovalibus vel ellipticis, basi saepius 
angustatis ibique truncatis. 
